Historical Marker
J. William Copeland
Historical marker location:
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
( Marker is on East Main Street (Business U.S. 158) east of South Wynn Street, on the right when traveling east.)
(1914-1988).
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.