NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776. b/w TENNESSEE / Settled before 1770 by North Carolina-Virginia pioneers, ceded b
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID N16)