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Churches and Other Religious Institutions

• Pamlico Profile  Nineteen Christion Churches (Disciples of Christ) in four coastal counties of the Hatteras-Lookout sector
• Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)
• St. John the Evangelist Church  The first Roman Catholic church in North Carolina. Consecrated, 1829. Burned by Federal troops, 1864. Stood one block east     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• St. Thomas Church  Episcopal, oldest church building in the State of North Carolina, was constructed in 1734     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Trinity Church  Episcopal. Originally Blount's Chapel. Built ca. 1774 by Rev. Nathaniel Blount. Moved in 1939 from original site nearby     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Histories of specific towns and townships

• Bath Tricentennial Digital Exhibit 
• Historic Bath, North Carolina 
• Historic Bath 
• Port of Bath  Colony's first town, incorporated March 8, 1705. Home to first port of entry, 1716; exported naval stores     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Colonial Bath      (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Historic Bath      (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• A Short History of Washington in Beaufort County      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• A Brief History of Washington 
• Washington History 

Library

• First Public Library  In North Carolina was set up near this spot about 1700. Books sent from England by Rev. Thos. Bray     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

• Attack on Washington  Town taken by Federals, March, 1862. Confederate efforts to recapture it failed, 1862 and 1863     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Beaufort County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe and Burke County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
• Bufurd County, NC Cyclone, Nov 1889      (Source: GenDisasters)
• Burning of Washington  The town was burned and shelled by evacuating United States troops in April, 1864     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Siege of Washington  Confederates failed to recapture town, March-April, 1863, but held it March-Nov., 1864     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Washington Battle Summary  1863     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
• Washington, North Carolina Fire Jul 1911      (Source: GenDisasters)
• Washington, North Carolina Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)

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