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Named after the Lord Proprietors
Record #:
41009
Author(s):
Abstract:
Named after members of minor nobility and by King Charles II, the profiled eight counties include Carteret and Craven, as well as what became known as Columbus and Chowan.
Source:
North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019,
p52-54
Subject(s):
Albemarle County--History; Craven County--History; Carteret County--History; Hyde County--History; Bertie County--History; Columbus County--History; Chowan County--History; Perquimans County--Houses; Monck, George, 1608-1677; Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674; Berkeley, William, 1605-1677; Carteret, George, 1610-1680; Colleton, John, 1608-1666; Craven, William, 1608-1697; Chowan County--see also Shaftesbury County; Perquimans County--see also Berkeley County