Historical Marker
Private George Avery
Historical marker location:
20 Dalton Street, Asheville, North Carolina
( Marker can be reached from Dalton Street, 0.3 miles north of Wyoming Road, on the right when traveling north.)
South Asheville Colored Cemetery.
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.