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County: Fulton

Pioneer Spirit

Marker Number: 

1209

Location: 

State Line Rd., Fulton-Graves Co. Line

Nearby gravesite of Lucy Flournoy Roberts, believed to be the first woman of French Huguenot lineage to come to this area. Her husband and 25 dependents are also buried here. She was a descendant of one of the founders of Manakintown, Va., a Huguenot settlement. One of many brave women who left family ties to go with their husbands to a new life in the wilderness. Presented by descendants.

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