Historical Marker
Morgan and Johnson
Historical marker location:
Castalian Springs, Tennessee
( Marker is on Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles east of Corum Hill Road, on the left when traveling east.)
August 20, 1862.
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.