Camden County NC

Weapemeoc Tribe

Weapemeoc Indians. An Algonquian (?) tribe met by Raleigh’s colonists in 1584-89, occupying the territory north of Albemarle Island, North Carolina, including probably most of what is now Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties. Their chief town, of the same name, seems to have been in Pasquotank County. Other towns apparently in the same jurisdiction […]

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Frank V. Jones

Chief Machinists’ Mate, Naval Reserve Force, Engineers Co., 13th Div. Born in Camden County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Jones. Husband of Mrs. Marion Dozier Jones. Entered the service Nov. 30, 1917, at Norfolk, Va. Was sent to Cherrystone Naval Base Dec. 15, 1917. Transferred to U. S. S. “Mississippi.” Promoted to

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Camden County, North Carolina Cemetery Transcriptions

North Carolina Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the North Carolina county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Gardner Trafton Cemetery (hosted at Camden County, North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project)

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Weapemeoc Indians

Weapemeoc Tribe: Meaning unknown, but evidently a place name. Also called: Yeopim, a shortened and more usual form. Weapemeoc Connections. The Weapemeoc were almost certainly of the Algonquian linguistic family and related to the Powhatan Indians the north and the Chowan, Machapunga, and Pamlico to the south. Weapemeoc Location. Most of the present Currituck, Camden,

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