| North Carolina (Gates County), Corapeake — A24 — First Post Road | | | The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot. — Map (db m2783) | | North Carolina (Gates County), Corapeake — A-17 — George Washington | | | George Washington owned a tract of land nearby. He surveyed and formed a company to drain a part of the Dismal Swamp, 1763. — Map (db m2782) | | North Carolina (Gates County), Corapeake — A-35 — North Carolina / Virginia | | | North Carolina Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1775
Virginia First permanent English colony in America, 1607; one of thirteen original states. Richmond, the capital, was seat of Confederate government. — Map (db m2787) |
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