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40938
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A highway marker in Bertie County also marks William Blount’s political career, encompassing decades of service and neighboring states. His career includes six state representative terms. Scandal erupting during his tenure as Senator yielded the threat of impeachment charge, but the charge was dismissed, leaving him clear to gain the governor’s seat in Tennessee.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p96
Subject(s):
Blount, William, 1749-1800; Blount, John Gray, 1752-1833; American Revolution; Tennessee--founders--William Blount; Blount Hall--Pitt County; J.Y. Joyner Library--Special Collections--Blount Hall photographs ; University of Tennessee--see also Blount College
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Record #:
40939
Author(s):
Carawan, Sandy
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A connecting point between an Outer Banks island and North Carolina’s mainland is named after Hyde County’s first commissioner. Advocate for improved infrastructure, he helped to keep the community’s roadways functional for generations. Through his years of service to the community, he also served as its memory, helping to connect lifeways old and current.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p10-11
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Ocracoke Island--Social life and customs; Ocracoke Island--History; Ferries--North Carolina ; Ocracoke Island--families--William Howard; Coast Guard--see also Life Saving Service ; Ocracoke Island--infrastructure--Hyde County Board of Commissioners ; Ocracoke Preservation Society ; Ferries--Hatteras-Ocracoke
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40944
Author(s):
Green, Jim
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The first African American elected to Elizabeth City State Teacher’s College, Cooper was instrumental in Gates Training School becoming the first Gates County high school for African Americans. Respect earned from students and parents over a forty-year career also offered Cooper the privilege of an elementary school named in his honor.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p12-13
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Black high schools--Gates County--Thomas S. Cooper; Gates Training School--black high schools--Gates County; Elizabeth City State Teacher's College--see also Elizabeth City State University; Elizabeth City State Colored Normal School--see also Elizabeth City State University ; Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932; Rosenwald Schools; Elizabeth City State Teachers College--Board of Trustees; Elizabeth City Colored Schools--Thomas S. Cooper ; T.S. Cooper Elementary School (Sunbury); Unincorporated areas--North Carolina, Eastern--Sunbury
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Record #:
40976
Author(s):
Green, Jim
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The home affiliated with Davie, who had a history of service in education, politics, and the military, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Renovation work decades later, taking place in three phases, is restoring his only house still standing to its glory.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p20-22
Subject(s):
Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820; Historic houses--Halifax County--William R. Davie House ; Revolutionary War--William R. Davie; North Carolina Historic Sites; Historic Halifax State Historic Site; Friends of Historic Halifax--William R. Davie House; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill--William R. Davie; National Register of Historic Places--William R. Davie House; Revolutionary War--Nathanael Greene--William R. Davie; Davie County--History; Davie County--Description and travel; William R. Davie Park (Charlotte)
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40977
Author(s):
White, Thadd
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A Beaufort County road pays tribute to a woman who served as a trailblazer in the medical and nursing fields. Credited as founding the first college of nursing in the United States, Dimock also became the first female doctor admitted to the American Medical Association.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p30-31
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Dimock, Susan J., 1847-1875; Washington (N.C.)--History; Washington (N.C.)--Description and travel; Washington (N.C.)--Cemeteries; St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Washington; St. Peter's Episcopal Church cemetery--Susan J. Dimock; Beaufort County--Description and travel; Beaufort County--History; N.C. Medical Society--female doctors--Dr. Susan J. Dimock; George H. and Laura E. Brown Library (Washington)
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Record #:
40981
Author(s):
Stalls, Sarah Hodges
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Self-described as having lived much of his life near the water, Cox also made a difference on land. The light keeper who advocated for a highway to connect Tyrell and Hyde Counties has a highway starting in Hyde County named for him.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p34-36
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Cox, Benjamin F., 1861-1945; Light Stations--North Carolina, eastern ; Gull Shoal Light Station--Benjamin F. Cox; Laurel Point Light Station; Gull Shoal Lighthouse; U.S. Lighthouse Service--Benjamin F. Cox; Lighthouses--Washington County ; Lighthouses--Hyde County; Lighthouses--North Carolina, eastern; Walter B. Jones Sr. Center for the Sounds (Columbia)
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Record #:
41003
Author(s):
Davis, Sarah
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The unincorporated community, with a currently unassuming reputation, had the county’s first brick school and was Northampton’s only stop off place for an American president. The citizen for whom the community is named, Margaret Bynum Jordan, is known for helping a slave escape to the North and her quilt hanging in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p38-40
Subject(s):
Northampton County--Description and travel; Northampton County--History; Margarettsville--history; Margaretsville--see also Margarettsville; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill--Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library--Burgwyn Family Papers; Ridley, Margaret A. B. Jordan, circa 1819-1906; Museum of Southern Decorative Arts--Margaret A.B. Jordan Ridley
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Record #:
41010
Author(s):
Forrest, Lewis C., Jr.
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The New Holland, Higginsport, and Mt. Vernon made local history as the only railroad to serve Hyde County. Its historical records are being kept by a nonprofit associated with the nearby lake whose filling in led to the railroad’s closure.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p58-60
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Railroads--North Carolina, eastern; New Holland Farms--Hyde County; Lake Mattamuskeet--History; North Carolina Farms Company; New Holland, Higginsport, and Mt. Vernon Railroad; Norfolk Southern Railroad Company; New Holland Corporation--August Heckscher; Mattamuskeet Foundation--Mattamuskeet Drainage District--history
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Record #:
41022
Author(s):
Beachboard, Leslie
Abstract:
Its names come from two generations of owners named Allen and a man who never set foot on its grounds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, designated a state landmark, the Arthur Allen House reflects eighteenth century Virginia life, as house museum and historic site.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p78-81
Subject(s):
Arthur Allen House--see also Bacon's House (Surry, Virginia); Architecture--Jacobean style ; Bacon, Nathaniel, 1647-1676; Plantations--Virginia--Bacon's Castle; Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities ; National Register of Historic Places--Virginia--Arthur Allen House; National Historical Landmarks--Virginia--Arthur Allen House
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