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 was the site of the first gold rush in the United States, in the early 1800s. The town of Charlotte was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of England.