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    Barker House is a historic home located at Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. The original house was built about 1782, and expanded during the 19th...
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    Edenton is a town in, and the county seat of, Chowan County, North Carolina, United States, on Albemarle Sound. The population was 4,397 at the 2020 census...
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    Province of North Carolina. For the third and final time, she married Thomas Barker, an attorney and a member of the House of Burgesses in Edenton in 1757...
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    The Edenton Tea Party was a political protest in Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1773. In October...
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  • NRHP Barker House (Edenton, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP Judge Joseph Barker, Jr., House, Newport, Ohio, listed on the NRHP William Barker Residence...
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    The Cupola House is a historic house museum in Edenton, North Carolina. Built in 1756–1758 (as determined by dendrochronology), it is the second oldest...
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    Roanoke River Light (category Tourist attractions in Edenton, North Carolina)
    historic, decommissioned lighthouse, located on the waterfront of Edenton, North Carolina. The lighthouse once stood in Albemarle Sound at the mouth of the...
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    existed since 1715 in the Province of North Carolina; at that time, the treasurer was appointed by the lower house of the legislature. In 1740, the treasurer's...
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    of Independence for North Carolina and first U.S. Secretary of the Navy (Edenton) Samantha Holvey (born 1986), Miss North Carolina USA 2006 (Buies Creek)...
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    The James Iredell House is a historic home located at Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. The original section was built 1800, and expanded to its...
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    Hayes Plantation (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina)
    historic plantation near Edenton, North Carolina that belonged to Samuel Johnston (1733–1816), who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789. Johnston...
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    Chowan County Courthouse (category Tourist attractions in Edenton, North Carolina)
    County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Edenton, the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina. Built in 1767, it is one of the finest examples...
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums in North Carolina. This list of museums in North Carolina is a list of museums, defined for this context as...
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    The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 1,035 townships in 100 counties. North Carolina's 1868 constitution adopted a "Township and County Commissioner...
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  • buildings in New York List of the oldest buildings in North Carolina List of the oldest buildings in North Dakota List of the oldest buildings in Ohio List...
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    Dan River (category Rivers of Caswell County, North Carolina)
    states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows...
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    of American independence was laid." Penelope Barker, organized and wrote the resolution of the Edenton Tea Party (October 1774), an activist throughout...
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    County, North Carolina. National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina The latitude...
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  • namesake of Buncombe County in western North Carolina. Member of Unanimity Lodge No. 7 at Edenton, North Carolina. His degree dates were 16 May, 26 May...
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    actions by women in the colonies. Fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina, led by Penelope Barker, signed an agreement officially agreeing to boycott tea...
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    of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg. University of North Carolina Press. OCLC 1151465106. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020...
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  • sexual abuse accusations at a daycare center divided the town of Edenton, North Carolina. 201 19 "The Spy Hunter" Biographies 60 minutes May 14, 1991 (1991-05-14)...
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  • internet personality. John Duncan, 84, American author and historian. Ray Edenton, 95, American guitarist and session musician. Bernhardt Edskes, 81, Dutch-Swiss...
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  • notable events in country music that took place in 2022. January 15 – Jay Barker, husband of Sara Evans, is arrested on domestic violence charges against...
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    British rule in Colonial America. October 25 – The Edenton Tea Party takes place in North Carolina, marking the first major gathering of women in support...
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  • Tribune. 6 December 1842. Retrieved 12 March 2021. "Senator McRoberts". North Carolina Standard. 12 April 1843. Retrieved 30 January 2021. "Death Of A Member...
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  • Penelope Barker 1728 America Anne Hutchinson An activist in the American Revolution who in 1774 organised a boycott of British goods known as the Edenton Tea...
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