I am a map aficionado. I like old maps. I can’t look at them often enough. I like comparing them to conditions on the ground now in the North Carolina that I know and love.
- Mouzon Map 1777: “An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers, Shewing in a distinct manner all the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coasts, with The Roads and Indian Paths; as well as The Boundary or Provincial Lines, The Several Townships and other divisions of the Land in Both the Provinces; the whole from Actual Surveys by Henry Mouzon and Others.”, Can be found at several web locations but this is excellent: UNC https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/125 or ECU https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1029. ECU has the best original of this rare map but don’t go pawing in the archives. Use the digital one to enlarge and scan around or you can get your own reproduction from Joyner Library at ECU. This is an absolutely essential map to understanding early North Carolina. Names, waterways and, most importantly, roads to give you a link, a visualization to early people in North Carolina.
2. Gilmer Maps 1863: This one is at the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/gvhs01.vhs00380/?r=-0.091,-0.003,1.021,0.615,0
3. Enlarged Gilmer Map, Surry Sussex and Southampton Virginia:
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