Leonidas L. Polk

Historical marker location:

680 Highway 74 West, Polkton, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Andrew Jackson Highway (U.S. 74) and Horne-town Road (North Carolina Highway 1259), on the right when traveling east on Andrew Jackson Highway.)

Marker installed: 2009

1837-1892.

The pirate Blackbeard (real name: Edward Teach) made his home base in the town of Bath, North Carolina, during the early 1700s.