Rehoboth Church

Colonial Anglican congregation known as Skinners Chapel. Present church constructed 1850-1853. Now United Methodist.

Marker is on North Carolina Route 32 0.1 miles west of Mallard Cove, on the left when traveling west.

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Womans Missionary Society

The

Womans Missionary Society

of

The Lutheran Augustana Synod was

organized at this site June 6-1892

which was then the home of

Dr. C.A. Swensson

Founder and President of Bethany College

with

Fifty Charter Members present

Mrs. Emmy Evald - Pres.

Mrs. C.A. Swensson - Secy.

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Charles Pettigrew

First Bishop-elect of Episcopal Church in N.C., 1794. St. David's Church, erected 1803 at his expense, and his home are ½ mile southeast.

Marker is at the intersection of St David Road and North Carolina Route 94, on the right when ...

Buncombe Hall

The home of Col. Edward Buncombe of the Continental Line, who was captured at Germantown and died a prisoner in 1778, stood one mi. N.

Marker is at the intersection of Buncombe Avenue (North Carolina Route 32) and Cross Road, on ...

Carl Aaron Swensson

Born June 25, 1857

at Sugar Grove, Pa.

Died February 16, 1904

at Los Angeles, Cal.

Ordained as Minister

of the Lutheran Church

June 22, 1879

Founder of

Bethany College

1881

President

from 1889 to 1904

Marker is on 1st Street near Olsson Street, in the median.

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Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial Flagpole

We dedicate this flagpole to the

Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial peace garden

in honour of the "Encounter at the Forty"

at this site on June 8, 1813, a turning point in

the War of 1812 by the United States and the British.

Also, to celebrate 200 ...

Thomas C. Manning

1825-1887

U.S. Minister to Mexico; chief justice, La. Supreme Court.; La. adjutant gen., 1863-65; taught at Edenton Academy. Lived here.

Marker is at the intersection of East Church Street (North Carolina Route 32) and Court Street, on the right when traveling west ...

Thomas Child

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

Marker is at the intersection of West Queen Street (Business U.S. 17) and South Granville Street, on the right when traveling ...

"Scotch Hall"

Plantation setting for the novel "Bertie," by George R. Throop (1851), tutor in the family of Geo. W. Capehart. House built 1838 is 8 mi. S.E.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 17 and North Carolina Route 45, on the ...

Weapemeoc

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

Marker is at the intersection of West Queen Street (Business U.S. 17) and Dickinson Street, on the right when traveling east ...