Skinnersville in Washington County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Pearidge

Saharah Plantation

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012

1. Pearidge Marker

Inscription.
1837-1840 Josiah Collins & Ebenezer Pettigrew purchased 500 acres of land, planted 40,000 mulberry trees and raised silk worms for the silk business.

S.S. Simmons Fishery circa 1835
Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church circa 1895
Sound Post Office circa 1903
Piney Grove School circa 1910

Erected 1999 by Washington Co. Bicentennial Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina. Washington Co. Bicentennial Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1835.

Location. 35° 57.515′ N, 76° 29.367′ W. Marker is in Skinnersville, North Carolina, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 32 and Breezy Banks Road, on the left when traveling north on State Highway 32. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roper NC 27970, 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

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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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rehoboth Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Edward Vail (approx. 4.8 miles away); Mackeys Ferry (approx. 6.1 miles away); The Davenport Home (approx. 6½ miles away); Davenport Homestead (approx. 6½ miles away); Lake Company (approx. 8.1 miles away); Concord Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 8.1 miles away); James Johnston Pettigrew (approx. 8.1 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Mackeys Ferry (was approx. 7.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012

2. Pearidge Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 652 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.