Tarboro, North Carolina

Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 11,138. It is the county seat of Edgecombe County{{GR|6}}.

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Edgecombe County, North Carolina - 2000 - County seat

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Historic Tarboro, North Carolina, was chartered in 1760. Nestled in a bend of the Tar River, it was an important river port, the head of navigation on the Tar. As early as the 1730’s a small community formed due to this natural asset, and a warehouse, customs office and other commercial concerns together with a score of "plain and cheap" houses made a bustling village.

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1760 - Tar River - Port - 1730’s - Community - Warehouse - Village

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The locals were a scrappy bunch, and gave the early governors and their agents a hard time. Edgecombe County residents came down hard on the side of the Revolution, many serving as officers in the Continental Army. One such was Thomas Blount (1759-1812), whose handsome plantation house "The Grove" has been restored and is open for tours on a daily basis. Blount was a very young officer, spent time in England as a prisoner of war, but returned to North Carolina to participate in one of the largest merchant/shipping companies in late 18th C. America.

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Governor - Edgecombe County - Revolution - Continental Army - Thomas Blount - 1812 - Plantation - The Grove - Officer - England - Prisoner of war - North Carolina - Merchant - America

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"The Grove" was also home to Col. Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847), who served in the NC Senate and fought in the Mexican War, and Col. John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884), Commandant of Ft. Macon in the American Civil War.

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The Grove - Louis Dicken Wilson - 1847 - Senate - Mexican War - John Luther Bridgers - 1884 - American Civil War

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