Record #:

16207

Author(s):

Iames, Earl

Abstract:

The 1752 hurricane hit Onslow County's barrier islands and destroyed the New River Inlet, crops, timber and livestock. Equally devastating was complete destruction of the courthouse and all public records. The General Assembly approved construction of a new courthouse further inland than Johnston at Wantland's Ferry, later known as Snead's Ferry.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 48 Issue 2, Spring 2009, p28, il

Subject(s):

Onslow County--History