Editing Chowan County, North Carolina (section)

==History==
[[File:The Bond Home Edenton North Carolina.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|The Bond House, [[Edenton, North Carolina|Edenton]], Chowan County, c. 1920]]

Chowan was formed in 1670 as a precinct, originally called Shaftesbury, in [[Albemarle County, North Carolina|Albemarle County]]. By 1685 it had been renamed for the Chowan Indian tribe, which lived in the northeastern part of the [[Province of Carolina|Carolina Colony]].

Chowan County is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by [[Albemarle Sound]], [[Chowan River]], and the counties of Bertie, Hertford, Gates, and Perquimans. The present land area is 172.64 square miles and the 2000 population was 14,150.

In 1720, Edenton, which was named in honor of Governor [[Charles Eden (politician)|Charles Eden]], was established. In 1722 it was designated, and has continued to be, the [[county seat]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Chowan_County,_North_Carolina#History| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120715144532/https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Chowan_County,_North_Carolina| archive-date = July 15, 2012| title = Chowan County, North Carolina {{!}} Learn {{!}} FamilySearch.org}}</ref>

During the [[American Civil War]], the Albemarle Artillery was recruited in 1862 from Chowan and Tyrrell men at Edenton by local attorney [[William Badham, Jr.]] After cannons were recast from bronze donated as bells from local courthouses and churches to arm the battery, the unit was renamed the [[Edenton Bell Battery]]. They named their cannon: ''Columbia'', ''St. Paul'', ''Fannie Roulac'', and ''Edenton''. Two of the guns, long thought lost, have been returned to Edenton in recent years. The ''St. Paul'' and the ''Edenton'' now can be seen on display at Edenton's waterfront park.<ref name=BatteryEHC>{{cite web|title=Edenton Bell Battery |url=http://www.edentonhistoricalcommission.org/history/bellbattery |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726013844/http://www.edentonhistoricalcommission.org/history/bellbattery |publisher=Edenton Historical Commission |access-date=July 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2011 }}</ref>
The county was named after the historical [[Chowanoc]] [[Indigenous people of the Americas|American Indian]] tribe, also called Chowan.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19191
|title=Chowan County Profile
|work=Website
|publisher=epodunk
|access-date=February 19, 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104051813/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19191
|archive-date=November 4, 2012
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chowanoc Indian Tribe |work=Website |publisher=AccessGenealogy |url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/chowanoc/chowanochist.htm |access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref>