The Louise R. Lester Foundation Library at Beaufort County Community College will host the History, Mystery, and Art Community Voices series, with the first event taking place on September 29.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 1:05 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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What is now Carteret, Pamlico, Craven, Lenoir, Jones, Beaufort, and Pitt Counties was a terrifying place to live from 1711 to 1713.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 7:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This month, East Carolina University will solemnly mark a Colonial era battle that redefined North Carolina and changed the direction of American history with a three-day event, "Nooherooka 300."
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2013 @ 2:22 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Pitt County was established in 1760 after a legislative act to annex Beaufort County. Named after William Pitt, a British statesman who supported the colonist's cause for freedom, the county was formed because of the need for a regional courthouse and prison.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first settlers were French Protestants from Virginia. Among early inhabitants were John Lawson, surveyor general of the colony and author of the first history of Carolina (1709), and Christopher Gale, first chief justice of the colony.
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2012 @ 9:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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