You searched for City|State|Country: , nc us
Showing results 1 to 10 of 40
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25PZ_african-americans-defend-washington_Washington-NC.html
Prior to formation of 1st N.C. Colored Volunteers, about 100 black men were armed to aid Union forces during the siege of Washington in 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GH3_oakdale-cemetery_Washington-NC.html
After the Civil War, women associations throughout the South sought to gather the Confederate dead from battlefield burial sites and reinter the remains in proper cemeteries, while Confederate monuments were erected in courthouse squares and other…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C55_tranters-creek_Washington-NC.html
After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's army captured Roanoke Island in February 1862, Federal troops occupied New Bern the next month and then secured the undefended town of Washington on March 20. Although several weeks passed with only a few ski…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C54_washington-north-carolina_Washington-NC.html
To commemoratethe 200th Anniversary ofWashington, North CarolinaThe first townin the United Statesto be named forGeneral George Washington
Originally knownas "town at the forks of theTar River." It was settled about1700 and became the centerof …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C52_siege-of-washington_Washington-NC.html
To protect Confederate supply lines and to gather much-need provisions in eastern North Carolina, Gen. Daniel H. Hill planned demonstrations against Union-occupied New Bern and Washington in March 1863. He acted under orders from Gen. James Longst…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C51_havens-memorial-building_Washington-NC.html
This building which served the thriving shipping industry of early Washington was built in the early 1800's by Jonathan Havens (1744-1828). Its restoration in 1979 was made possible by a gift from Jonathan Havens Moss in memory of the Havens famil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0T_historic-bath_Bath-NC.html
(MAP OF TOWN OF BATH)Bath, the oldest incorporated town in North Carolina, was established in 1705. By the 1708 the town consisted of twelve houses and a population of fifty people. Among the early inhabitants were John Lawson, Surveyor General of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0S_colonial-bath_Bath-NC.html
Bath, oldest town in North Carolina, was established in 1705. The first settlers were French Huguenots from Virginia. Among the early English inhabitants were John Lawson, author of the first history of Carolina (1709) and Christopher Gale, Chief …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0R_john-lawson_Bath-NC.html
Naturalist, explorer and surveyor general for the Lords Proprietors, John Lawson traveled the interior of the Carolina colony in 1700-01. He described the 550-mile journey in A New Voyage to Carolina, published in 1709. Lawson was killed by Tuscar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0M_st-thomas-church_Bath-NC.html
Episcopal. Oldest church building in the state of North Carolina; was constructed in 1734.