Beaufort County
35 places on the trail: 32 highway markers, 3 battlefields and state sites.
People of Beaufort County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- B-48ALEXANDER STEWARTAnglican minister to N.C., 1753-71. Served parish of St. Thomas & as chaplain to Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Erected first glebe ...
- B-72AQUASCOGOCAlgonquian village; was in this vicinity. Burned, July 18, 1585, by Roanoke colonists in their first dispute with Indian...
- B-5CHRISTOPHER GALE ca. 1679-1735Chief Justice of colony of North Carolina, 1712. Lived nearby at "Kirby Grange," his plantation.
- B-47EDWARD TEACHNotorious pirate called "Blackbeard." Lived in Bath while Charles Eden was governor. Killed at Ocracoke, 1718.
- B-21FIRST POST ROADThe road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed ...
- B-6FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARYIn North Carolina was set up near this spot about 1700. Books sent from England by Rev. Thos. Bray.
- B-8GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Its southern boundary was surveyed in 1743 to a point near here.
- B-63JOHN GARZIA ca. 1690-1744Anglican minister, born in Spain. Served parish, 1733-1744, in spite of difficulties inherent to life in colonial N.C.
- B-27MATTHEW ROWANActing governor, 1753-54. Councilor, assemblyman, and Surveyor-General. Merchant in the Irish trade. His home was here.
- B-62PORT OF BATHColony's first town, incorporated March 8, 1705. Home to first port of entry, 1716; exported naval stores.
- B-3ST. THOMAS CHURCHEpiscopal. Oldest church building in the state of North Carolina; was constructed in 1734.
- B-46TRINITY CHURCHEpiscopal. Was originally Blount’s Chapel. Built nearby ca. 1774 by Rev. Nathaniel Blount, who served until his death, 1...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- B-25JOHN F. TOMPKINSAgricultural reformer, a founder of the State Fair, published and edited the "Farmer's Journal," 1852-53, in Bath. This ...
- B-51JOHN GRAY BLOUNT 1752-1833Merchant & land speculator. Shipping interests across eastern N.C.; also invested in western N.C. land. Home stood here.
- B-59ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCHThe first Roman Catholic church in North Carolina. Consecrated, 1829. Burned by Federal troops, 1864. Stood one block ea...
- B-73TRINITY SCHOOLEpiscopal boys school founded 1851 by Rev. N. Collin Hughes. Many students joined ministry. Closed 1908. Stood here.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- B-74AFRICAN AMERICANS DEFEND WASHINGTONPrior to formation of 1st N.C. Colored Volunteers about 100 black men were armed to aid Union forces during the siege of...
- B-16BURNING OF WASHINGTONThe town was burned and shelled by evacuating United States troops in April, 1864.
- B-33DANIEL G. FOWLEGovernor, 1889-91, state Adjutant General, 1863, Confederate officer, superior court judge, state legislator. His home s...
- B-14DR. SUSAN DIMOCKNative of Washington, Zurich graduate, head of a Boston hospital, 1st woman member N.C. Medical Society, 1872. Her girlh...
- B-17FORT HILLSite of Confederate batteries on Pamlico River which enabled Gen. D. H. Hill's forces to besiege Washington in spring of...
- B-15SIEGE OF WASHINGTONTown seized by Union troops, Mar. 1862. Efforts to recapture it failed in 1862 & 1863. Union Army withdrew in Apr. 1864.
The New South, 1878-1929
- B-65JOHN H. SMALL 1858-1946Congressman, 1899-1921. Chair, Cmte. on Rivers & Harbors; champion of Intracoastal Waterway. Home stood 40 yds. E.
- B-24JOSEPHUS DANIELSSecretary of the Navy, 1913-21; Ambassador to Mexico; editor; author. Birthplace stood here.
- B-61LINDSAY C. WARREN 1889-1976U.S. Comptroller General, 1940-54; Member, U.S. House, 1925-40. Sponsor, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Act. Lived here...
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- B-77EDMUND HARDING 1890-1970Humorist, storyteller, & speaker of wide renown. Key to restoration of colonial Bath, 1955-70. He lived 100 yds. S.W.
- B-56JAMES ADAMS FLOATING THEATREToured coastal towns, 1913-1941. Edna Ferber's 1925 visit to ship, then docked nearby, was basis for her novel Show Boat...
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- BB-1COLONIAL BATH
- B-28DeMILLE FAMILYHome of motion picture producer Cecil B. DeMille & his father, playwright Henry C. DeMille, stood five blocks west.
- BB-2HISTORIC BATH
- SiteHISTORIC BATH STATE HISTORIC SITEColonial history, 18th & 19th century architecture.
- BB-3PALMER-MARSH HOUSE
- BattleTRANTER'S CREEKOn June 5, Col. Robert Potter, garrison commander at Washington, North Carolina, ordered a reconnaissance in the directi...
- BattleWASHINGTONWhile Longstreet operated against Suffolk, D.H. Hill's column moved against the Federal garrison of Washington, North Ca...