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By Michael C. Wilcox, July 6, 2012
Thomas C. Dula Marker
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| | "Tom Dooley" of popular legend and song. Hanged in Statesville for the murder of Laura Foster. Grave is 1˝ mi. S.W. — — Map (db m57258) HM |
| | This gap on the overmountain Indian trail was used as a barter site by Indian traders before settlement. Later Daniel Boone, James Robertson and other pioneers used the Trade Gap. This easternmost settlement is one of the oldest in Tennessee. — — Map (db m104306) HM |
| | On the 28th of May 1866, Laura Foster, a beautiful but frail girl, was decoyed from her fathers house at German Hill in Caldwell County to a place in Wilkes County and was murdered. Tom Dula (Tom Dooley) was later hanged for her murder. She was . . . — — Map (db m57259) HM |
Apr. 23, 2024
