Elizabeth City in Pasquotank County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Annie E. Jones

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Annie E. Jones Marker image. Click for full size.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 14, 2025

1. Annie E. Jones Marker

Inscription. Black educator & suffragist. With Matron's Social and Literary Club, advocated for Black women's voting rights 1910-1920. Lived on Speed St.

Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 119.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Votes for Women Trail, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists.

Location. 36° 17.716′ N, 76° 13.397′ W. Marker is in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in Pasquotank County. It is at the intersection of South Road Street and Speed Street, on the right when traveling north on South Road Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 516 S Road St, Elizabeth City NC 27909, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

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

North America,

the

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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: Shepard / S Road Streets (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mount Lebanon Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Celebrating 100 years of Women's Right to Vote 1920-2020 (approx. ¼ mile away); Museum of the Albemarle Land Acknowledgement (approx. ¼ mile away); Illegal Liquor in the Albemarle Sound Region (approx. ¼ mile away); Hugh Cale (approx. ¼ mile away); J. C. B. Ehringhaus (approx. 0.3 miles away); Joseph C. Price (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabeth City.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Soybean Processing (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 14, 2025

2. Annie E. Jones Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 143 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 22, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.