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North Carolina plantation were identified by name, beginning in the 17th century. The names of families or nearby rivers or other features were used. The names assisted the owners and local record keepers in keeping track of specific parcels of land. In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records.
Annals of Progress: The Story of Lenoir County and Kinston, North Carolina. Corbitt, David Leroy (1950). Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943. Walter Clark and William L. Saunders (ed.). Colonial Records of North Carolina and State Records of North Carolina (1886-1900). Mouzon, Henry (1775).
The State Archives of North Carolina, officially the North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, is a division of North Carolina state government responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing public access to historically significant archival materials relating to North Carolina, and responsible for providing guidance on the preservation and management of public government records ...
Oldest house in Pasquotank County, oldest side-hall plan in North Carolina, and earliest known Carolina plan. [6] Palmer-Marsh House: Bath: 1744 House National Historic Landmark. Milford: Camden County: 1746 House Oldest two-story brick house in North Carolina. National Register of Historic Places, 1972. [7] Duke-Lawrence House: Northampton ...
The history of North Carolina from pre-colonial history to the present, covers the experiences of the people who have lived within the territory that now comprises the U.S. state of North Carolina. Findings of the earliest discovered human settlements in present day North Carolina, are found at the Hardaway Site , dating back to approximately ...
Thomas Gillespie was born in about 1719. The location of his birth is not documented. Still, tradition says that he was born either in Cecil County, Maryland or New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, which were common points of origin of those who traveled the Great Wagon Road in the 1700s.
The date of Scuffletown's formation is unknown. [6] According to Mary Norment, a white Robesonian and the widow of a man killed in the Lowry War, and North Carolina Adjutant General John C. Gorman, Scuffletown was created after Tuscarora farmers were forced off their land in the 1700s and retreated into sandy, swampy lands in the vicinity of the Lumber River, where they were joined by runaway ...
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...