Record #:

3180

Author(s):

Gunn, Jim

Abstract:

Built by Samuel Chapman around 1790, the Attmore-Oliver House on Broad Street in New Bern was purchased in 1953 for restoration by the New Bern Historical Society. The building now serves as the society's headquarters.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p5-10, il

Subject(s):

Attmore-Oliver House (New Bern); Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--New Bern; New Bern--Buildings, structures, etc.

Record #:

3189

Author(s):

Breytspraak, Charlotte; Bretyspraak, Jack

Abstract:

James Davis became public printer in 1749 by appointment of the General Assembly. He also began the state's first newspaper, THE NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE, in 1751, and held many local offices, including postmaster of New Bern and Carteret County sheriff.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p27-30, bibl

Subject(s):

Davis, James, 1721-1785; Newspaper publishing--New Bern; Printers--New Bern; Printing, Public--New Bern

Record #:

3190

Author(s):

Howlett, Barbara W.

Abstract:

When New Bern's St. Andrew's Chapel voted in 1863 to join the Northern A.M.E. Zion Church, it became the South's first Zion Church. In 1879, the name was changed to St. Peter's. Damaged by a 1922 fire, the church was renovated in 1986.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p31-34, il

Subject(s):

African American churches--New Bern; New Bern--Church history; St. Peter's A.M.E. Zion Church (New Bern)

Record #:

36122

Author(s):

Mellevold, Audrey

Abstract:

In North Carolina, the Tuscarora was one of the six Indian groups whose arrival preceded Europeans by many centuries. The 1713 battle in New Bern yielding the massacre of nine hundred, and knelled their way of life. As for who initiated this battle, it is certain. Was it Europeans wanting the land? Was it other Indian groups wanting to destroy them?

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p11-15

Subject(s):

Tuscarora Indians--North Carolina; Tuscarora Indians, Eastern--Wars, 1711-1713; Indians of North Carolina--History; Indians of North Carolina--Antiquities

Record #:

36123

Author(s):

Thompson, Tom

Abstract:

New Bern’s denizens have an equivalent of Tara on Washington Post Road. The dwelling built in 1760 translated the reel version of antebellum South to real life, as the Spaight family, the builders of Bellair, experienced it. Thompson’s article offers another connection with Bellair by a letter written in the house in 1776 by Mary Murphrey.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p16-20

Subject(s):

Craven County--Historic buildings; Craven County--History; Antebellum period, 1820-1861; Bellair Plantation; Spaight family--New Bern

Record #:

36124

Author(s):

Conover, Mary Osborne

Abstract:

Expected was the 1910 celebration: it was the bicentennial of New Bern’s founding. As for one not expected, the author explained its coming from the “tenor of the times.” It, hosted by the newly created historical society, had a guest list including descendants of Baron Christopher de Graffenried and Colonial homes open to visitors. Another aspect remembrance worthy was the first contribution to Tryon Palace’s 1950s restoration, a surplus from funds for the 1929 event.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p21-26

Subject(s):

Craven County--History; Tryon Palace (New Bern); Tryon Palace (New Bern)--History; New Bern Historical Society; Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743; Gardner, O. Max (Oliver Maxwell), 1882-1947; Stanly, John Wright, 1742-1789; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Edenton Tea Party (1774); Reynolds family