Albert Houston Roberts

Historical marker location:

103 Pat Carr Ln, Alpine, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Jamestown Highway (State Highway 85) and Pat Carr Lane, on the right when traveling east on Jamestown Highway.)

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.