community in N Alexander County.

rises in central Surry County and flows SE into Fisher River.

appears on the Moseley map, 1733, rising in E Beaufort Precinct and flowing E into Machapungo River. The water course probably is either modern Jordan or Satterthwaite Creek.

N Washington County on the head of Whites Creek, drains NW into Kendricks Creek.

rises in S Person County and flows S into North Flat River.

community in N central Yadkin County. Named for Charity Baptist Church.

community in N central Iredell County.

See Muddy Creek.

See Cape Fear River.

center of a colony from Charlestowne, Mass., est. in 1662 under the leadership of William Hilton, on Town Creek, E Brunswick County. Abandoned in 1663. In 1664 a colony from Barbados under the leadership of Sir John Yeamans occupied the site, but they abandoned it in 1665. New Town on the Ogilby map, 1671, apparently was intended to designate the settlement. See also Clarendon County.