Historical Marker
Thomas Samuel Ashe
Historical marker location:
899 E Caswell Street, Wadesboro, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of East Caswell Street (U.S. 74) and North Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Caswell Street.)
Marker installed: 1966
The Cherokee Indians originally inhabited much of western North Carolina before being forcibly removed by the federal government in the 1800s. Today, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians still maintains a reservation in the western part of the state.