Two church-affiliated schools were
once located in Ayden. Carolina
Christian College, founded by Disciples
of Christ and a predecessor of
Barton College in Wilson, operated
4/10 mile northeast from 1893 to 1903.
Free Will Baptists in . . . — — Map (db m65887) HM
A hero of the fight for Fort Fisher is buried here in the churchyard. Pvt. Christopher C. “Kit” Bland, Battery K, 2nd North Carolina Artillery, was serving at the fort, the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” when Federal forces . . . — — Map (db m70453) HM
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On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided . . . — — Map (db m76907) HM
(preface)
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided . . . — — Map (db m76871) HM
(preface)
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided . . . — — Map (db m76874) HM
(preface)
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided . . . — — Map (db m76873) HM
Federal expeditions frequently disrupted Confederate activities late in 1863. Union forces often assembled here at Red Banks Church because it was near Confederate camps. On December 17, 1863, a Federal attack near here on the camp of Co. H, 3rd . . . — — Map (db m70496) HM
"The Grand Old Man Of North Carolina"
Captain, 8th North Carolina, CSA
Lt. Governor & Governor of North Carolina
U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
U.S. Senator
The Father of East Carolina University In life he embodied the motto
of the . . . — — Map (db m66885) HM
(preface)
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided . . . — — Map (db m76919) WM
Fortified Indian town &
site of the Tuscarora
conspiracy of Sept., 1711.
Capitulated, 1712, after a
10-day siege by Col. John
Barnwell. Site is 4 mi. N. — — Map (db m65288) HM
Author of "History of
Carolina," explorer, and
Surveyor-General, was
executed Sept. 20, 1711,
by Tuscarora Indians at
Catechna. Site 4 mi. N. — — Map (db m65276) HM
Major General, Confederate Army. His service spanned the Peninsula Campaign to Appomattox. Family plantation called “Grimesland,” was here. — — Map (db m52536) HM
Built before 1762 by
Jacob Blount, member of
Assembly, 1754-1762,
1764-1771, and of Provincial
Congress, 1775-
1776. Stood 90 Yds. N.W. — — Map (db m65465) HM
After Union forces occupied New Bern in March 1862, Confederate Maj. John N. Whitford established a camp here at Haddocks Crossroads, the intersection of the main roads from Greenville to New Bern and to Kinston. Whitford’s Battalion of Partisan . . . — — Map (db m70459) HM
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