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Seaboard in Northampton County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Bernice Kelly Harris

1891 - 1973

 
 
Bernice Kelly Harris Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 27, 2021
1. Bernice Kelly Harris Marker
Inscription. Novelist, playwright, & storyteller of rural eastern N.C. Author, Purslane (1939) Sweet Beulah Land. (1943), Grave 600 yards west.
 
Erected 2003 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number E-109.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicWomen. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
 
Location. 36° 29.105′ N, 77° 26.37′ W. Marker is in Seaboard, North Carolina, in Northampton County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street (State Highway 305) and Harris Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 503 S Main St, Seaboard NC 27876, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself
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in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Paul H. Rose (a few steps from this marker); Nicholas Roberts (approx. 0.4 miles away); James H. Jones (approx. 6.2 miles away); Matt W. Ransom (approx. 6.4 miles away); Cornwallis (approx. 6˝ miles away); Roll of Honor (approx. 6˝ miles away); The Church of The Saviour (1898) and Cemetery (1853) (approx. 6.6 miles away); Mebane H. Burgwyn (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Seaboard.
 
Also see . . .  Harris, Bernice (Christiana) Kelly. NCPedia article by Richard Walser, dated 1988 (Submitted on August 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.) 
 
Bernice Kelly Harris Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 27, 2021
2. Bernice Kelly Harris Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 230 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Sep. 19, 2026