William Hawkins

Historical marker location:

Middleburg, North Carolina

( Marker is on U.S. 1, 0.1 miles south of Flemingtown Road (North Carolina Highway 1371), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1955

1777-1819.

The state's largest city, Charlotte, was named after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of England.