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NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w SOUTH CAROLINA / Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663, it was first settled by the English in 1670. One of the 13 original states.
Fought, Feb. 20-21, 1865, between U.S. Colored Troops and Confederates. Last engagement before the fall of Wilmington. Earthworks 300 yds. N.E.
Commander of Whigs in Moore's Creek campaign, 1776, brigadier general North Carolina troops at Charleston. Died 1777. His home was 3 mi. S.E.
Associate justice U.S. Supreme Court, 1799-1804. Continental Line & militia officer; attorney general. Grave 2 mi. SE.
Maj. Gen. Howe was the commander of Southern Dept. of the Continental Line, 1776-78, & N.C.’s highest ranking officer. Lived 4 ½ miles east.
The state of North Carolina to relieve a wartime scarcity, operated salt works from here to Myrtle Grove Sound, 1861-64.
Drawbridge erected by Benjamin Heron ca. 1768. Maj. James H. Craig & British troops burned it in battle, Jan. 1781. Bridge stood ½ mi. E.
Retreating after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, en route to Wilmington, passed near here with his army in April 1781.
Longest railroad in the world when completed in 1840. Length 161 1/2 mi. Terminus was 4 blocks W.
President Washington was a guest Apr. 24-25, 1791, at the Quince home which stood 2 blocks W.