Perquimans County
6 places on the trail: 6 highway markers.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- A-75ANN MARWOOD DURANTFirst woman known to have acted as attorney in an N.C. court, 1673. Appeared before Council in Perquimans Precinct.
- A-3GEORGE DURANT 1632-1694Pioneer settler in the Albemarle, about 1662. Speaker of Assembly. Site of home 20 miles east, at Durant's Neck.
- A-28JOHN HARVEYFive times speaker of colonial assembly, moderator of provincial congresses, 1774-1775, leader of Revolutionary movement...
- A-82OLD NECK FRIENDS MEETINGQuaker meeting was established by 1680. Site of Yearly Meeting, 1698-1785. Discontinued, 1797. Building was 1 mile S.E.
- A-79QUAKER ACTIVITYIn 1672 missionaries William Edmundson and George Fox, founder of Society of Friends in America, held religious meetings...