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Williamston - North Carolina
Martin County. Photo © Mark Visser
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Tower Information -L
Location: water treatment plant off Rt.17
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Tower Information - R
Location: tank Street
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Area Information
History: The exact date of the first settlement at what was to become Williamston cannot be determined, but it is known there was a village in the general locality as early as 1730. The first settlers are said to have moved from Bertie County to the south side of the Moratoc (now Roanoke) River and located near the ruins of what had been a Tuscaroran Indian village. The locality was known to the Indians as "Squhawky," but it was called "Tar Landing" by the English settlers, as it gradually became the principal shipping point for the tar, pitch, turpentine, and other forest products and meat produced in the section.
The name Williams is prominently connected with the early history of the county.
William Williams, migrated to this country from Wales in the early 1700s and settled on the south bank of the Roanoke River in the upper end of the county, which at that time was in Edgecombe and was later a part of Halifax before it became Martin.
Resources: Town of Williamston

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