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Masonic Lodges of Beaufort
County, N.C.
Courtesy of: The Grand Lodge A. F.
& A. M. of North Carolina
In a time when travel was by horseback and sailing ship, Masonry spread with amazing speed. By 1731, when Benjamin Franklin joined the fraternity, there were already several lodges in colonies, and Masonry spread rapidly as America expanded west. In addition to Franklin, many of the Founding Fathers - men such as George Washington, Paul Revere, Joseph Warren and John Hancock - were Masons. Masons and Masonry played an important part in the Revolutionary war and an even more important part in the Constitutional Convention and the debates surrounding the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Many of those were held in Masonic lodges.
| No. | Name | Location | Dispensation | Chartered | Disposition |
| 15 | Washington | Washington | ---------- | June 24, 1789 | .Surrendered 1833. Extinct. |
| 104* | Orr | Washington | ---------- | Dec. 30, 1838 | .Ceased work 1885. Restored 1887. Active. |
| 300* | Aurora | Aurora | Dec. 6, 1867 | Dec. 8, 1869 | .Originally "Pamlico" No. 300. Ceased work in .1877. Restored 1882. Surrendered 1902. .Restored 1906. "Aurora" No. 662 given No. 300 .in 1927. Active. |
| 509* | Belhaven | Belhaven | Aug. 7, 1901 | Jan. 15, 1902 | .Record Unbroken. Active. |
| 638 | Richland | Aurora | Feb. 26, 1918 | Jan. 22, 1919 | .Consolidated with No. 300 in 1942. Extinct. |
| 662 | Aurora | Aurora | Aug. 7, 1905 | Jan. 21, 1925 | .Changed to No. 300 in 1927. Extinct. |
| 675* | Washington | Washington | Oct. 2, 1944 | Nov. 7, 1945 | .Record Unbroken. Active. |
* Denotes Active North Carolina Lodge
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