William Linville

Historical marker location:

Clemmons, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Tanglewood Park Road and Manor House Creek, on the left on Tanglewood Park Road.)

(c. 1711-1766). Militia Captain and "Long Hunter".

North Carolina has a rich African-American history, including the establishment of the first free black community in the United States, known as the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, during the Civil War.