Rutherford Trace
Inscription
The expedition led by Gen.
Griffith Rutherford against
the Cherokee, Sept., 1776,
passed nearby along Savannah
Creek.
Location
AddressUS 23/441 at NC 116 southwest of Webster
CountyJackson
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.331650, -83.259000
Sources
More markers in Jackson
Indian Boundary
Near here the highway crosses Meigs-Freeman Line, surveyed in 1802, boundary between whites & Cherokees until 1819.
Judaculla Rock
Soapstone boulder carved with Indian symbols between 500 & 1700 A.D. Sacred to the Cherokee.
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.