(preface)
During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split . . . — — Map (db m56765) HM
During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, . . . — — Map (db m56770) HM
(preface)
During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split . . . — — Map (db m56797) HM
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During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split . . . — — Map (db m56799) HM
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During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split . . . — — Map (db m56809) HM
After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, he dispatched Commander Stephen C. Rowan to destroy the Mosquito Fleet, which had been annoying U.S. naval vessels. Confederate Commodore William F. Lynch’s fleet . . . — — Map (db m56812) HM
Our Heroes
1861 1865
To our
Confederate Dead.
Erected by
The D.H. Hill Chapter
United Daughters
of the Confederacy
Elizabeth City
North Carolina,
May 10th, 1911. — — Map (db m56815) HM
In 1665 the Albemarle County Assembly, the initial lawmaking body in Carolina, met in this area. Convened by Wm. Drummond, governor. — — Map (db m165284) HM
Federal judge whose writs of habeas corpus, 1870, prevented arbitrary arrest of N.C. citizens during Reconstruction. Home was ¼ mile east. — — Map (db m2772) HM
One of the original precincts of Ancient Albemarle.
First Albemarle Assembly met at Halls Creek 1665.
George Fox established Quaker Church 1672.
Culpepper’s Rebellion began at Enfield 1677.
Charles Griffin opens first school in N.C., . . . — — Map (db m56795) HM
Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His grave is 6/10 mile west. — — Map (db m56816) HM
This memorial is in memory and honor of all veterans that have served our country from Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County and the surrounding communities — — Map (db m165262) WM
Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States.
Franklin Douglas Miller, a native of Elizabeth City, NC, was . . . — — Map (db m165261) HM WM
On Sept. 24, 1660, King Kiscutanewh sold Batts tract 3½ mi. S.E. from the mouth of the Pasquotank River to the "head of New Begin Creeke." — — Map (db m165282) HM
Fifth Courthouse in County; second on this site. Replaced wooden building erected about 1799 and burned during Federal occupation of the City, 1862. Records dating from about 1700 were saved by Arthur Jones and hidden in a barn until end of war. — — Map (db m56775) HM
The Pasquotank River was noted in 35 runaway slave ads between 1791 to 1840, indicating that slaves (“freedom seekers”) escaped on board boats (“vessels”) traveling north to free territory or south to the West Indies, . . . — — Map (db m56811) HM
Historian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93. Birthplace ⅗ mi. E. — — Map (db m165285) HM
Dedicated to those who made the Supreme Sacrifice serving our country
May God rest their souls in peace
Korea
1950 - 1953
Ambrose, Thomas CPL •
Bright, Carlton R. PFC •
Hoffler, . . . — — Map (db m165270) WM
Dedicated to those who made the Supreme Sacrifice serving our country
World War I
1917 - 1919
Seth E. Perry •
Lucian Ballance •
William F. Brothers •
James Gallop •
Thurmon M. Gregory •
Robert L. Hingerty •
Talmadge Holly • . . . — — Map (db m165268) WM
On September 8, 1900, Wilbur Wright arrived here at the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Depot, then proceeded by boat to Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers made several trips through Elizabeth City, the shipping and supply center for northeastern North . . . — — Map (db m56767) HM
The “world’s first flight crew” were the surfmen of the U.S. Lifesaving Stations along the Outer Banks The Wright brothers relied on them as they tested their experimental aircraft (1900-1903). The Life Saving Service’s primary job was to guard . . . — — Map (db m56813) HM
While in Elizabeth City the Wright Brothers purchased provisions necessary for their stay on the Outer Banks. They depended on the stores located here to augment items bought from Dayton. Familiar with the warehouses in Elizabeth City, the . . . — — Map (db m165264) HM
(Arrived at Elizabeth City,) and put up at the Arlington where I spent several days waiting for a boat to Kitty Hawk. No one knows anything about the place or how to get there.
Wilbur Wright, September . . . — — Map (db m165265) HM
On October 3, 1902, the Tar Heel, an Elizabeth City newspaper edited by Walter L. Cohoon, printed the first article that mentioned by name the Wright Brothers. The column briefly described their experiments with flight as they camped on the . . . — — Map (db m165266) HM
The Daily Economist, a local newspaper, on December 22, 1903 provided the world with one of the first interviews with Orville and Wilber Wright after their successful heavier-than-air flight on December 17, 1903. The interview took place . . . — — Map (db m165267) HM
