Topics Related to Colonial History

Acting governor, 1699-1703; attorney general, judge, and vestryman. Grave is 75 feet west.

Granville agent, jurist, legislator. Provoked "Enfield Riot." Home, "the Cupola House," 2 blks. S.

On Sept. 24, 1660, King Kiscutanewh sold Batts tract 3 1/2 mi. S.E. from the mouth of Pasquotank River to the "head of New Begin Creeke."

Pioneer missionary. He preached first Methodist sermon in colony, 1772, at Currituck Courthouse, 300 ft. N. Church named for Pilmoor near the site.

Attorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761. Leader of faction which opposed Governor Dobbs. Secretary to Lord Granville. Home was 2 blocks S.

The principal town of the Weapemeoc Indians, visited by Ralph Lane and his colonists in 1585-1586, stood near present-day Edenton.

In 1622 an expedition from Jamestown, Va., led by John Pory, explored the Chowan River area.

Owned a tract of land nearby. He surveyed and formed a company to drain a part of the Dismal Swamp, 1763.