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	Chowan University Alumni Chowan is a variation of the name of the Chowanoke American Indian tribe in North Carolina. It may refer to: ''Chowan'', the original name of the USS ''Crusader'' Chowan County, North Carolina Chowan River, in Virginia and North Carolina Chowan University, in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina Chowan River Formation The Chowan River Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period Period may refer to: Common uses Era, a length or span of time * Full stop (or period), a punctuation mark Arts, ..., a geologic formation in North Carolina. See also * {{disambiguation, geo pt:Chowan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chowanoke The Chowanoke, also spelled Chowanoc, are an Algonquian-language Native American tribe who historically inhabited the coastal area of the Upper South of the United States. At the time of the first English contacts in 1585 and 1586, they were the largest and most powerful Algonquian tribe in present-day North Carolina, occupying most or all of the coastal banks of the Chowan River in the northeastern part of the state. Their peoples had occupied their main town since 825 AD. Earlier indigenous cultures occupied the area from 4500 BC. After warfare, in 1677 English colonists set aside a reservation for the tribe near Bennett's Creek. The Chowanoke suffered high mortality due to infectious disease, including a smallpox epidemic in 1696. Descendants with Chowanoke ancestry survived but merged with other groups, and they lost the last of their communal land in 1821. Chowanoke descendants still live in the state, particularly in Gates and Chowan counties. Through the centuries some fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	USS Crusader (1858) USS ''Crusader'' was a screw steamer of the United States Navy that served prior to, and during, the American Civil War. ''Crusader'' was heavily armed and was used in a "gunboat diplomacy" role when the United States needed to place political pressure on Paraguay. After completing that mission, she returned to the United States to participate as a gunboat in the blockade of the Confederate States of America. Service history Originally named ''Chowan'' the ship was launched in 1857 in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Four months later, its draftsman and builder, John K. Kirkham filed papers at the Hertford County Court for a lien for payment of $4,996 owed to him by the North Carolina and New York Steamship Company. She was seized by Sheriff John A. Vann. In February 1858, a jury awarded $2,287.36 to Kirkham and the court ordered that the ship be sold at auction on 4 May. ''Chowan'' was purchased by John W. Southall and Capt. Thomas W. Badger and renamed ''Southern Star''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Chowan County, North Carolina Chowan County () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-08. is one of the 100 County (United States), counties located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 13,708. Its county seat is Edenton, North Carolina, Edenton. The county was created between 1668 and 1671 as Shaftesbury Precinct and later renamed Chowan Precinct. It gained county status in 1739. History Chowan was formed in 1670 as a precinct, originally c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Chowan River The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN) , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 2013-02-08. is a blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the stateline between [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chowan University Chowan University () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 2013-02-08. is a private Baptist university in Murfreesboro, North Carolina . It is affiliated with the < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chowan River Formation The Chowan River Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North Carolina This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of North Carolina, U.S. Sites See also * Paleontology in North Carolina * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United States References * {{ ... References * Neogene geology of North Carolina {{Neogene-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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