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Location: NC 150 east of Lake NormanCounty: IredellOriginal Date Cast: 1964The large rectangular marker, with map inset, was researched and erected concurrent with the construction in the early 1960s of the Cowan’s Ford dam and the creation of Lake Norman. The extended text reads as follows:

In 1753 Lord Granville granted 640 acres on Bear Creek to Squire Boone who sold it in 1759 to his son Daniel. This was a part of the original Boone tract.

Presbyterian church was established ca. 1750; moved here in 1756. Served beginning 1778 by Rev. James Hall.

Member of Continental & provincial congresses; was first legislator to advocate U.N.C., 1784. Grave is 2 miles east.

First U.S. Judge for District of N.C., 1790, captain in Revolution, state legislator, member of convention of 1789. His plantation was nearby.

Landmark for Indians and pioneer settlers. Elevation 2,420 feet. State park since 1968. Stands 3 miles west.

Presbyterian minister, Revolutionary soldier and chaplain, educator, pioneer missionary in the Natchez country. His grave is nearby.

Presbyterian, organized in 1765. Synod of the Carolinas formed there, 1788. Present building, erected 1854, is 1/2 mi. W.

Formed northern half of the colony of North Carolina. Its southern boundary was run to a point three miles east in the fall of 1746.

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 VIRGINIA / First permanent English colony in America, 1607, one of thirteen original states. Richmond, the capital, was seat of Confederate government.