Lt. Robert "Hoyle" Upchurch

Historical marker location:

194 Gilliam McConnell Rd, Carthage, North Carolina

( Memorial is on Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2012

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.