Chowan County
22 places on the trail: 21 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
People of Chowan County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- A-55BARKER HOUSEHome of Thomas Barker, N.C. agent to England, and his wife Penelope, reputed leader of the Edenton "Tea Party," 1774. St...
- A-11CHOWAN COUNTY COURTHOUSEOldest courthouse in use in North Carolina. Built about 1767. Whig centre in Revolution. Stands 3 blocks S.E.
- A-22EDENTON TEA PARTYWomen in this town led by Penelope Barker in 1774 resolved to boycott British imports. Early and influential activism by...
- A-87EDWARD VAIL 1717-1777Colonial statesman and Brigadier General of the Edenton District militia. Member, N.C. Committee of Correspondence, 1768...
- A-25FIRST POST ROADThe road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed ...
- A-69FRANCIS CORBIN (d) 1767Granville agent, jurist, legislator. Provoked "Enfield Riot." Home, "the Cupola House," 2 blks. S.
- A-73HENDERSON WALKER c. 1660-1704Acting governor, 1699-1703; attorney general, judge, and vestryman. Grave is 75 feet west.
- A-27MACKEYS FERRYEstablished 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry. Discontinued in 1938. Northern terminus was four blocks s...
- A-1ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHBuilt beginning in 1736 to serve first parish in N.C., est. by the 1701 Vestry Act. Succeeded two earlier buildings.
- A-53THOMAS CHILDAttorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761. Leader of faction which opposed Governor Dobbs. Secretary to Lord Granville. Home...
- A-46WEAPEMEOCThe principal town of the Weapemeoc Indians, visited by Ralph Lane and his colonists in 1585-1586, stood near present-da...
The young state, 1790-1860
- A-72HARRIET JACOBS c. 1813-1897Fugitive slave, writer, & abolitionist. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) depicts her early life. Lived in Ed...
- A-5JAMES IREDELL 1751-1799Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99. Attorney General of N.C. during Revolution. Home stands 200 ft. east.
- A-50JAMES IREDELL, JR. 1788-1853Governor, 1827-28; U.S. Senator; and legislator. Compiler of revisal of N.C. laws. His home two blocks south; grave at H...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
The New South, 1878-1929
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- A-34DR. HUGH WILLIAMSONSigner of the Federal Constitution, member of Congress, historian. Home was 4 blocks S.E.
- SiteHISTORIC EDENTON STATE HISTORIC SITEColonial history, 18th & 19th century architecture.
- A-4JOSEPH HEWESSigner of Declaration of Independence, leader in Continental Congress, merchant. His store was three blocks S.
- A-9SAMUEL JOHNSTONRevolutionary leader, Governor, U.S. Senator. His home, "Hayes," and grave are one mile S.E.
- A-94STATE v. MANN