Pasquotank County
16 places on the trail: 15 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
People of Pasquotank County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- A-21CULPEPER'S REBELLIONCulpeper and Durant led a revolt against British trade laws, seized the government 1677, 2 mi. SE.
- A-13FIRST ASSEMBLYIn 1665 the Albemarle County Assembly, the initial lawmaking body in Carolina, met in this area. Convened by Wm. Drummon...
- A-14FIRST SCHOOLCharles Griffin taught in this county the first known school in N.C. 1705-08.
- A-64NATHANIEL BATTS LAND GRANTOn Sept. 24, 1660, King Kiscutanewh sold Batts tract 3 1/2 mi. S.E. from the mouth of Pasquotank River to the "head of N...
The young state, 1790-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- A-54GEORGE W. BROOKSFederal judge whose writ of habeas corpus, 1870, prevented arbitrary arrest of N.C. citizens during Reconstruction. Home...
- A-80HUGH CALE 1835-1910Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His g...
- A-93WILD'S RAIDFirst major campaign in N.C. conducted by the U.S. Colored Troops, Dec. 1863. Freed thousands of enslaved in the area.
The New South, 1878-1929
- A-37ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITYFounded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became a university in 1969.
- A-61JOSEPH C. PRICE (1854-1893)Negro orator and teacher. A founder and president of Livingstone College. Born in Elizabeth City. House was 2 miles S.
- A-90PETER WEDDICK MOORE 1859-1934Educator. Was born into slavery. President, what is now Elizabeth City State University, 1891- 1923. Grave 1/3 mi. SE.
- A-70SOYBEAN PROCESSINGIn 1915 W.T. Culpepper launched the soybean oil industry in the U.S. at Elizabeth City Oil & Fertilizer Co., 1 mi. NE.
- A-40STEPHEN B. WEEKSHistorian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93. Birt...
- A-83W. O. SAUNDERS 1884-1940Writer and editorialist. In his The Independent, 1908-1937, championed causes, promoted region. Office was 50 yds. E.