Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. 4 days ago · North Carolina grew very slowly and in 1729, the Crown bought back the lands from all of the Proprietors except one, Lord Granville, and North Carolina became a royal colony. In the 1770s, the colony declared its independence along with the other colonies and became the State of North Carolina.

    • Census

      Federal Census of North Carolina, 1820: Vol. 32 Lincoln...

    • Digital Gaston County

      North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (DigitalNC)...

    • Maps

      North Carolina Maps: Contains more than 3,000 maps, ranging...

  2. 1 day ago · The story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is one of early America’s greatest mysteries. Established in 1587 by John White and 117 settlers, the colony was located on Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina and was meant to be England’s first permanent settlement in the New World.

  3. People also ask

  4. 4 days ago · Quick Tips for using this 1700 Historical North Carolina Counties Map tool. There are four ways to get started using this Historical U.S. Counties map tool. Type any PRESENT-day place or address in the “Search places” box above the map and choose the one you want from the auto-complete list. Click the map to see the historical county name ...

  5. 1 day ago · St. Augustine on the Atlantic Coast was founded in 1565 by the first governor of Florida, the Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The City of St. Augustine explains that it's "the oldest ...

  6. 1 day ago · Biographies of Sir Walter Raleigh and Governor John White are valuable because the former commissioned the colony while the latter founded and governed it (and abandoned it), but they don’t provide any new insight or perspective on what happened. That didn’t stop me, however, from giving it a go.

  7. 4 days ago · Colony of North Carolina, 1735–1764, Abstracts of Land Patents and Colony of North Carolina, 1765–1775, Abstracts of Land Patents (Weldon, N.C.: Roanoke News Co., 1983–84) Cavaliers and Pioneers : Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants; Pitt County Maps. North Carolina Maps and Atlases; North Carolina Digital Map Library ...

  8. 4 days ago · Rhode Island . Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence. Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) Major Cities: Providence. Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island" Became a State: May 29, 1790. More on Colonial Rhode Island

  1. People also search for