William Hawkins

Historical marker location:

Middleburg, North Carolina

( Marker is on U.S. 1, 0.1 miles south of Flemingtown Road (North Carolina Highway 1371), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1955

1777-1819.

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