EDWARD VAIL 1717-1777

Edward Vail 1717-1777 is a North Carolina historical marker in Chowan County, dedicated 2015.

Chowan County · dedicated 2015 · NC 32 at Soundside Road south of Edenton

Colonial statesman and Brigadier General of the Edenton District militia. Member, N.C. Committee of Correspondence, 1768, 1773-74. Lived 2 mi. SW.

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EDWARD VAIL 1717-1777

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