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Bettie Freshwater Pool, a native of Pasquotank Co., NC, was disfigured in infancy, became a note authoress and songwriter. Her song, ‘Carolina, A Song,’ published in 1909 was proposed to be the official State Song. She is long remembered for her article on Theodosia Burr in the North Carolina Booklet in 1909. Pool spent most of her adult life supporting herself and her sister, Patty, by operating a private school in her home in Elizabeth City, NC.