Sleepy Hollow

Historical marker location:

Roper, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Buncombe Avenue (State Highway 32) and West Millpond Road, on the right when traveling east on Buncombe Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1999

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