John Charles McNeill

Historical marker location:

23100 Main Street, Wagram, North Carolina

( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 401) south of Second Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1972

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.