Editing Prospect, North Carolina (section)

==Origin==
Many believe the origin of the Prospect community began when Preston Locklear claimed large swaths of land along what is known today as the Long Swamp.

Dr. Peter H. Wood lists Preston Locklear as a Tuscarora in his 1992 report "Tuscarora Roots".<ref name=SMS>{{cite book |last1=Sellers |first1=Stephanie M. |title=The exsanguination of the second society : scholarly historical fiction relating to Robeson County, North Carolina's Tuscaroras |date=2020 |publisher=Atssdatllc Publishing |location=United States |isbn=9780578700311}}</ref> In 1992 there were about 4,000 Tuscaroras in Robeson County, NC. Locklear is listed as a founder of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in The Museum of the Southeast American Indian.