Edenton, North Carolina
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The town of Edenton is located on the Albemarle Sound in North Carolina, United States, in the Inner Banks region. It is the county seat of Chowan County. The population was 4,397 at the 2020 census.
Downtown Edenton Waterfront
Beverley Hall, Edenton, 1937
Former high school, later elementary school, today Swain Apartments, 101 Court Street
Old Customs House, Edenton
James Wilson was a Scottish American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. Wilson was elected t
Edenton, North Carolina
…by diverting shipping to Norfolk, Virginia. Locals rejected construction of a railroad, a lack that impeded the local economy. Supreme Court Justice James Wilson, a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, died in Edenton on August 21, 1798, at age 55, while riding his…
Justice James Wilson
Hannah Gray
"Fort Wilson", the house of James Wilson on the southwest corner of Third and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia