Edgecombe County residents came down hard on the side of the Revolution, many
serving as officers in the Continental Army. One such was Thomas Blount (1759-1812),
whose handsome plantation house The Grove has been restored and is open for tours on
a daily basis. Blount was a very young officer, spent time in England as a prisoner of war,
but returned to North Carolina to participate in one of the largest merchant/shipping
companies in late 18th C. America.The Grove was also home to Col. Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847), who served in the NC Senate and fought in the Mexican War, and Col. John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884), Commandant of Ft. Macon in the War Between the States. TOURING TARBORO Today The Grove serves as a museum, arts center and visitor center for Historic Tarboro. Open Monday-Friday from 10 am - 4 pm, Saturday-Sunday from 2 - 4 pm (closed Saturday Jan-Mar) The museum costs $2.00 for adults to tour. No charge for information or walking tour maps. Group tours must register in advance - 
823-4159.The museum/visitor information center is located one block East of Main Street (Rte. 33 /Bus 64 on old maps), between Bridgers and Philips Street. |
