W. Kerr Scott

Historical marker location:

3210 Highway 119, Haw River, North Carolina

( Marker is on State Highway 119 just south of Jim Minor Road, on the right.)

Marker installed: 1969

During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.