Brunswick
Alfred Moore
Belville, NC
Associate justice U.S. Supreme Court, 1799- 1804.
Arthur Dobbs
Royal governor, 1754-65.
Bald Head Lighthouse
Southport, NC
Original lighthouse was erected in 1794.
Benjamin Smith 1756-1826
Governor, 1810-1811, legislator, soldier, benefactor of UNC.
Boundary House
Calabash, NC
Commissioners met here to run boundary in 1764.
Brunswick
Winnabow, NC
Founded c. 1725, long a principal port of N.C., site of Spanish attack, 1748, and of Stamp Act resistance, 1766.
Charles Town
Center of a colony from Barbados led by John Vassall, 1664.
Daniel L. Russell 1845-1908
Governor, 1897-1901; Superior Court judge, 1868-1874; member of Congress, 1879-1881.
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.
Fort Anderson
Large Confederate fort, remains here.
Fort Caswell
Oak Island, NC
Built by U.S. Army, 1826.
Fort Johnston
Southport, NC
Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745.
Josiah Martin
Southport, NC
Last royal governor of North Carolina, 1771-75.
North Carolina-South Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for...
Orton
Belville, NC
Fine colonial home, built about 1725 by Roger Moore.
Orton Plantation
Winnabow, NC
House built c. 1725, subsequent additions.
Robert Howe
Belville, NC
Maj. Gen. Howe was the commander of Southern Dept. of the Continental Line, 1776-78, & N.C.’s highest ranking officer.
Spanish Attack
Belville, NC
A Spanish expedition captured the town of Brunswick, 1748, during King George's War, but was soon driven away by the colonial militia.
Stede Bonnet 1688-1718
Southport, NC
Barbadian planter turned pirate made N.C. his base, 1718.
Washington's Southern Tour
President Washington, on April 27, 1791, was a guest at the home of William Gause, Jr., which stood four miles south.