George Mewborn will be the featured speaker at the WCGS meeting this month. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29th at 6:00 pm in the Assembly Room of Wilson County Public Library, 249 Nash St N, Wilson, NC 27893. Mewborn has been recognized for his preservation efforts and work to educate school children and … Continue reading The Tuscarora in Eastern North Carolina
‘The mystery is over’: Researchers say they know what happened to ‘Lost Colony’
By JEFF HAMPTONTHE VIRGINIAN-PILOT |AUG 17, 2020 AT 10:14 AM A piece of writing tablet from the 1500s indicates English settlers assimilated with the natives. The lead tablet has impressions on it that show an Englishman shooting a Secotan Indian chief.. (Jeff Hampton) BUXTON, N.C. — The English colonists who settled the so-called Lost Colony before disappearing from history simply … Continue reading ‘The mystery is over’: Researchers say they know what happened to ‘Lost Colony’
Wilson County Genealogical Society 