North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-89
Rosenwald Schools. Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington established fund in 1912 to provide grants to African American communities to improve education. In N.C. the fund assisted with 817 projects in 93 counties. The first one was Warren Grove School, a two-teacher floor plan, completed on Oct. 8, 1915, five miles N.E
NC 32 south near Luke Street, Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-87
Edward Vail 1717 1777. Colonial statesman and Brigadier General of the Edenton District militia. Member, N.C. Committee of Correspondence, 1768, 1773-74. Lived 2 mi. SW.
NC 32 at Soundside Road, Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-73
Henderson Walker C. 1660 1704. Acting governor, 1699-1703; attorney general, judge, and vestryman. Grave is 75 feet west.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-72
Harriet Jacobs C. 1813 1897. Fugitive slave, writer, & abolitionist. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) depicts her early life. Lived in Edenton.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-69
Francis Corbin (D) 1767. Granville agent, jurist, legislator. Provoked "Enfield Riot." Home, "the Cupola House," 2 blks. S.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street) at Queen Street, Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-67
Thomas C. Manning 1825 1887. U.S. Minister to Mexico; chief justice, La. Supreme Court.; La. adjutant gen., 1863-65; taught at Edenton Academy. Lived here.
NC 32 (East Church Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-55
Barker House. Home of Thomas Barker, N.C. agent to England, and his wife Penelope, reputed leader of the Edenton "Tea Party," 1774. Stands 3 blocks south.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-53
Thomas Child. Attorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761. Leader of faction which opposed Governor Dobbs. Secretary to Lord Granville. Home was 2 blocks S.
US 17 Business (West Queen Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-50
James Iredell, Jr. 1788 1853. Governor, 1827-28; U.S. Senator; and legislator. Compiler of revisal of N.C. laws. His home two blocks south; grave at Hayes one mile S.E.
US 17 Business (West Queen Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-46
Weapemeoc. The principal town of the Weapemeoc Indians, visited by Ralph Lane and his colonists in 1585-1586, stood near present-day Edenton.
US 17 Business (West Queen Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-27
Mackeys Ferry. Established 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry. Discontinued in 1938. Northern terminus was four blocks south.
US 17 Business (West Queen Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-25
First Post Road. The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street) in Edenton, NC, Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-11
Chowan County Courthouse. Oldest courthouse in use in North Carolina. Built about 1767. Whig centre in Revolution. Stands 3 blocks S.E.
US 17 Business (Broad Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-9
Samuel Johnston. Revolutionary leader, Governor, U.S. Senator. His home, "Hayes," and grave are one mile S.E.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-5
James Iredell 1751 1799. Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99. Attorney General of N.C. during Revolution. Home stands 200 ft. east.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street) at Church Street, Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-4
Joseph Hewes. Signer of Declaration of Independence, leader in Continental Congress, merchant. His store was three blocks S.
US 17 Business (North Broad Street), Edenton, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-1
St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Built beginning in 1736 to serve first parish in N.C., est. by the 1701 Vestry Act. Succeeded two earlier buildings.
North Broad Street between Gale and Church Streets in Edenton, NC, Edenton, NC, United States