Historical Marker
McKnights Shipyard
Historical marker location:
Shawboro, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Shortcut Road (U.S. 158) and Indiantown Road, on the right when traveling east on Shortcut Road.)
Marker installed: 1971
The first English child born in the New World, Virginia Dare, was born in what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1587.