Roanoke River

Historical marker location:

Weldon, North Carolina

( Marker is on U.S. 158/301, 0.3 miles east of Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1954

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