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  A fit place for an Englifh Factory, along the Hogohegee R., the Head whereof
                               very little known
                                        
Via Flutterby [1] is this wonderful site of historical maps [2]. I was
checking out A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and
Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto [3] (1746) when I came across a Ft.
Barnwell in North Carolina, built in 1712.

Ft. Barnwell was named for one John “Tuscarora Jack” Barnwell [4] who fought
the Tuscarora [5] in that area in 1711-12. And John “Tuscarora Jack” Barnwell
is an ancestor of mine [6] (on my mom's side of the family—she was a
Barnwell). How cool is that?

[1] http://www.flutterby.com/archives/comments/17440.html
[2] http://www.davidrumsey.com/
[3] http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~204092~3001800:-Composite-Map-of--A-Map-of-the-Bri?sort=Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort
[4] http://holmehistories.com/elizabeth-barnwell-gough/tuscarora-jack-barnwell.html
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_people
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2001/03/25.1

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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