Robert B. Morgan

Historical marker location:

701 N Carolina 27, Lillington, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (U.S. 401) and East Front Street (U.S. 421), on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.)

U.S. Senator. 1975-1981.

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.