Inscription
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.
Location
AddressUS 17 Business (West Queen Street) in Edenton
CityEdenton
CountyChowan
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.060030, -76.609450
Sources
More markers in Chowan
St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Edenton, NC
Built beginning in 1736 to serve first parish in N.C., est. by the 1701 Vestry Act.
Chowan County Courthouse
Edenton, NC
Oldest courthouse in use in North Carolina.
Mackeys Ferry
Edenton, NC
Established 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry.
Joseph Hewes
Edenton, NC
Signer of Declaration of Independence, leader in Continental Congress, merchant.
Thomas Child
Edenton, NC
Attorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761.
