Legends provides a look into the past through the eyes of its early residents of Brunswick County, North Carolina. Historical documents, seafaring pirates, the Indian predecessors, notable cemeteries (including known slave cemeteries), local facts, and legends provide a historic representation of the figures and events that shaped the area through its residents, their last wills and testaments, and daily life of the 1700s to 1800s. The reader will meet Mary Hemingway, plantation owner and wealthy Holden Beach resident of the 1700s and Benjamin Smith, who later became a North Carolina Governor, as well as, Willie Fullwood, who is buried among the slaves of Brunswick County.
Legends will delight, inform, and preserve the past in this enchanting account of colonial life. This is a classic read about the original inhabitants and historical significant events and people of southeastern North Carolina.
Publication Date: Jan 03 2008
ISBN/EAN13: 0615175864 / 9780615175867
Page Count: 302
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 6" x 9"
Language: English
Related Categories: History / North America
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The Legends of Brunswick County - Ghosts, Pirates, Indians and Colonial North Carolina
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