Former Colleges
Inscription
Two church-affiliated schools were once located in Ayden. Carolina Christian College, founded by Disciples of Christ and a predecessor of Barton College in Wilson, operated 4/10 mile northeast from 1893 to 1903. Free Will Baptists in 1896 founded Ayden Seminary 4/10 mile southeast. Later known as Eureka College, it closed in 1929.
In 1951 the Free Will Baptists established Mount Olive College in Mount Olive.
Location
Sources
More markers in Pitt
Thomas J. Jarvis
Greenville, NC
Governor, 1879-1885; Minister to Brazil; United States Senator.
Blount Hall
Built before 1762 by Jacob Blount, member of Assembly, 1754-1762, 1764-1771, and of Provincial Congress, 1775-1776.
Catechna
Grifton, NC
Fortified Indian town & site of the Tuscarora conspiracy of Sept., 1711.
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Established in 1907 as state-supported normal school.
Bryan Grimes 1828-1880
Major General, Confederate Army.