OCRACOKE LIGHTHOUSE,
is a brief but entertaining and informative account of the history of the
oldest lighthouse on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Constructed in 1823,
the lighthouse is the second oldest light station still in operation on the
East Coast.
This volume documents the
establishment of the light, maintenance, lightkeepers,
biographical information for the keepers between 1847 and 1929. Keeper Wesley Austin’s logbook. A list of
other lighthouses, light vessels, and beacon lights in the vicinity of Ocracoke
with names, dates and salaries of the keepers and assistants. There is a
first person account of the successful efforts of Ocracoke natives including
the author to protect the structure from being altered in a manner unsuitable
for historic structures.
INDEXED.
Other chapters concern the Life Saving Service, the
one island Black family,
Part 11 of the book is an oral history account given
by Mrs. Mattie Gilgo
( 1885 - 1976 ) and transcribed by Ms. Cloud. As the day long interview continues, the
reader can return' to the past on Portsmouth Island, from Mrs. Mattie's piano
to the 300 year old broach, Ballast Stone Hill, beach patrols, shipwrecks and
the first automobile on the island.
Sketches by the Author, maps and photographs add to
the documentation of the book.
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OLD SALT is a name given to men of the sea…men who make their
living working on the water and risk their lives everyday doing so… From 1715, when the first Pilots were assigned to Ocracoke, until
the 1960’s almost every man on the island “went down to the sea” as their means
of livelihood.
This volume, the second in
the Island History series by Ellen Fulcher Cloud
Preserves the history and
makes available information about the part played by these men. People
interested in the history of
Maps, drawings by the author,
and photographs enrich this interest narrative and an index provides names of
people and places.
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ABSTRACTS FROM
MISCELLANEOUS NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHED IN
Cloud has abstracted all genealogical and local
history items from four different newspapers published in
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THE
FEDERAL CENSUS OF
CUSTOM RECORDS
Ocracoke Inlet was the Port of Entry for the years
1815 through 1866. The Collector of
Customs was stationed at and was a resident. of
Records covered here are; CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT,
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY, AND CERTIFICATE OF SURRENDER. The difference in Certificate of
Enrollment and Certificate of Registry is not clear.
These records give names of owners,
ship Masters, full description of vessels. By Ellen Fulcher Cloud
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FROM WHENCE WE CAME,
by Ellen Fulcher Cloud is the history of the original
Ocracoke Names, the first settlers, the Pilots sent here to guide ships through
the Inlet. These pilots came, saw, conquered, and stayed. The same are the
Native names still found on the
Covered here is the History
of the following names, BALLANCE, BLOUNT, BRYANT, BRAGG, FARROW, FULCHER,
GARRISH, GASKINS, GASKILL, HOWARD, JACKSON, O'NEAL, SCARBOROUGH, BEST, STYRON,
TOLSON, WAHAB, WILLIAMS.
As settlers and founders of
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OCRACOKE CENSUS 1790-1920, CLOUD 15.00
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