Description
Book Synopsis There is a significant French heritage in North Carolina. The first European explorers to the North Carolina region were, in fact, French (1524). French Huguenots migrated to the state as early as 1690, and many North Carolinians have family names of French origin.
Towns such as Bath, Beaufort, New Bern, and La Grange are a testimony to French settlers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the city of Fayetteville is named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French ally during the American Revolution.
Beyond names, North Carolina has many other remnants of the French presence. With materials gathered from archives, libraries, interviews, and photographs, this book traces the French heritage in North Carolina from its origins to the present, an important part of North Carolina''s cultural history.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. First Discoveries
- Chapter 2. Huguenot Migrations
- Chapter 3. Bath
- Chapter 4. La Colonie Perdue
- Chapter 5. New Bern
- Chapter 6. French and Indian War
- Chapter 7. Beaufort
- Chapter 8. French North Carolina
- Chapter 9. Entr'acte
- Chapter 10. Revolutionary Allies
- Chapter 11. Crusoe Island
- Chapter 12. Notable Names
- Chapter 13. Le Pied du Mont
- Chapter 14. Go West, Monsieur
- Chapter 15. Biltmore
- Chapter 16. Vive le Sud!
- Chapter 17. French North Carolina Today
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: Family Names
- Appendix 2: Names in Phone Directories
- Appendix 3: French North Carolina Place Names
- Appendix 4: Names of French Origin: The N.C. Gazetteer
- Appendix 5: Cemetery Records
- Bibliography
- Index
