Bath County, North Carolina
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Bath County is an extinct county formerly located in the state of North Carolina. The county was established in 1696 and was abolished in 1739. Bath was a stopping place of Edward Teach, better known as the pirate Blackbeard. He is said to have married a local girl and briefly settled in the harbor town of Bath around 1716.
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Table of Extinct NC counties
| County | Created | Abolished | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle County | 1664[1] | 1689[1] | Partitioned into Chowan County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, and Perquimans County |
| Bath County | 1696[2] | 1739[2] | Renamed as Craven County |
| Bute County | 1764[3] | 1779[3] | Partitioned into Franklin County and Warren County |
| Dobbs County | 1758[4] | 1791[4] | Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County |
| Tryon County | 1768[5] | 1779[5] | Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Historic Albemarle County North Carolina Genealogy". USGenNet. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/albemarle/. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Historic Bath County North Carolina Genealogy". USGenNet. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/bath/. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bute Co., North Carolina GenWeb 1764-1779". RootsWeb. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncbute/. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dobbs County, NC GenWeb Archives". USGenWeb. http://www.usgwarchives.org/nc/dobbs.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Tryon County, NC: 1768-1779". Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library System. http://www.glrl.lib.nc.us/tryon.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-24.