John Scott, Thanks very much for your information. That is about where I thought that it might have been located. I will keep searching. Nancy --- JSDDOC@aol.com wrote: > Nancy: > > Batts Grave Island was a small island in Albemarle Sound off the > coast of > Perquimans Precinct, Albemarle County, now Perquimans County, North > Carolina. > It was on the South side of Perquimans toward Chowan County, and no > longer > exists, having been washed over and away in a hurricane or similar kind > of > storm more than a century ago. There wasn't much left of the island > left > when it finally disappeared, according to local legend. When I was on a > > field trip to Perquimans-Chowan-Bertie, North Carolina, in the Fall of > 1995, > working on the Albemarle Hendrickson family, I tried to locate the site > of > Batts Grave Island, but there is nothing but water where it formerly > existed. > Batts, a Virginian, was one of the first settlers on the Albemarle and > was > buried on the island by his direction. Hence, the name. > > John Scott Davenport > Holmdel, NJ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com