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Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > New Hanover County > History

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Archaeology & Historic Preservation Fact Sheet New Hanover County
The Cape Fear Surfing Archive
Chronicles of the Cape Fear River (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851 includes New Hanover County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
A history of New Hanover County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
A History of New Hanover County and the Lower Cape Fear Region (Source: World Vital Records) ($)
National Register of Historic Places
New Hanover County (Source: Wikipedia)
New Hanover County A Brief History ($)
New Hanover County Historical Markers (Source: Historic Markers)
New Hanover County History (Source: North Carolina Encyclopedia)
New Hanover County History Bibliography (Source: WorldCat)
Old Courthouse Stood two blocks west. Here a stamp master, William Houston, was forced to resign, 1765, and safety committees met in 1775 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Churches and Other Religious Institutions

Memorial of the First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, N. C. 1817-1892 (Source: Internet Archive)
New Hanover County Church Index (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
Primitive Baptist Churches Church and Family History Assistance (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)
St. James Church Built 1839, near site of older church, begun about 1751. Graves of Cornelius Harnett and Thomas Godfrey (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
St. Mark's Consecrated in 1875 as first Episcopal church for colored people in North Carolina. Served by Bishop Atkinson. Is located 3 blocks east (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
St. Stephen A.M.E. Church Congregation formed in 1865. Present church constructed 1880 on land donated by Geo. Peabody. Located 2 blocks east (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
Temple of Israel Erected 1875-6. First house of worship built in North Carolina by the Jews. Congregation established in 1867 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

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