Bonnet's Creek
N 33° 55.306 W 078° 00.750
17S E 776189 N 3757502
An older plaque mounted on concrete stands near another NCHM that was not seen during my visit.
Waymark Code: WM8KFA
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2010
Views: 3
Stede Bonnet, the "Gentleman Pirate", used the mouth of this creek as a hideout for his vessel, the "Royal James", formerly called "Revenge". Here, on September 26, 1718, the great "Battle of the Sand Burs" was fought between the pirates and the men sent to capture them under the command of Col William Rhett aboard the "Henry" and "Sea Nymph". After a twenty-four hour battle there were 19 men killed, 23 wounded, and Bonnet, with the remains of his pirate crew, surrendered. On November 8, 1718, twenty-nine of the pirates were hanged in Charleston, SC. A few weeks later, holding a cluster of flowers in his mangled hands, Gentleman Steele Bonnet met the same fate on the gallows.
This part of the Cape Fear was a favorite meeting-place for pirates, including the notorious Blackbeard and Mark anne Blythe, the woman buccaneer.
Marker Name: Bonnet's Creek
Marker Type: Roadside
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Required Waymark Photo: yes
Related Web Link: Not listed
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