Inscription
Member of Lewis and
Clark Expedition, 1804-
06. Led the return trip
from Mandan villages.
Born 1777 near here.
Location
AddressMain Street at Tar River bridge in Louisburg
CityLouisburg
CountyFranklin
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.097288, -78.302393
Sources
More markers in Franklin
Green Hill Place
Louisburg, NC
Site of the first annual conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1785, hosted in home of Green Hill, minister, one mi. S.
John Williamson 1846-1911
Louisburg, NC
Former slave. Member, legislature, six terms; newspaper publisher & advocate of education.
Thomas W. Bickett
Louisburg, NC
Governor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary, N.C. Attorney General, member state house.
Gold Mines
Ore discovered at farm of John Portis in 1831.
