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In 1777, John Lewelling led a secret plot to kill the governor. Convicted of treason, he received the state’s first pardon. He lived ¾ mile west.

First woman elected to N.C. Senate, 1930. Civic leader and clubwoman. Home was 50 yds. west.

White chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee. Secured reservation for them. Confederate colonel. State senator. Home, "Stekoih Fields," stood 1/4 mi. S.

Chief of Oconaluftee Cherokee. He advocated temperance and opposed removal of his people from their homeland. Lived in this vicinity.

First female legislator in the South. Elected to N.C. House, 1920. Her law office was 400 yds. west; home 1/2 mi. NE.

On Nov. 5, 1827, Robert B. Vance, former N.C. Congressman, was fatally wounded in a duel by Samuel P. Carson, his successor. 1/2 mile S.E.

Governor and political leader. President of the University of North Carolina, 1835-1868. Was born three miles E.

Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.

Chief justice 1 year & assoc. justice 20 yrs., N.C. Supreme Court. Superior court judge 13 yrs. Birthplace stood here.

Colonel in Revolution, later brigadier general, member of legislatures of N.C. and Tenn., and of U.S. Congress. His home stands 1/4 mile W.