Plain. Many French Huguenots had The Middle Coastal Plain settled in Virginia. But as the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Built population in Virginia grew, land 1734Frailey, Zach. February 15, 2011. became more scarce. As a result, Bath, North Carolina. "St. Thomas some Huguenots moved to Carolina. Episcopal Church, Built 1734." One group settled at the head of Pamlico Sound in 1690, and another In the late 1600s some settlers began settled along the Trent River around crossing the Albemarle Sound to settle 1707 or 1708. in the middle Coastal Plain, which stretches from the Albemarle Sound Swiss people and Germans from the to present-day Duplin and Onslow Palatinate also came to present-day Counties. By 1691 they had settled North Carolina. The Swiss were fleeing along the Pamlico River in Bath religious persecution, and the County. Germans were fleeing war, cold winters, and poverty. In 1710, under More settlers traveled down the coast the direction of Baron Christoph von to settle in present-day Craven County Graffenried, the Swiss and Germans by 1703, Carteret County by 1708, and created and settled the town of New Onslow County by 1714. These Bern and other areas near the joining settlers included people from the of the Neuse and Trent Rivers. Albemarle, Virginia, Maryland, and New England as well as immigrants The settlement of New Bern may have from England. Like those who settled sparked the Tuscarora Indian War in the Albemarle, these people hoped (1711–1714), in which the Tuscarora to profit by farming the colony's fertile Indians were defeated. Immigration to land and by trading with the Native the middle Coastal Plain increased Americans. afterward because the war reduced the threat of Indian attacks on French, German, and Swiss people settlers. also settled in the middle Coastal
The Middle Coastal Plain St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Built 1734Frailey, Zach. February 15, 2011. Bath, North Carolina. "St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Built 1734." In the late 1600s some settlers began crossing the Albemarle Sound to settle in the middle Coastal Plain, which stretches from the Albemarle Sound to present-day Duplin and Onslow Counties. By 1691 they had settled along the Pamlico River in Bath County. More settlers traveled down the coast to settle in present-day Craven County by 1703, Carteret County by 1708, and Onslow County by 1714. These settlers included people from the Albemarle, Virginia, Maryland, and New England as well as immigrants from England. Like those who settled in the Albemarle, these people hoped to profit by farming the colony's fertile land and by trading with the Native Americans. French, German, and Swiss people also settled in the middle Coastal Plain. Many French Huguenots had settled in Virginia. But as the population in Virginia grew, land became more scarce. As a result, some Huguenots moved to Carolina. One group settled at the head of Pamlico Sound in 1690, and another settled along the Trent River around 1707 or 1708. Swiss people and Germans from the Palatinate also came to present-day North Carolina. The Swiss were fleeing religious persecution, and the Germans were fleeing war, cold winters, and poverty. In 1710, under the direction of Baron Christoph von Graffenried, the Swiss and Germans created and settled the town of New Bern and other areas near the joining of the Neuse and Trent Rivers. The settlement of New Bern may have sparked the Tuscarora Indian War (1711–1714), in which the Tuscarora Indians were defeated. Immigration to the middle Coastal Plain increased afterward because the war reduced the threat of Indian attacks on settlers.