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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pitt County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1760, though the legislative act that created it did not become effective until January 1, 1761. It was named for William Pitt the Elder, who was then Secretary of State for the Southern Department and Leader of the House of Commons. William Pitt was an English s...
Wikipedia =East Carolina University is a public, doctoral/research university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the third-largest in North Carolina.Founded on March 8, 1907 as a teacher training school, East Carolina has grown from 43 acres (17 ha) to almost 1,600 acres (647 ha) t...
The Battle of Tranter's Creek was fought on June 5, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina , as part of Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside 's North Carolina expedition during the American Civil War . On June 5, Col. Robert Potter, garrison commander at Washington, North Carolina, ordered a reconnaissance in the direction of Pactolus. The 24th Massachusetts, under Lt. Col. F. A. Osborne, advance...