Record #:

43412

Author(s):

Trueblood, R. Gordon

Abstract:

One of the earliest if not the earliest reported incident of a smallpox epidemic in the region was in 1696, in present-day Beaufort and Pamlico Counties.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 31 Issue 3, july 2022, p65-72

Subject(s):

Smallpox--North Carolina; Smallpox--History--Northeastern North Carolina; Diseases--smallpox