John Butler

Historical marker location:

Swepsonville, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Swepsonville Road and George Bason Road, on the left when traveling north on Swepsonville Road.)

Marker installed: 2012

North Carolina has a rich African-American history, including the establishment of the first free black community in the United States, known as the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, during the Civil War.