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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM172_culpeppers-rebellion_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Culpeper and Durant led a Revolt against British trade laws, seized the government 1672, 2 mi SE.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170_j-c-b-ehringhaus_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Governor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor. Birthplace ¼ mile North.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16Z_soybean-processing_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Commercial processing of domestic soybeans in U.S. began in 1915 at a plant which was located two miles north.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16Y_george-w-brooks_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Federal judge whose writs of habeas corpus, 1870, prevented arbitrary arrest of N.C. citizens during Reconstruction. Home was ¼ mile east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16X_w-o-saunders_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
1884-1940. Writer and editorialist. In his The Independent, 1908-1937, championed causes, promoted region. Office was 50 yds. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16V_first-school_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Charles Griffin taught in this County the first known school in N.C., 1708-08.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16U_dempsey-burgess_Camden-NC.html
Member of provincial congresses, 1775-1776; lieutenant colonel of militia in Revolution; Congressman, 1795-99. Grave is 7 miles S.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16T_yeopim_Shawboro-NC.html
Reservation established for Yeopim Indians in 1704; sold after 1739. Northern boundary nearby; village was 2 miles S.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16S_mcknights-shipyard_Shawboro-NC.html
Thomas McKnight, colonial merchant and legislator; Loyalist during Revolution. Operated large shipyard which stood near here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16R_currituck-county-courthouse_Currituck-NC.html
Currituck has been the county government seat since 1723. The core of the present courthouse to the right and jail in front of you were here when the Civil War began. On March 31, 1862, the "Currituck Light Cavalry" began enlisting on the grounds …