|
 Weapemeoc, Marker A-46 Posted by:  drmellow
N 36° 03.699 W 076° 37.039
18S E 354342 N 3991996
Weapemeoc. The principal town of the Weapemeoc Indians, visited by Ralph Lane and his colonists in 1585-1586, stood near present-day Edenton.
Waymark Code: WMRYF
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2006
Views: 39
Text on marker:
Weapemeoc
The principal town of the Weapemeoc Indians, visited by Ralph Lane and his colonists in 1585-1586, stood near present-day Edenton.
This historical marker is located on US 17 Business (West Queen Street) in Edenton. It was erected in 1954.
Access Genealogy has an article on Weapemeoc, from which the following information is excerpted:
Weapemeoc. An Algonquian (?) tribe met by Raleigh's colonists in 1584-89, occupying the territory north of Albemarle Island, N. C., including probably most of what is now Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties. Their chief town, of the same name, seems to have been in Pasquotank county. Other towns apparently in the same jurisdiction were Pasquenock (Pasquotank?), Chepanoc, and Mascoming. They were said then to have 700 or 800 (warriors), under their
chief Okisco. A century later the same territory was occupied by the Yeopim or Jaupim (Weapon-oc?), Pasquotank, Perquiman, and Poteskeet. In 1662 the Yeopim chief sold lands. In 1701, according to Lawson, the other bands still counted 40 warriors, but of the Yeopim only one man survived.
Read more....
Marker Name: A-46: Weapemeoc
Marker Type: Roadside
Related Web Link: [Web Link]
Required Waymark Photo: yes
Local North Carolina markers without State Number Designation: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:Photos of your visit to the marker are required, but PLEASE, no old vacation photos taken just because it was there!
Comments about your visit, interesting nearby areas and any significant information you may have on this waymark are encouraged.
Most of all, enjoy the History that North Carolina has to offer! From the Mountains to the Ocean .. it's all here!
|