Fort Defiance

Historical marker location:

Lenoir, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Yadkin River Road (County Route 1560) and North Carolina Highway 268, on the right when traveling north on Yadkin River Road.)

Marker installed: 2007

The first English child born in the New World, Virginia Dare, was born in what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1587.