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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDQ_the-iredell-house_Edenton-NC.html
James Iredell (1751-1799), Attorney General of North Carolina, 1779 to 1781. Fought for NC's ratification of the United States Constitution. Nominated Associate Justice of the first US Supreme Court Feb. 8, 1790 by President George Washington, con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDP_mackeys-ferry_Edenton-NC.html
Established 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry. Discontinued in 1938. Northern Terminus was four blocks south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDO_bought-in-france-for-n-c_Edenton-NC.html
Bought in France for N.C. by Robt. Smith & Thos. Benbury agents for Governor Caswell. Brought to Edenton by Capt. Boritz on "The Holy Heart of Jesus" in 1778. Mounted on this spot 1861. Spiked and trunnions broken off by Federal Fleet 1862. Remoun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNB5_james-iredell-jr_Edenton-NC.html
Governor, 1827~28; U.S. Senator; and legislator. Compiler of revisal of N.C. laws. His home two blocks south; grave at Hayes one mile S.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNB4_edenton-tea-party_Edenton-NC.html
Fifty-one women met at Mrs. Elizabeth King's home, which stood 1100 ft. S.E., and resolved, Oct. 25, 1774, to support the American Cause.
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Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99, Attorney-General of N.C. during Revolution. Home stands 200 ft. East.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAT_roanoke-river-lighthouse_Edenton-NC.html
Originally constructed in 1886 by the US Lighthouse Service, the Lighthouse served as a navigational beacon to Mariners on the Albemarle Sound. The Light marked the entrance to the Roanoke River which was the main commercial passageway to the town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAR_edenton-bell-battery-c-s-a_Edenton-NC.html
Organized in March 1862 under the leadership of Capt. William Badham Jr., Lt. John M. Jones, and Lt. Nelson McClees, the Edenton Bell Battery was composed of men primarily from Chowan, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties. Lacking adequate artillery, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAO_edenton_Edenton-NC.html
On May 5, 1864, the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle under Commander James W. Cooke, with gunboats Cotton Plant and Bombshell, steamed out of the Roanoke River into Bachelor's Bay and Albemarle Sound before you, bound for New Bern. Dead ahea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNA2_barker-house_Edenton-NC.html
Home of Thomas Barker, N.C. agent to England, and his wife Penelope, reputed leader of the Edenton "Tea Party," 1774. Stands 3 blocks south.