This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Pistols and Peril in North Carolina History
Quaint pistols from 1740 with silver butts rest in the Hall of History at the State Museum Raleigh. They were carried by Capt. Wad dell on campaigns from Fort Duquesne to the Regulators and later by General Waddell. The tale ties to Fort Johnston Brunswick and Fort Fisher with descendants like Col. Alfred Moore Waddell and Wilmington’s 1898 uprising against negro rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackmoor
Hall of History
State Museum
Raleigh
Haugh Waddell
North Carolina
Fort Duquesne
Capt. Waddell
I'ryon
King George
Capt
Waddell
General Waddell
Benjamin Smith
South Carolina
Smithville
Smith
Brunswick
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Stewart
Fort Fisher
Alfred Moore Waddell
Congress
Washington