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Rivers of The Piedmont River Names And Indian Tribes.
John T. Brittain recounts early Piedmont waterways naming tied to Indian tribes and settlers. He traces Deep River's origin from Ramachee to Cape Fear, notes Haw, Reedy Fork, and Pine Barrens lore, and records local creeks named after chiefs, families, battles, and settlers including Massey Bellew Moon Fanning and Brittain branches.
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John T. Brittain
North Carp
Piedmont
Carolina
John Stewart
Virginia
North Carolina
Nouth Carolina
Secion
South Carolina
Forsythounty
Kernersville
Atlantic
Cape Fear River
Lawson
Cape Fear
Clarendon Riv
Reedy Fork
Haw River
Bethe Junction
Thwestern
New
Imington
Inersville
Kernerille
Hannah Ford
Fulks
Dowchurch
Stokesdale
Reidsville
Ogburn’s Mill
Conwallis
Carraway Creek
Ranulph County
Dana-ma-haw
Dan
Haw
Mayo
John Lawson
Massey
Stokes County
Yorkshire
England
James Massey
Oak Ridge
Judge Massey
Hillville
Guilford County
Dan River
Bellews Creek
Richard Bellew
Goolsby
Neuse River
Neuse Bill
Eno River
Eno
Uwharrie
Randolph
Montgomery Counties
Asheboro
Montgomery County
Pee Dee
Buzzard Island
William Kerr
David Fanning
Kerr
Andrew Hunter
Franklinville
Wood
Brush Creek
Friendship
Stanley
Beaver Creek
Hannah Moore Ford
Mahion Stanley
Clay Tucker
Calvin Taylor
Mahlon Stanley Place
Taylor
Brittain Homestead
Ai Church
Sapona River
Clarendon River
Bear Creek
Richland Creek
Moons
Elias Perkins
Hopewell Bridge
Simeon Moon
Highfill
Pleasant Ridge Church
City
Battleground
Summerfield
Fortune
Pine Barrens
Greensboro
Shaw
Shady Grove Spring
Colfax
Ed Stafford
Bennie Shaw
Martin Cude
Abraham
Haskett
Abraham Haskett
Continental Army
Swearing Creek
Betty McGee
Fork Creek
Seagrove
Moore County
Deep River
Randolph County
Crooked Creek
Alfred Moffett