Sunset Beach A History
Author : Jacqueline DeGroot
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 2010
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : 9781450723046
The Legends of Brunswick County - Ghosts, Pirates, Indians and Colonial North Carolina
Author : J. C. Judah
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0615175864
Book Description
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 Visit these historic times through the eyes of its early residents, historical documents, ghosts, seafaring pirates, Indian predecessors, notable cemeteries (including known Slave Cemeteries), local facts, and legends.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
Author : David S. Cecelski
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0807835668
Book Description
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
Author : J. D. Lewis
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 2009-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0806351454
Book Description
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
Author : Robert Ruark
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,51 MB
Release : 1993-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780805026696
Book Description
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
Author : Stanley South
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,71 MB
Release : 2024-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780865263437
Book Description
"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.
Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, 1660-1916
Author : James Sprunt
Publisher :
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 1916
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
The Episcopal Church in North Carolina, 1701-1959
Author : Lawrence Foushee London
Publisher :
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Book Description
A Chronological History of the Civil War in America
Author : Richard Swainson Fisher
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 1863
Category : United States
ISBN :
Book Description
Tales and Traditions of the Lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896
Author : James Sprunt
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 1896
Category : History
ISBN :
