Cobham's Brigade

Historical marker location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of South Crest Road and Westside Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.)

Marker installed: 1890

Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.. Col. George A. Cogham, Jr.

The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.