Thanks Trish, for making us aware of this fine local effort to recognize a part of Pitt County's history. A more detailed account of Potter's Raid through the area is at the following link: http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/pot_raid.html When Potter's troops left Greenville late that Sunday afternoon, they rode on what is now NC Hwy 43N through Falkland, then forked right along the river on the Colonial Road past Gov. Carr's plantation, through the village of Old Sparta and on to Tarboro. Several of my ancestors lived on that road between Greenville and Falkland at the time, and oral family tradition claims that the women & children hid in the woods (most of the men were off fighting) while the Yankees ransacked their homes and stole their horses. A few took potshots at the Yankees as they forded Tyson's Creek (near Pillsboro Bridge today) at dusk, but they met little resistance until on their way back to New Bern when the 50th NC Infantry and parts of the 7th NC Cavalry caught up with them at Otters Creek. We believe that my gr-grandfather A.A. Forbes, who was chief bugler of the 7th Cavalry, was among them. Glad to see we aren't forgetting the sacrifices of those times.... Bob Forbes [email protected] Original Message: ----------------- From: Trish Worthington Cobb [email protected] Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:41:18 -0400 To: [email protected] Subject: [NC-PCFR] Civil War trail markers in Pitt County Group works to place trail markers in Pitt County, NC - article in today's edition of The Daily Reflector http://www.reflector.com http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2006/07/20/ civil_war_trail.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .