Record #:

22887

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Ten miles east of Greenville, there once stood a large house and vital center of a community called Yankee Hall. The area was known also as Pactolus Landing and Perkin's Wharf. This house was owned and operated by the local businessman and store proprietor, Samuel Ralston (1778-1829) an Irishman. After his death, the house and land became the town landing for Pactolus, which was located a mile north. Following Ralston's death, the Perkins family inherited the house. The house was shelled by gunboats in the Civil War. Later, Henry Dixon, inherited it, watched it burn down in April 1890. Today Yankee Hall is a recreation area for boating, picnics, and fishing.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Aug 17-30 1988, p22

Subject(s):

Yankee Hall--History; Tar River--History--Landings