Record #:

43229

Author(s):

Harrison, Fred W., Jr.

Abstract:

Perhaps no county in North Carolina suffered more intense devastation during the Civil War than Martin County. Foster's Raid occurred on November 2, 1862. According to a contemporary, personal property losses amounted to nearly two million dollars. A battle initiating at Rawles Mill carried on into Williamston with severe wreckage and plunder and the burning of a portion of the town of Hamilton.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p79-80 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Foster, John G., 1823-1874; Foster's Raid; Civil War--Williamston; Hamilton (NC)--Foster's Raid

Record #:

43230

Author(s):

Roberson, Elizabeth

Abstract:

Eliza Bowen, more famously known as Madam Jumel, died at the age of 92 in New York City on July 16, 1865. The illegitimate child of a prostitute, carried on a series of relationships with cultured men before maneuvering a lucrative marriage to wealthy New York Wine merchant Stephen Jumel and in later years becoming the wife of Aaron Burr. For a short time in the 1790s, she lived with her mother and stepfather in a rented house in the town Williamston, N.C. She is thought to be the inspiration for Charles Dickens's Mrs. Haversham in the novel, "Great Expectations".

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p52-56 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Madam Jumel (1775-1865); Williamston--History; Williamston--Madame Jumel; Burr, Aaron

Record #:

43231

Author(s):

Monty, Brenda

Abstract:

At 80, Williamston resident and writer, Elizabeth Whitley Roberson looks back with fond memories to years past. An innovative educator, Roberson looked for ways to involvve her students while teaxching them history. While teaching at Bear Grass High School in the 1970s, she organized a junior historian club that produced a motion picture on the Tuscarora indians, the first of it's kind in the state and several noted publications. Roberson's own wrting career is higlighted as well with her books "Weep Not For Me Dear Mother" and "Tiny Broadwick".

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p56-59 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Roberson, Elizabeth Whitley (educator, author); History--teaching methods

Record #:

43232

Author(s):

Luthy, Corrine

Abstract:

The former Gerson Hoffman House on Main Street in Scotland Neck is now the Tarten House, a bed and breakfast establishment. The Classical Revival home was built in 1910. Jack and Faye Gordon are current owners.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p101-104 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Scotland Neck--Description and travel; Bed and Breakfast accomodations--Scotland Neck

Record #:

43233

Author(s):

Stotesbury, Suzanne

Abstract:

The Estelle Randall, a North Carolina passenger freight steamer was destroyed by fire while docked in Columbia, N.C. on Jan17, 1910. Diving expeditions led by the East Carolina University underwater archaeology program have recovered many artifacts from the sunken vessel now on display at the Columbia Theater.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p20-21;24-25 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Estelle Randall (N.C. passenger freighter); Columbia--history; Columbia--Shipwrecks

Record #:

43239

Author(s):

Taylor, Holly

Abstract:

Born in Scotland, John Paul is said to have turned up in Halifax County as a guest of Willie Jones and adopted 'Jones' as his last name, owing to his rescue by Willie on the North Carolina coast. Legends vary. Some consider John Paul Jones father of the U.S. Navy.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p44-47 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792; Halifax County--History

Record #:

43240

Author(s):

Drye, Willie

Abstract:

The Picot-Armistead-Pettiford House, located on the corner of Main and Monroe Streets in Plymouth, was built in the early 19th century by Dr. Julian Picot. Local tradition associates the house with the Underground Railroad.. A trap door leading to a cellar and supposed tunnels is the source of long-held stories. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places and plans call for it to become a museum.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p38-43 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Plymouth--History; Underground Railroad--Plymouth NC; National Register of Historic Places--Plymouth

Record #:

43241

Author(s):

Harrell, Melinda

Abstract:

George Washington Carawan (1800-1853) is the subject of an 1854 book, "The North Carolina Tragedy", which recalls his trial for the murder of Clement Lassiter, his guilty verdict and his subsequent shooting of the prosecutor and himself during the court proceedings in Beaufort County.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p28-31 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Carawan, George Washington (1800-1853); Beaufort County--History; Trials--Beaufort County--Historic

Record #:

43242

Author(s):

Jenkins, Jay

Abstract:

On his tour through North Carolina, Marquis de Lafayette spent the night of Feb. 26, 1825 in Murfreesboro. At the time, residents had planned a ball in his honor. However, he arrived in town after the event. In the 1970s, the Murfreesboro Historical Association began a decades long series of balls commemorating the one missed by Lafayette.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p32-36 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lafayette--1825 Visit to NC; Murfreesboro--History; Murfreesboro Historical Association

Record #:

43244

Author(s):

Jenkins, Jay

Abstract:

Journalist Jay Jenkins relates local lore from the Elm Grove area of Bertie County concerning witches and witchcraft.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p66-70 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Witchcraft--North Carolina; Witches--Bertie County

Record #:

43245

Author(s):

Jenkins, Jay

Abstract:

Located just outside of Jackson, county seat of Northampton County, Boone's Mill was on land owned by General Matt Ransom. The battle fought there was significant to the South in preventing Federal troops from advancing on the Weldon and Wilmington Railroad.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p82-83 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boone's Mill, Battle of (Jackson); Jackson (Northampton County); Wilmington and Weldon Railroad; Northampton County--Civil War; Civil War--Battle of Boone's Mill

Record #:

43246

Author(s):

Fueston, Vernon

Abstract:

The Battle of Windsor took place on Jan. 30, 1864. More akin to a skirmish, it involved 1,200 Union troops and 125 Confederate cavalry. Bertie County historian, Harry Thompson has conducted recent research on the event, included in his book, "Bertie at War".

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p84-86 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Thompson, Harry (author/historian); Civil War--Battle of Windsor; Bertie County--History

Record #:

43247

Author(s):

Taylor, Holly

Abstract:

Located in Northampton County at the intersection of Highways 186 and 305, Seaboard claims home to Paul H. Rose, founder of the department store chain, Roses and costume designer William Ivey Long. The town was named for the Seaboard Railroad.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p88-89 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Seaboard--Description and travel

Record #:

43248

Author(s):

Monty, Brenda

Abstract:

As an ESPN videographer, Kenneth Chesson has hunted the globe for the perfect shot. A native of Williamston, Chesson worksin his family business Mark Chesson & Sons when not on assignment with ESPN.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p90-93 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chesson, Kenneth (videographer); Videography