Nicholas Roberts 1849-1934

Nicholas Roberts 1849-1934 is a North Carolina historical marker in Seaboard, Northampton County, dedicated 2023.

N. Main St. at Hwy 186, Seaboard · location approximate

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African American editor & pastor. Professor and administrator, Shaw Univ. Leader in state Baptist organizations. He lived in Seaboard until 1871.

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Historical maps covering this location

1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1869 · Colton's West Virginia (1869) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Map of Virginia and West Va., North and part of South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1889 · Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

(Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States, 1891, covering the location of Nicholas Roberts 1849-1934, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States, 1891, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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