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Biggest Pecan Was Gift of President James Madison
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Three miles north of Turkey in Sampson County stands what is possibly the largest and most historic pecan tree in North Carolina. Measuring 17 feet 2 inches in circumference, the tree was a gift from President James Madison to Thomas Kenan, a member of Congress from that district. The tree was planted between 1805 and 1811.
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