Carolina - The Villages and Towns Established During the Proprietors' Rule

By 1729, there had been seventeen (17) towns or permanent trading posts established in Carolina, but two (2) had been abandoned. 

Town/Settlement

Established 
Settled By
     
Charles Town

1665 
Sir John Yeamans and a group of Barbadians. Abandoned in 1667. 
     
Charles Town

1670 
Sir William Sayle and Sir John Yeamans bring another group of Barbadians 
     
New London

1682 
English 
     
Stuart's Town

1684 
Highland Scots. Destroyed by Spanish in 1686 and abandoned that year.
     
Dorchester

1696 
New Englanders from Dorchester, Massachusettes 
     
Mount Pleasant

1696
English under the leadership of Captain Florentia O’Sullivan.
     
Little River Trading Post

1700 
Intrepid Traders from Charles Town 
     
Fort Landing

1700 
Virginians 
     
Bath

1705 
French Huguenots from Virginia 
     
New Bern

1710 
German and Swiss/Palatine immigrants from the Rhine Valley 
     
Beaufort (SC)

1711 
English/Welsh 
     
Queen Anne's Creek

1715 
Virginians 
     
Fort Congaree Trading Post

1718 
Militia from Charles Town 
     
Beaufort Town (NC)

1722 
Militia from Edenton 
     
Perquimans Court House

1722
Locals in the area since late 1600s.
     
Brunswick Town

1726 
English from Charles Town, SC 
     
George Town

1729 
English and French Huguenots 
 

Later Towns in North Carolina >> 

   

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