Rogers recounts the life of Mira Margaret Baird Vance, the mother of Zebulon Baird Vance, who was Colonel of the 26th Regiment and the wartime governor of North Carolina during the Civil War.
From free turnip seed, the tie-breaking ballot for building new courthouse was cast. From being built in Lapland, Zebulon Vance predicted the new courthouse would flourish. With a few years, Lapland was renamed Marshall, and a third courthouse was built. Today, the town renamed for a chief justice and its symbol of justice testify to Vance’s vision.