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Harkers Island, known as Crany Island during the 1700s, was a prominent location during the colonial period. John White, a 16th century explorer, was the first European to document the island—he describes some of the Coree living on the island, evidenced by shell mounds. By the early 18th century, British colonists were farming the island and had constructed several warehouses for cargoes associated with the island’s port. During the 1800s, many island residents worked in the regional whaling industry.
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The Gordon C. Willis Co. fish house was located on the banks of Bogue Sound during Thomas Brinson’s childhood. A buyer of seafood (including shad and crabs) from the Menhaden fisheries, Gordon sold fish to local residents and fish factories in Morehead and Beaufort. Gordon’s was also an ice manufacturing plant.
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In the Winter 1995 segment on advice for genealogists, Goodwin discusses possible sources of error in genealogical records. Goodwin surmises that clerks, tax assessors, and census takers likely did not ask for surname spelling when collecting data, and may have recorded surnames incorrectly.
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