Pottery Clay

Historical marker location:

20 West's Mill Rd, Franklin, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Bryson City Road (State Highway 28) and West's Mill Road (County Road 1350), on the right on Bryson City Road.)

Marker installed: 1950

During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.