I'm copying the concept for this cache from one that I found in
Wilmington a few years back. Each time the cache is found, it MUST
be moved a few feet to another similar location at this site. That
way everyone that finds the cache in it's "new" location will be
the FTF it in that spot.
When re-hiding the cache, please re-hide it the same way at the
new location.
Finally, CONGRATULATIONS to ALL on your FTF!
Historical information is taken from "Plantation Years" by
Bruce.
The Plantation Years (1721 to 1774) at Ocean Isle
Beach
In 1720, both pirates and Indians were virtually eliminated
from the Ocean Isle Beach area. Most of the pirates were hanged in
1720 in Charleston and most of the Cape Fear Indians had left the
area during the Tuscarora Indian War. Therefore in 1720, Ocean Isle
Beach area was ripe and vacant for pioneers to begin settlements
and try to make a living. Families such as the Gause family and the
Frink family and the Brooks family and the Moore family settled
here and started large plantations. Unlike most settlers in the 13
Colonies in the 1700’s who were poor and trying to survive on
a small plot of land, the people who settled here in Brunswick
County in the 1700’s were from nobility and wealthy families.
They brought with them slaves and capital.
Mr. William Gause was a famous plantation owner in the Ocean
Isle Beach area during the 1700’s. He had a plantation home
on Gause Landing Road. Mr. Gause’s tomb is on Hale Swamp
Road. The Gause Plantation reached from Gause Landing Road to the
ocean and inland for thousands of acres. William Gause owned more
than 200 slaves who worked mainly in the turpentine industry.
Brunswick County is full of pine trees from which tar, pitch and
turpentine were derived. The end of both Gause Landing Road and
Seaside Landing Road were once thriving ports in an otherwise very
desolate area. Sailing vessels on high tide would come in through
Tubbs Inlet and sail to these landings to unload their cargo. These
vessels would then be loaded with tar, pitch, and turpentine and
depart for England.
Another large plantation in the Ocean Isle Beach area was the
Frink Plantation. The Frink family, throughout the time of slavery
in the South, treated slaves better than any plantation anywhere.
Slaves actually wanted to be traded or sold to the Frink
Plantation. Today in the Ocean Isle Beach area, local descendents
of slaves still greet the Frink family with respect and gratitude
for their kind care of their distant relatives more than 150 years
ago. Many blacks in this area today have the last name Frink, as
their ancestors worked on the Frink Plantation.
From 1712 to 1729, Ocean Isle Beach was part of South
Carolina. However in 1729, North Carolina created New Hanover
County and established the southern border of North Carolina to be
Little River Inlet rather than the Cape Fear River. This meant that
Calabash was on the state line. North Carolina separated off
Brunswick County from New Hanover County in 1764 with Brunswick
County consisting of all lands west of the Cape Fear River. So
Brunswick County was founded in 1764.
From 1712 to 1729, Ocean Isle Beach was part of South
Carolina. However in 1729, North Carolina created New Hanover
County and established the southern border of North Carolina to be
Little River Inlet rather than the Cape Fear River. This meant that
Calabash was on the state line. North Carolina separated off
Brunswick County from New Hanover County in 1764 with Brunswick
County consisting of all lands west of the Cape Fear River. So
Brunswick County was founded in 1764.
From 1712 to 1729, Ocean Isle Beach was part of South
Carolina. However in 1729, North Carolina created New Hanover
County and established the southern border of North Carolina to be
Little River Inlet rather than the Cape Fear River. This meant that
Calabash was on the state line. North Carolina separated off
Brunswick County from New Hanover County in 1764 with Brunswick
County consisting of all lands west of the Cape Fear River. So
Brunswick County was founded in 1764.