John Carroll

Historical marker location:

Hillsville, Virginia

( Marker is on Danville Pike / East Stuart Drive (Old U.S. 58) just west of Snake Creek Road (County Route 670), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1997

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.