Record #:

41011

Author(s):

Davis, Sarah

Abstract:

These walls’ history speaks of generations and down to Murfreesboro’s current generations. Its two centuries include stories of its original owner, a man known as “Prolific John,” and its current identity as site of the town’s Historical Association.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p62-64 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Murfreesboro--History; Historic buildings--Murfreesboro--John Wheeler House; Murfree, William Hardy; Wheeler, John Hill, 1806-1882; Wheeler, John--Nat Turner Insurrection; Chowan University--see also Chowan Baptist Female Institute ; Moore, John Wheeler--Chowan University; Murfreesboro Historical Association--Wheeler House; Crafts, Hannah--John Wheeler House ; Slave narratives; Slave narratives--Hannah Crafts; Wake Forest University--Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives--John Wheeler Moore Manuscript; THE BONDSWOMAN NARRATIVE (slave narrative)