500 yards southeast is buried Joseph McMinn, governor of Tennessee, 1815-1821. A Quaker, born in Pennsylvania, he came to Hawkins County in 1790. He also served in the State Constitutional Convention, 1796; State Senate, 1798–1812; Speaker of the Senate, 1805, 1807 & 1809; Indian Agent for the Cherokees, 1823–34.

Marker is at the intersection of Lee Highway (U.S. 11) and Etowah Road (Tennessee Route 163), on the right when traveling south on Lee Highway.

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