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22888
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The small community of Grimesland in Pitt County has a very deep history. In 1714, Louis Duvall patented the land on a bluff and called it Mount Calvary. Duvall later sold the land to Edward Salter, who established Salter's Ferry on the land. After Salter owned the land, William Grimes bought the land and established a plantation there, creating Boyd's Ferry. The land and community surrounding it first became known as Grimesland when a post office was established on June 20, 1871. The name later changed to Nelsonville. In 1886, the name of the post office was changed to Grimesland. Around 1890, fifty people lived there. A number of businesses developed along Grimesland's six streets.
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23025
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The Grimesland Seine Beach on the Tar River was once a popular place in the 1950s. The original owners can be traced back to L. W. and Olivia Blakeley, who owned the beach as a part of their 1,810 acre farm known as “Bellevue.” The Blakeley seine began in the 1860s as the “Pay Per Haul” method, when money was put down first and the seine hauled afterward. In 1899, the seine was bought by W. E. “Lige” Proctor and in 1947 was owned by Cecil Moore and Wiley Tripp. During the hauling season the seine beach would attract as many as 3,000 people, either to buy fish or watch. Pollution and over fishing finally killed the Grimesland Seine Beach in the 1960s.
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23712
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The new high Grimesland Bridge takes motorists above the old bridge and over one of the most historic spots on the Tar River. The site of the bridge is where the English settled as early as 1714 known as “Mount Calvert.” It was here in the 1750’s that Edward Salter established a ferry across the Tar River and in 1764 that the Royal Post Road between Williamsburg, VA and Charleston, SC passed through Pitt County and crossed the river on Salter’s Ferry. Salter’s Ferry afterwards was known as “Watkin’s Ferry” and much later as “Boyd’s Ferry.” In 1892, there was a push to put a ferry at Yankee Hall. In 1914, a wooden drawbridge was built across the Tar River at Boyd’s Ferry. The draw was the former draw at Beaufort, NC and was brought up the river by barge. The wooden bridge was rebuilt in 1926. A new concrete bridge was built in 1953/54 about 1200 feet from the old wooden bridge. The new high bridge over the river was dedicated on March 30, 2011 in honor of L. Elmore Hodges and opened for traffic on Monday, May 14, 2011.
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26732
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The Grimes Plantation is one of the oldest properties in Pitt County and it was named for Confederate general Bryan Grimes who became a prominent farmer in Pitt County after the Civil War. Eddie Smith, a native of Lexington, has restored Grimesland Plantation to its original painting and details.
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