Lake Phelps, Nc
Washington and Tyrrell Counties, North Carolina. Located on the coastal plain, about 55 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, this is North Carolina's 2nd largest natural lake. And it was beautiful...
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Lake Phelps is North Carolina's second largest natural lake. It has a surface area of 16,600 acres (67 km2),[1] and it is located primarily in Washington County on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula between the Albemarle Sound and the Pamlico Sound. The easternmost part of the lake extends into Tyrrell County. An Indian dugout canoe was found in the lake dating back nearly 4,400 years. Other artifiacts have been found around the area dating as early as 8,000 B.C.
Its origin has long puzzled scientists. Some say that its origin is underground springs, wave action, wind, a meteor, glacial activity or a peat burn. It is more or less a round shape.
Lake Phelps is named for Josiah Phelps, the first white man to enter its waters. Phelps and another colonial explorer, Benjamin Tarkington, were searching through what was then known as the Great Eastern Dismal or Great Alligator Dismal in 1755. Phelps and Tarkington were part of a group of hunters who entered the swamps in search of game and farmland. The group had become discouraged and were about to leave when Tarkington scaled one of the many trees and spotted the lake a short distance away. Phelps went ahead and ran into the water. As the first in the water he was given the honor of naming the lake.[2]
The lake was established as a North Carolina State Lake in 1929, and it is managed by the adjacent Pettigrew State Park.
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Pettigrew State Park
Upon purchase by the Federal Farm Security Administration, land on Lake Phelps was incorporated into the Scuppernong Farms Resettlement Project. The state gained control of the land in a 99-year lease, and in 1939 Pettigrew became the 7th state park in North Carolina. Please visit the park's website : ncparks.gov/pettigrew-state-park
Reunion at Somerset Place
Somerset Place, a state historic site acknowledged for its accurate depiction of slavery conditions, hosts a family reunion.
Creswell, NC
Pettigrew Confederate Cemetery in Creswell, NC
A view of the Pettigrew Confederate Cemetery, located in Pettigrew State Park in Creswell, NC.
Part 37 Moccasin Overlook
Moccasin Point Overlook at Pettigrew State Park in North Carolina. Very pretty there with the Spanish moss on the cypress trees and a much calmer area of the lake (Lake Phelps).
River Roaming on the Scuppernong
Tyrrell County
Take a tour of Tyrrell County, North Carolina. A beautiful welcoming county between the Outer Banks and Inner Banks on the coast of the Tarheel State.
Camping at Pettigrew State Park
Washington County, North Carolina
Somerset Theme The Children, by Jeffery LittleJohn/copyrighted C.H. Publishing BMI
On a midwinter saturday morning, rain and mist shroud the ghostly grounds of Somerset Place. The only sounds echoing through the stillness are the distant honking of geese feeding in the swamps of nearby Lake Phelps.But as Dorothy Redford stands outside the plantation's mansion, gazing at the bare, towering cypresses lining the deserted estate's entrance, she sees the old plantation come alive. Suddenly, it is two centuries ago, and Redford sees 80 slaves just shipped over from Africa, planting those cypresses and digging a canal that would run through swampland from the lake, past the mansion's front door, to the Scuppernong River six miles away...
It was Alex Haley who first pointed Redford home. When his best seller, Roots, was published in 1976, it aroused blacks across the nation to seek their own heritage, and Redford was one of them...
Tracing her mother's maiden surname of LittleJohn, Redford discovered a bill of sale listing 37 slaves named LittleJohn sold to a Josiah Collins in 1828. Collins was the owner of Somerset Plantation, which had been created by his grandfather and two partners in 1785, and by the time he purchased the three dozen slaves from a white man named LittleJohn, Collins owned one of the largest slave populations in the state of North Carolina...
by Mike D'Orso
Jeffery LittleJohn is featured in Dorothy Spruill Redford's best seller book, published by Doubleday Books, Somerset Homecoming on page 252 playing his guitar amid the cypresses at Somerset Place, now a North Carolina Historic Site, located in Creswell, NC. Jeff was born in the 1950's and raised in the nearby town of Roper, where he first felt the call to music at a very early age. He began on the trombone but gave that up after hearing Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reid strumming the guitar. The craving to play the guitar lead to him later forming his first band at 16 called the Falling Stars, and playing local juke joints, school dances and around the area where he grew up. Then at 19 he joined the US Air Force. During his tour-of-duty, he played to all the troops while in Asia with the USO. After he got out of the Air-Force in 1973 he moved to England to pursue his dreams of playing in Europe. After touring the UK and living in England for two and a half years, he returned to the US, ending up in El Paso, Tx, where he met Jimmy Carl Black of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Jeff performed and recorded with Jimmy Carl for Two years and toured the West Coast. The band was called The Mesilla Valley Lowboys and it was quite an experience for Jeff. Throughout his career, Jeff has had the opportunity to open up for B.B. King, Bad Company, Three Dog Nights, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Dr. John, Osabisa and countless other big names acts. In 1988 he recorded Somerset Theme The Children on the Kosmos Record label and published by Christopher Hightower Publishing. This song is dedicated to the slaves and their descendents of Somerset Plantation in Creswell, NC, of which the LittleJohn Bloodline came to America in 1786. The late Alex Haley was in attendance at the first Homecoming, and Jeff cousin, Dorothy Spruill Redford author of the book, traced her family heritage, which ended up here. Today, Jeffery LittleJohn is very dedicated to his music, and after hearing him make his Guitar Talk, I am convienced that he is devoted more than ever to bring good music to people because the Blues and R&B is in his blood and he sweats that on to his audience...
People and Places: Somerset Place
People and Places: Somerset Place
Part 27 Arrival At Pettigrew State Park
Prehistoric Canoes of North Carolina
Lisa Williams of Pettigrew State Park discusses the prehistoric canoes that have been discovered in eastern North Carolina.
This short video segment is part of an episode of the PBS series Exploring North Carolina titled 10,000 Years Before Contact, an original production by UNC-TV, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and DTS Software, Inc. It was distributed on DVD in 2010. Funding for this video was provided by the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust.
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Lost Buildings of Somerset: Cabin No. 5
In 1843, twelve enslaved persons lived in Cabin No. 5: Ishmael Harvey Sr., his wife Nancy Buncombe, and their children Richard, Ishmael Jr., Davidson, John, and Tony Harvey. Their other child Jenny lived in Edenton, but her children Washington, Angelina, Victoria, and Ransom stayed in Cabin No. 5 with their grandparents. Nancy's son Harry Buncombe lived with her as well. If you have any questions about this video, please comment below.
Union Troops Visit Somerset Place in 1862:
Somerset Place, once the third largest plantation in antebellum North Carolina and now a representative state historic site, is open to the public Tuesday - Saturday from 9:00am to 5:00pm. We offer 90-minute guided tours upon request, with tours beginning no later than 3:30pm. Directions are located in the About section of our channel. Be sure to check out our official website and social media accounts below to find out more information about the site and our upcoming events.
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