The Legends of Brunswick County - Ghosts, Pirates, Indians and Colonial North Carolina

The Legends of Brunswick County - Ghosts, Pirates, Indians and Colonial North Carolina
Author: J. C. Judah
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2007-11-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0615175864
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Beyond the ocean mist is an area rich in history and lore. Explore the fascinating past of 16th through 20th Century Brunswick County, North Carolina. Visit these historic times through the eyes of its early residents, historical documents, ghosts, seafaring pirates, Indian predecessors, notable cemeteries (including known Slave Cemeteries), local facts, and legends. Take a glimpse into the rich tradition and culture of Brunswick County, and become a part of the southeastern North Carolina legacy. Meet Mary Hemingway, a plantation owner and one of the original settlers of Brunswick County. Read her Last Will & Testament and find out where her final resting place is located. Gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of colonial challenges, pirate lifestyles, and the intricacies of the Indian culture and their clashes with the early settlers. Peruse the names and lives of the original residents of Brunswick County, North Carolina. Enjoy your trip back into time.

The Fire of Freedom

The Fire of Freedom
Author: David S. Cecelski
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0807835668
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Examines the life of a former slave who became a radical abolitionist and Union spy, recruiting black soldiers for the North, fighting racism within the Union Army and much more.

My Neck of the Woods

My Neck of the Woods
Author: J. D. Lewis
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0806351454
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Trans-Allegheny Pioneers is, without a doubt, one of the most celebrated accounts of life on the Virginia frontier ever written. The author's focal point is the region of the New River-Kanawha in present-day Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. This is essential reading for anyone interested in frontier history or the genealogies of mid-18th century families who resided in the Valley of Virginia.

The Old Man and the Boy

The Old Man and the Boy
Author: Robert Ruark
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1993-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780805026696
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Journalist Robert Ruark tells of the friendship between a young boy and his grandfather as they hunt and fish in North Carolina

Archaeology at Colonial Brunswick

Archaeology at Colonial Brunswick
Author: Stanley South
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780865263437
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"Brunswick was founded in 1726 by Maurice Moore ... [and] the first lots were sold to Cornelius Harnett Sr. The town became a major British colonial port before the Revolution and was the home of the royal governors of North Carolina for twelve years .... In 1776, it was burned by the British and over the next several decades, it was gradually abandoned."--Preface, p. xxii.

Tales of the Silver Coast

Tales of the Silver Coast
Author: Miller Pope
Publisher: Islnd Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781616581886
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Follow the struggles and victories that shaped Brunswick County from the first contact of Europeans with native Americans, to the successive administration of the Lord's Proprietors, royal governors, British crown, leaders of a new nation-many of whom hailed from this small but influential corner of North Carolina. Discover Brunsiwck's rich Civil War history, scenic roadways and waterways, and current day towns and townships. In Tales of the Silver Coast, Miller Pope recounts the tales of pirates, privateers and plantation owners, politicians and prohibition rum-runners-the many colorful people and diverse places of southeastern North Carolina in this engaging collection of stories illustrated in his distinctive style.