QUAKER ACTIVITY
In 1672 missionaries William Edmundson and George Fox, founder of Society of Friends in America, held religious meetings in this area.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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INGLIS FLETCHER 1879-1969
Novelist. Wrote Raleigh's Eden (1940), first of 12-volume "Carolina Series," based on early N.C. history. Her home, "Bandon," stood 1/2 mile northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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MEHERRIN TOWN
Village of the Meherrin Indians, an Iroquoian tribe, inhabited circa 1685-1727. Was located on the Meherrin River 2 1/2 miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ALBEMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE CANAL
Constructed 1855-59 by steam dredges to assist commerce. Now part of Intracoastal Waterway. N.C. Cut 5 miles long.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ANN MARWOOD DURANT
First woman known to have acted as attorney in an N.C. court, 1673. Appeared before Council in Perquimans Precinct.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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'WINDSOR CASTLE'
Built 1858 by Patrick H. Winston, Jr. Birthplace of sons George T., educator; Francis D., lt. gov., 1905-1909; & Robert W., writer. 100 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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HENDERSON WALKER c. 1660-1704
Acting governor, 1699-1703; attorney general, judge, and vestryman. Grave is 75 feet west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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HARRIET JACOBS c. 1813-1897
Fugitive slave, writer, & abolitionist. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) depicts her early life. Lived in Edenton.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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SOYBEAN PROCESSING
Commercial processing of domestic soybeans in U.S. began in 1915 at a plant which was located two miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DAVID STONE
Governor, 1808-10; U.S. Senator; Congressman. "Hope," his home, stands 4 miles northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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FRANCIS CORBIN (d) 1767
Granville agent, jurist, legislator. Provoked "Enfield Riot." Home, "the Cupola House," 2 blks. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE
Founded with Methodist support in 1853. Burned, 1877. Rebuilt 1881 and burned again in 1893. Site was 1 block south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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THOMAS C. MANNING 1825-1887
U.S. Minister to Mexico; chief justice, La. Supreme Court.; La. adjutant gen., 1863-65; taught at Edenton Academy. Lived here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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McKNIGHT'S SHIPYARD
Thomas McKnight, colonial merchant and legislator; Loyalist during Revolution. Operated large shipyard which stood near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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LAFAYETTE
On his American tour Lafayette spent night of Feb. 26, 1825, at Indian Queen Inn which stood two blocks north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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NATHANIEL BATTS LAND GRANT
On Sept. 24, 1660, King Kiscutanewh sold Batts tract 3 1/2 mi. S.E. from the mouth of Pasquotank River to the "head of New Begin Creeke."Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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McBRIDE CHURCH
Methodist since 1792. Begun as Anglican c. 1733. Visited by bishops Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke. Building erected 1837; remodeled 1882. 2 1/2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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HENRY M. SHAW
Member of N.C. Assembly and U.S. Congress. Confederate colonel. Killed in attack on New Bern, Feb. 1, 1864. Home & grave about 150 feet West.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CHOWAN ACADEMY
Founded in 1886 for blacks by Calvin S. Brown, pastor, Pleasant Plains Baptist Church. Later a public school named for Brown.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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NAVAL BATTLE, 1864
The Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, led by Capt. J. W. Cooke, crossed Batchelor's Bay, May 5, 1864, and fought seven Union warships 15 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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