Church of England, Beaufort County, organized 1701. St. Thomas’ Church in Bath (oldest church building in North Carolina) was constructed in 1734. The parish had 110 white taxables in 1767. St. Thomas’ Parish of the Episcopal Church still functions in Bath.

rises in SE Avery County and flows NW into Linville River.

See Stacy.

community in N Madison County on French Broad River at the mouth of Woolsey Branch. Alt. 1,418.

community in NE Carteret County on a point of land extending into Core Sound from the mainland. Was called Piney Point prior to 1888.

peak in the Cane Creek Mountains, S Alamance County.

rises in S Caldwell County and flows S into Catawba River on the Burke-Caldwell county line. Formerly also known as James Mill Creek and McCalls Mill Creek.

community in NW Guilford County near Oak Ridge. Called Saunders Mill during the American Revolution. Cornwallis's troops ground corn there.

rises in NE Alamance County and flows S into Back Creek.

community and former plantation, central Pender County on the Northeast Cape Fear River. Named in 1663 by Barbadian explorers for parklike terrain on which they saw deer feeding. Appears on the Ogilby map, 1671. Governor George Burrington in about 1730 acquired 10,000 acres there and built a summer home.