Hello! My name is Edwin Averette and I am the new Coordinator for the NCGenWeb site of Craven County. I applied for this volunteer position because there is so much more to add to the site that can help researchers.
Craven County was one of the most important regions of the state during the colonial era. It was the central political authority in an area of the British Colonies that was on the fringe of British power. There is much to explore and research:
The arrival of the Palatines, after arduous travel conditions, kick-started the building of New Bern, and yet there were already white settlers here some time before DeGraffenried and Lawson. The Tuscaroran War soon after that led to Colonel Barnwell establishing a fort on the Neuse River, what can we garner informationally from that location today? There is over 300 years of written history available thanks to minimal destruction to the said county’s places of record keeping.
My personal specialty is cemetery research.
I evaluate the extensive land documents and narratives which (as an example) helps in placing how a colonial plantation operated and where various sites (such as cemeteries) might have been placed. I’m quite the avocational historic landscape archaeologist.
I’m excited to get the ball rolling. Feel free to contribute information to this site by contacting me.