Home Place of Capt. Wm. Moore
Here on land granted him in 1787.
He erected the first house of white
settlers west of the Blue Ridge.
Capt. Moore and his troops camped near
here when on the Rutherford Expedition
against the Cherokee in 1776.
Erected by Unaka Chapter
Daughters of American Colonists.
Marker is on Sand Hill Road (North Carolina Route 3412), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
