William Sharpe

Historical marker location:

Sharpesburg, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Wilkesboro Highway (State Highway 115) and Snow Creek Road on Wilkesboro Highway.)

Marker installed: 1977

1742 - 1818.

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.