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Hayes Part 1 - Introduction

  • Feb 19
  • 1 min read

In 1765 Samuel Johnston purchased the land that is called Hayes plantation today. However, there were previous important owners of the land there. This 4-part series of papers will introduce these 18th century owners and their importance to early Edenton. Part 4 will also reveal how the plantation came to be called by the name it still bears today, “Hayes.”


 
 

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