North Carolina

Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.

Tennessee

Settled before 1770 by North Carolina-Virginia pioneers. Ceded by North Carolina to the United States, 1789; admitted to the Union, 1796.

Marker is on U.S. 19W 1.8 miles east of Little Bald Creek Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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