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The Legend of Tom Dooley
By Michael C. Wilcox, July 6, 2012
Laura Foster Marker
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| | 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 |
| | "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 |
| | In 1868 in neighboring Wilkes County, N.C., the newspaper printed the following: “Thomas C. Dula suffered the extreme penalty of the law by hanging… convicted of murder…” During his last days in jail tradition says he composed his tragic and still . . . — — Map (db m134213) HM |
| | In 1861, Mountain City had a different name — Taylorsville — but this place had been the seat of Johnson County since 1836. Like other mountain areas, Johnson County strongly supported the Union. Late in 1862, Confederate authorities sent officers . . . — — Map (db m174272) 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 |
May. 6, 2024
