North Carolina / South Carolina Boundary
Grover, Cleveland County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
North Carolina South Carolina. NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w SOUTH CAROLINA / Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663, it was first settled by the English in 1670. One of the 13 original states.
Erected by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The Story
This boundary marker where North Carolina meets South Carolina recounts the intertwined colonial origins of both states—from the ill-fated English attempts to settle the Carolina coast in the 1580s through the 1663 charter and the 1712 division of Carolina into two provinces. It also notes North Carolina's claim to have been the first to vote its readiness for independence in April 1776.
Why it matters
The Carolinas trace the whole arc of English colonization in America, from the Lost Colony to two of the original thirteen states.
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