Near Council in Bladen County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Bartrams
Photographed by Michael Buckner, June 25, 2022
1. The Bartrams Marker
Erected 1986 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number I-66.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Exploration • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1765.
Location. 34° 28.895′ N, 78° 25.548′ W. Marker is near Council, North Carolina, in Bladen County. It is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 87 and Braddy Plantation Road, on the right when traveling south on North Carolina Route 87. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Council NC 28434, 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 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 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oakland (approx. 1.6 miles away); Carvers Creek Methodist Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Site of Carvers Creek Quaker Meeting House and Graveyard (approx. 2.1 miles away); Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away); Elwell Ferry (approx. 4.1 miles away); Memorial for Four World War II Aviators (approx. 11.4 miles away); Future Farmers of America (approx. 11.7 miles away); White Lake CCC Camp (approx. 12.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Council.
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William Bartram, naturalist, was the son of John Bartram, an eminent naturalist, and his wife, Ann Mendenhall Bartram. He was born near Philadelphia, where his gifts as an artist brought him in his youth to the attention of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin proposed that William become an engraver, but he was apprenticed instead to a Philadelphia merchant in 1756. In 1761, his apprenticeship completed, William moved to Bladen County, where his uncle William had a large plantation and considerable property on the Cape Fear River. Here the nephew opened a store and spent the next four years alternately occupied with his business and investigating the flora and fauna of the Cape Fear region.(Submitted on December 2, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina.)
Photographed by Charles Wilson Peake
2. William Bartram
Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 879 times since then and 46 times this year. Last updated on February 3, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 2, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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