Chowan Academy
Inscription
Founded in 1886 for blacks
by Calvin S. Brown, pastor,
Pleasant Plains Baptist
Church. Later a public
school named for Brown.
Location
AddressMain Street in Winton
CityWinton
CountyHertford
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.386230, -76.939110
Sources
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Murfree House
Murfreesboro, NC
Home of William Hardy Murfree, member of U.S. Congress, 1813-1817; N.C. House, 1805 & 1812; presidential elector, 1812.
Burning Of Winton
Winton, NC
A detachment of United States troops burned Winton on February 20, 1862.
Richard J. Gatling
Patented rapid-firing Gatling Gun, 1862.
John W. Moore
Compiler of roster of North Carolina troops, 1861-1865, historian, novelist, Confederate major.
Lane's Expedition
Ralph Lane and a group of English colonists explored the Chawanook Indian country and the Chowan River, 1586, north to this vicinity.