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Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His grave is 6/10 mile west.

In 1672 missionaries William Edmundson and George Fox, founder of Society of Friends in America, held religious meetings in this area.

Novelist. Wrote Raleigh's Eden (1940), first of 12-volume "Carolina Series," based on early N.C. history. Her home, "Bandon," stood 1/2 mile northwest.

Village of the Meherrin Indians, an Iroquoian tribe, inhabited circa 1685-1727. Was located on the Meherrin River 2 1/2 miles north.

Constructed 1855-59 by steam dredges to assist commerce. Now part of Intracoastal Waterway. N.C. Cut 5 miles long.

First woman known to have acted as attorney in an N.C. court, 1673. Appeared before Council in Perquimans Precinct.

Built 1858 by Patrick H. Winston, Jr. Birthplace of sons George T., educator; Francis D., lt. gov., 1905-1909; & Robert W., writer. 100 yards east.

Acting governor, 1699-1703; attorney general, judge, and vestryman. Grave is 75 feet west.

Fugitive slave, writer, & abolitionist. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) depicts her early life. Lived in Edenton.

First U.S. marshal for District of N.C., 1790- 1794. Federalist member of conventions of 1788 & 1789. Lived 12 mi. SE.