Tuscarora Tribe and People (10)

by Johnson, F. Roy. Tom Blunt (or Blount), a head chief and king of the North Carolina Tuscarora Indians, of obscure parentage, lived in the Upper Towns. During his time these numbered seven and formed one of three [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Agan, Kelly. Exploring North Carolina: American Indian History This page gathers resources in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Criner, Allyson C. Greene County, located in the Coastal Plain region of east central North Carolina, was formed from Dobbs County (which no longer exists) in 1791. Tuscarora Indians originally inhabited the region, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Claggett, Stephen R. Native American Settlement of North Carolina by Stephen R. Claggett Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Spring 1995. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Howard, Joshua. European colonists encroached on Native American land as the colony of North Carolina grew; consequently tensions escalated between the two groups. In 1711, the Tuscarora, who controlled most of the [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Giles Rainsford, Anglican clergyman, was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Mark Rainsford. A pensioner at Trinity College in Dublin on 2 Apr. 1695, he received an A.B. from Trinity in 1699 and an [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Baron Christoph Von Graffenried's drawing, The Death of John Lawson, depicts Von Graffenried, his servant, and John Lawson being held captive by Tuscarora tribe shortly before Lawson's death. In the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Parramore, Thomas C., Watson, Harry L., Nathans, Sydney, Anderson, Jean B., Clayton, Thomas H., Fenn, Elizabeth A., Wood, Peter H. By Elizabeth A. Fenn, Peter H. Wood, Harry L. Watson, Thomas H. Clayton, Sydney Nathans, Thomas C. Parramore, and Jean B. Anderson; Maps by Mark Anderson Moore. Edited by Joe A. Mobley. [...] (from The Way We Lived in North Carolina, NC Office of Archives and History and UNC Press.)

by Parramore, Thomas C., Towles, Louis P., Stevenson, George, Jr., Thompson, Harry L. Tuscarora Indians by Thomas C. Parramore, 2006; Revised November 2022. Additional research provide by George Stevenson, Harry L. Thompson, and Louis P. Towles.   See also: NCpedia [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stevenson, George, Jr. John Urmston, Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster, was born in Lancashire, England, the home of his family for centuries. The names of his parents and the college where he received his liberal [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)