Topics Related to Haywood County

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed here, through Pigeon Gap.

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby along Hominy Creek.

Revolutionary officer, member Congress, 1817-23, where, in "talking for Buncombe" (County), he gave new meaning to the word. Home was 1/2 mi. N.

Organized by German Lutherans about 1825; Methodist since 1866. Is 2 1/2 miles south.

Gen. James G. Martin surrendered District of Western North Carolina, the last Confederate forces in the state, May 7, 1865, in Waynesville.

Soco Gap, initial point of U.S. survey, 1876, of Cherokee Reservation, created through earlier efforts of W. H. Thomas, white Cherokee chief.