A Roanoke Island Colony RememberedPosted in Articles, History, Media Archive, United States on 2014-03-01 13:44Z by Steven |
A Roanoke Island Colony Remembered
Chowan Discovery Group
2014-02-25
Marvin T. Jones, Executive Director
The Winton Triangle has ties to the subject of the latest Chowan Discovery-nominated marker, that of the Roanoke Island Freedmen’s Colony. During the Civil War when the colony existed, several Winton Triangle men enlisted in the United States Colored Troops in 1864. In 1865, William David Newsom, a post-war leader in the Winton Triangle, taught there. In 1866, another Triangle leader, Lemuel Washington Boon, led the founding of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association there.
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