William Johnson

Historical marker location:

Clemmons, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Tanglewood Park Road and River Birch Creek, on the right when traveling south on Tanglewood Park Road.)

Marker installed: 1956

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.