Home site of early pioneer Moses White (emigrated to the U.S. from Ireland ca. 1742), located on the waters of Catawba and now under Lake Norman. White married a daughter of early pioneer Hugh Lawson. White was father to General James White (1747-1820), who founded of Knoxville TN, and grandfather to Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840) who served as a United States Senator for Tennessee and was a Whig candidate for President in 1836.
Location (approximate): 35.505, -80.913
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Hunter, C. L. 1877 (1930 ed.). Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical. Edwards & Broughton Company, Raleigh, NC.
North Carolina Office of Archives & History. nd. “Early History.” Available: http://www.ncmarkers.com/print_marker.aspx?id=MM-1
City of Knoxville. nd. “History of Knoxville.” Avalable: http://www.cityofknoxville.org/about/history.asp