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Bertie County

11 places on the trail: 10 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.

Exploration and settlement (3)Government and law (2)Work and industry (2)Writers, artists and musicians (2)Native nations (1)The Revolution (1)

Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774

A-2INDIAN WOODSReservation established in 1717 for Tuscaroras remaining in N.C. after war of 1711-1713. Sold, 1828. Five miles N.W.

The young state, 1790-1860

A-49'SCOTCH HALL'Plantation setting for the novel "Bertie" by George R. Throop (1851), tutor in the family of Geo. W. Capehart. House bui...
A-74'WINDSOR CASTLE'Built 1858 by Patrick H. Winston, Jr. Birthplace of sons George T., educator; Francis D., lt. gov., 1905-1909; & Robert ...
A-7DAVID STONEGovernor, 1808-10; U.S. Senator; Congressman. "Hope," his home, stands 4 miles northwest.

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

A-57NAVAL BATTLE, 1864The Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, led by Capt. J. W. Cooke, crossed Batchelor's Bay, May 5, 1864, and fought seven...

The New South, 1878-1929

A-91FATHER AARON BAZEMORE 1881-1992African American pastor. He founded in 1911 St. John, the first Church of God in Christ ministry in N.C. Grave 100 ft. W...

Modern North Carolina, 1930 on

A-48ROANOKE RIVEREarly channel of trade, its valley long an area of plantations. Frequent floods until 1952; since controlled by Kerr Dam...

Battlefields, sites and undated markers