Chowan
Chowan County Courthouse
Edenton, NC
Oldest courthouse in use in North Carolina.
HARRIET JACOBS c. 1813-1897
Edenton, NC
Fugitive slave, writer, & abolitionist.
Inglis Fletcher 1879-1969
Arrowhead Beach, NC
Novelist. Wrote Raleigh's Eden (1940), first of 12-volume "Carolina Series," based on early N.C. history.
James Iredell, Jr. 1788-1853
Edenton, NC
Governor, 1827-28; U.S. Senator; and legislator.
Joseph Hewes
Edenton, NC
Signer of Declaration of Independence, leader in Continental Congress, merchant.
Mackeys Ferry
Edenton, NC
Established 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Edenton, NC
Built beginning in 1736 to serve first parish in N.C., est. by the 1701 Vestry Act.
Thomas Child
Edenton, NC
Attorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761.