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Place Description
Becks Bald

peak on Hughes Ridge, N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 5,022.

Becks Branch

rises in NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows S into Oconaluftee River.

Beckwith

community in E Beaufort County.

Beddingfield Creek

rises in E Wake County and flows SE into Johnston County, where it turns N and flows into Neuse River.

Bedford County

A bill was introduced in the Assembly on November 23, 1768, to create Bedford County and Trinity Parish from parts of Rowan and Orange Counties, but the bill was rejected on December 1. The Bethabara Diary (Records of the Moravians, 1, 381) for December 18, however, reports that a county by the name was est. "last year" in "Lord Granville's part of the Province." Another bill to erect a Bedford County and St. John Parish from the upper part of Tyrrell County and the lower part of Halifax County was considered on November 6, 1769, but it was not passed. The name probably was intended to honor John Russell, Duke of Bedford (1710-71), Lord President of the Council, 1763-65.

Bee Branch

rises in central Yancey County and flows SW into Cane River.

Bee Cove Knob

N Graham County on the NE end of Bee Cove Lead.

Bee Cove Lead

extends NE from Yellow Creek to Bee Cove Knob in N Graham County.

Bee Creek

rises in W Mitchell County and flows S into Big Rock Creek.

Bee Gap

at SW end of Sassafras Ridge in SW Graham County.