Capt. Otway Burns, Jr.
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 79scouts
N 34° 41.267 W 077° 07.014
18S E 306082 N 3840459
Cap. Otway Burns Jr. (1775 - 1850)is the most famous native son from Swansboro, NC and a hero from the war of 1812. This statue is a tribute to him.
Waymark Code: WM9C25
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jcbrad
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The statue for Capt Otway Burns Jr. stands near a public fishing area just off the White Oak River and is not far from the building that is located in the Historic District on Front Street where he built the first steamship made in NC, the Prometheus. In 1836, President Andrew Jackson, himself a hero of the War of 1812, appointed Burns keeper of the Brant Shoals Light-House at Portsmouth.
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