Hertford in Perquimans County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Edmundson-Fox Memorial

Photographed by James Edward Edmundson

1. Edmundson-Fox Memorial Marker

Inscription. Near this spot William Edmundson, an English Friend, held in May 1672, the first religious service on record in Carolina.

Six months later, George Fox, Founder of the Religious Society of Friends also visited this section and held meetings among the colonists. Here were the beginnings of the religious life of a great state.

Erected 1929 by North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends.

Topics and series. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1672.

Location. 36° 11.581′ N, 76° 27.916′ W. Marker is in Hertford, North Carolina, in Perquimans County. It is at the intersection of North Church Street (Business Route 17) and Newby Street, on the right when traveling north on North Church Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hertford NC 27944, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

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the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself 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 walking distance of this marker: Our Soldiers (approx. ¼ mile away); Honoring Kilcocanen and the Yeopim Indians (approx. ¼ mile away); Betsy's Ride (approx. ¼ mile away); Perquimans County Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Jim "Catfish" Hunter (approx. ¼ mile away); John Harvey (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Skinner (approx. 0.4 miles away); Colored Union Soldiers Monmument (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hertford.

Another marker is no longer nearby. A Rare Monument (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Edmundson-Fox Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Edward Edmundson

2. Edmundson-Fox Memorial

Photo taken by James Edward Edmundson in the 1990's.

Photographed by James Edward Edmundson

3. Edmundson-Fox Memorial Marker

Photo taken by James Edward Edmundson in the 1990's.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2007, by James Edward Edmundson of Clifton, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,079 times since then and 63 times this year. Last updated on March 9, 2022, by Lynwood C. Winslow III of Belvidere, North Carolina. Photos: 1. submitted on December 10, 2007, by James Edward Edmundson of Clifton, Virginia. 2, 3. submitted on December 29, 2007, by James Edward Edmundson of Clifton, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.