Roan Mountain in Carter County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
In Honor of the Over-Mountain Men
Photographed by Mark Parker, August 13, 2026
1. In Honor of the Over-Mountain Men Marker
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 36° 10.582′ N, 82° 4.764′ W. Memorial is in Roan Mountain, Tennessee, in Carter County. It is on Tennessee Route 143 north of Sugar Hollow Road, on the right when traveling north. The marker location is to the right of the bridge leading to the Roan Mountain State Park Visitors Center. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 527 TN-143, Roan Mountain TN 37687, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee and in the Tri-Cities Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, the State of Franklin,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Peg Leg Iron Ore Mine (within shouting distance of this marker); First Night's Encampment (approx. 0.6 miles away); Carter County In The Civil War (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Miller Farmstead (approx. 1.9 miles away); Overmountain Men (approx. 3.9 miles away in North Carolina); Cranberry Mines (approx. 6.7 miles away in North Carolina); Cranberry Iron Mine (approx. 6.7 miles away in North Carolina); Cranberry High Veterans (approx. 6.7 miles away in North Carolina). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roan Mountain.
Photographed by Mark Parker, August 13, 2026
2. In Honor of the Over-Mountain Men Marker.
Roan Mountain Visitors Center in the background
Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 14, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
