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By Michael C. Wilcox, July 6, 2012
Thomas C. Dula Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On State Highway 268 at Tom Dula Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 268. |
| | "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 |
| On U.S. 421 at Tennessee Route 67, on the left when traveling south on U.S. 421. |
| | 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 State Highway 268, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
May. 4, 2024
