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Free persons of color, Issac Carter, Joshua Carter William Dove and Issac Perkins of the Harlowe community appear to have started their Revolutionary War service in early May 1776. Chartered on September 3, 2016, the Patriot Issac Carter Chapter became the first and only chapter of Sons of the American Revolution comprised primarily of African American men.
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The Bank of Commerce opened in New Bern in 1859. Alonzo Thomas Jenkins was appointed its first president. John Amos Guion, cashier worked to keep the bank open during the Civil War, but it eventually succumbed in 1867. Guion continued afterwards in his same role for the National Bank of New Bern until 1886.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p13-22, il, por, bibl, f
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Torpedoes and mines contributed to a mass explosion that wiped out a depot an other structures at Bachelor Creek on May 26, 1864. Most contemporary sources reported around thirty men killed. Union forces had already repelled two strong Confederate attacks on New Bern earlier in 1864.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p24-31, il, por, map, bibl
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43501
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Gerock began his career in Raleigh in 1876 and in 1877, relocated to New Bern, where he was active until the early 1900s. He began a partnership with Ignatius W. Brock in 1891. He is known for his portrait photography and additionally his realism in the capturing of New Bern street scenes.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p32-47, il, por, bibl
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43503
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A native of Duplin County, Caleb Bradham invented "Brad's Drink" in a New bern pharmacy in the 1890s. In 1898, he changed the name to Pepsi-Cola. Patent for the beverage was secured in 1903. By 1909, Pepsi was being bottled and sold through franchise agreements in 250 plants in 24 states. In 1923, the business was bankrupt. It did not re-emerge to the level of its early success until after Bradhams death in 1934.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p48-54, il, por, f
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"In 1913, New Bern City Council had a problem on its hands. The Cedar Grove Cemetery was running out of space. This old cemetery located along Queen and George Streets in New Bern is one of the finest historical cemeteries in the state. Founded in 1800 by Christ Episcopal Church after yellow fever filled up its capus graveyard, Cedar Grove would become the final resting place of many of the city's founders and heroes."
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p55-64, il, f
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43507
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"The following story tells of our country’s and Craven County’s preparation for war, and three Craven County men who were caught up in the maelstrom of the country’s mood as it lurched towards war: the physician, the volunteer, and the draftee. Noted are Dr. Steven James Hawes of Dover, Wiley Clifton Bissett, and African American draftee James M. King.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p65-74, il, por, f
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43508
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Ceasar, a former slave and member of the local Presbyterian Church began his career as bell-ringer and sexton in 1846, serving only occasionally interrrupted for more than 60 years.
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Through little known information about the New Bern Smallpox Contraband Hospital, we know it was founded January of 1864 in the middle of the Civil War. The term contraband comes from when Union General Benjamin Butler refused to capture the salves Shepard Mallory, Frank Barker, and James Townsend and send them back to their masters. This was when the term contraband was meant to refer to slaves. Through the use of the term contraband this defined the slaves as property so they could not be returned back to their masters. Not long after the Union’s occupation of New Bern there was the spread of Smallpox and Yellow Fever. When servants and captured slaves began to contract Smallpox Vincent Colyer requested General Burnside to create a hospital to take care and vaccinate the “contraband”. This led to the creation of the Contraband Smallpox Hospital of New Bern.
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This article’s main focus is on the U.S. Revenue Cutter Pamlico which was later named the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pamlico. The first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton believed that a robust process of collecting revenue was important for the early nation. In the first rendition of this program was the Revenue-Marine which was latter name the Revenue Cutter Services. These were U.S ships tasked with collecting and transporting the nations revenue. One of the first ships that was a Revenue Cutter was the Diligence.
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This article is about the purchase of the Maola Milk and Ice Cream Co. in New Bern by Harvey Barns from F. E. Mayo, from Washington NC. The name of the company Maola came from the original owners first name combined with Coca-Cola because the original owner owned a Coca-Cola bottling company. The Maola company was struggling in its early years because of a lack of capital but this did not make Harvey Barns to give up. Through the sheer will and his sales abilities Harvey was able to inspire his employees to help push the company through this difficult time. The next obstacle that Harvey Barns was faced with was opening the first milk pasteurizing plant in the four-county region of Craven, Pamlico, Carteret, Beaufort counties. Through the help of the local women’s and health associations to educate the locals on the benefits of pasteurized milk.
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This article will be discussing the Barbour Boat Works of New Bern and their role of building wardships for the United States Navy and the Royal British Navy during World War II. The Barbour Boat Works was building wooden warships to help out in the efforts of World War II. Some of these ships were used in rescue and salvage efforts. The British government sent specific specifications to the U.S. Navy on rescue and salvage ships under the Lend-Lease Act. The U.S Navy would end up building 31 ships through the work for 6 different shipyards one being the Barbour Boat Works and 6 of these ships were sent to the British Navy while the other 21 ships were put into use by the U.S Navy. Two ships that came out of the Barbour Boat Works were named the HMS American Salvor and the HMS Boston Salvor. Two other uses for ships during this time was as Net Laying and Mine Yard Sweeping.
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After the civil war majority of the fire departments had dissolved in New Bern. This caused an issue because the city of New Bern still needed fire protection. Some of the few fire companies that were around was the Holden Hook & Ladder Company and the New Bern Steam Engine No. 1. These companies were helped by the union soldiers that stayed behind or were returning home to New Bern. At the same time confederate soldiers were returning to the area and they started the Atlantic Fire Company back up which was a rival to the existing fire companies. Around the same time the African American citizens of New Bern come together to help create the Harland Fire Company No.1 which was founded by Edward J. Richardson, henry H. Simmons, and John R. Good. The Harland Fire Company No. 1 consisted of seventy-five members and John R. Good was the foreman of the company.
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In this article Dr. John Hope Franklin is talking about the rich and comprehensive African American history of New Bern and Eastern North Carolina. Dr. Franklin states that right before the civil war began that the population of African Americans in the United States was about 19% of the total population according to census data at the time. When the civil war began in 1860 the population of African American had increased to 4.4 million and a majority of this number were considered slaves. In North Carolina there were 331,059 salves which was about 33% of the population around the same time. Most freeman in North Carolina lived along the east seaboard of the state which was know as the “black district” of the state. During the Battle of New Bern African Americans moved to New Bern to join the Union lines which lead to the creation of James city which was one of the highest population of free slaves.
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This article will be discussing the Evans Mill complex during the civil war. The Evan Mills complex consisted of a small village for the slaves that worked on the plantation, gristmill, sawmill, blacksmith shop, shoemaker shop, cotton gin, and cotton press. This subdivision was named after Peter Gustavus Evans. Peter Evens purchased the land around the year 1856. Peter Evans married Eliza Morehead who was the daughter of John M. Morehead, former North Carolina Governor, in 1850. After the unions victory Captain Evans was known to have gone to the Union supporting farms and burning down their property. In 1862 Evans was granted the tile of colonel of the Fifth North Carolina Calvary. After a failed attempt to charge the Union forces Peter Evans was shot and captured by the Union forces. Peter Evans would later die in prison in Washington D.C. in 1863. After the battle of New Bern Union forces took control over the Evan Mill complex because of the importance of the utilities there
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