Historical Marker

Judaculla Rock

NC 107 and SR 1737 (Caney Fork Road) at East Laport ยท Jackson

North Carolina marker

Inscription

Soapstone boulder carved

with Indian symbols between 500 & 1700 A.D. Sacred to the Cherokee. Petroglyphs 3 1/2 mi. SE.

Location

AddressNC 107 and SR 1737 (Caney Fork Road) at East Laport
CountyJackson
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.296980, -83.145130

Sources

More markers in Jackson

Indian Boundary

Near here the highway crosses Meigs-Freeman Line, surveyed in 1802, boundary between whites & Cherokees until 1819.

Rutherford Trace

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

Rutherford Trace

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

Echota Mission

Cherokee, NC

Methodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c. 1840-1885.

William H. Thomas

White chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee.