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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12MH_john-skinner_Hertford-NC.html
First U.S. marshal for District of N.C., 1790- 1794. Federalist member of conventions of 1788 & 1789. Lived 12 mi. SE.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M9_john-harvey_Hertford-NC.html
Five times speaker of colonial assembly, moderator of provincial congresses, 1774-1775, leader of Revolutionary movement. Lived 11 mi. S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12KR_a-rare-monument_Hertford-NC.html
News of the bombardment of Fort Sumter inspired many African American men to rnlist in the U.S. armed forces, but federal law prohibited their service. Frederick Douglass and other black leaders urged changes to allow black enlistments. By mid-186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQ7_ann-marwood-durant_Hertford-NC.html
First woman known to have acted as attorney in an N.C. court, 1673. Appeared before Council in Perquimans Precinct.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQ6_george-durant_Hertford-NC.html
Pioneer settler in the Albemarle, about 1662. Speaker of the Assembly. Site of home 20 miles east, at Durant's Neck.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26A_edmundson-fox-memorial_Hertford-NC.html
Near this spot William Edmundson, an English Friend, held in May 1672, the first religious service on record in Carolina.
Six months later, George Fox, Founder of the Religious Society of Friends also visited this section and held meetings amo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F_quaker-activity_Hertford-NC.html
In 1672, missionaries William Edmundson and George Fox, founder of Society of Friends, in America, held religious meetings in this area.