Stephen B. Weeks

Historical marker location:

1000 Joyce Dr, Elizabeth City, North Carolina

( Marker is on U.S. 17, 0.1 miles north of Halls Creek Road (County Road 1100), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1978

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