Chowan Discovery Group

Twitteraccount

  • Home
  • Events
  • Vision
    • What We Do
  • About Us
    • Advisory Group
    • Organization Structure
  • News
  • Presentations
    • Media
    • Stage Production
    • Carolina Genesis
    • Lectures
    • Broadcasts
    • Historical Markers
  • Participate
  • Donations
  • Contact

March 2010: Exploring Chowanoke forests.

March 6, 2010 by Marvin Jones Leave a Comment

Edith Seiling at Harold Taylor family grave in Gates County's forest known at "Little Africa".

Historian David Powell, Gates County Historical Society President Edith Seiling (right), Marvin T. Jones and others traipse through the forests bordering the Chowan River swamp land to document graves. The Harrell Taylor family grave is of particular interest because it is said to be near if not above a Chowanoke burial ground. Seiling is a member of the Chowan Discovery Group’s Advisory Committee. Photograph by Marvin T. Jones

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Choanoac, Chowanoke, Edith Seiling, Gates County Historical Association

November 2009: CDG Advisor Donna M. Wells passes.

December 6, 2009 by Marvin Jones Leave a Comment

 I sought out Donna when I was shopping around for advice about the research I was collecting on the Winton Triangle. Her reputation as a respected archivist at Howard University’s Moorland- Springarn Research Center was long known to me. It was Donna who planted the idea of creating a non-profit organization. All along the way she encouraged me, was always interested in the work and continued to advise me. I’ll always be thankful for her friendship and help. – Marvin T. Jones

Photograph by Jeffrey Fearing

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Donna M. Wells, Jeff Fearing, Moorland-Spingarn, Winton Triangle

August 2009: Chowan Beach artifact donated to the Chowan Discovery Group

August 6, 2009 by Marvin Jones Leave a Comment

 Cofield native Eric Mountain, now living in Raleigh, and his daughter Erin Madelyn, retrieves and brings back a relic from Hertford County’s past. The North Carolina Museum of History has donated a booth bench from Chowan Beach to the Chowan Discovery Group whose mission is to research, document, preserve and present the history of the Winton Triangle. Museum Curator Earl Ijames arranged the transfer. The bench was in the restaurant of the Chowan Beach resort which entertained people from the region for over fifty years. It appears in a 1963 photograph that is part of our digital image collection. The Chowan Discovery Group’s recent acquisition of non-profit and tax-exempt status helped make the transfer possible. Photograph by Marvin T. Jones

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chowan Beach, Chowan Discovery Group, Earl Ijames, Eric Mountatin, North Carolina History Museum

Roanoke-Chowan Mixed Race History Presented in W.VA

July 14, 2009 by Marvin Jones Leave a Comment

Dr.Irene M. Wright of St. Louis, Missouri (second from right) is laughing with researchers of Roanoke-Chowan history, (l-r) K. Paul Johnson, Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood and Marvin T. Jones at the 13th Melungeon Heritage Association Reunion Conference in Logan, West Virginia, June 26-27. All four were speakers at the conference. Photo by Carol Joice-Jones

June 26-27, 2009: A lecture on the Winton Triangle by Marvin T. Jones was among the presentations at the 13th Reunion of The Melungeon Heritage Association held in Logan, West Virginia. K. Paul Johnson, author of Pell Mellers: Race and Memory in a Carolina Poquosin and a consultant to the Melungeon Heritage Association, invited Jones and Bertie County’s Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood, Associate Professor, The University of Memphis Department of History and a native of Bertie County’s Indian Woods community.

Dr. Smallwood presented an extensive and exciting history of the Tuscarora people who are among the ancestors of the Winton Triangle community. Both Jones and Smallwood have been invited to speak at next year’s MHA conference in Tennessee.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Arwin Smallwood, Melungeon, Melungeon Heritage Association

June 2009: We’re now Tax-Exempt!

June 6, 2009 by Marvin Jones Leave a Comment


The Chowan Discovery Group, whose mission is to research, document, preserve and present the history of the Winton Triangle area, was recently granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service. The law firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockius donated the services and expenses incurred in the filing of the non-profit and tax-exempt applications for the Chowan Discovery Group(CDG). Shown here, on the 39th floor of the Manhattan offices of Morgan, Lewis and Bockius are E. Laverne Jones (center), the CDG board member holding the tax-exempt application; and attorneys Robert Dickey (left) and Stephen Nesspoor of the law firm. Board Member Jones undertook this successful effort. Photograph by Marvin T. Jones

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Robert Dickey, Stephen Nesspoor, Winton Triangle

Lecture on Accomplished Alumni at C.S. Brown Museum

March 29, 2009 by Marvin Jones Leave a Comment

March 28, 2009: A well-received lecture of the community’s role in the founding and growth of C.S. Brown School was given by Marvin T. Jones at the C.S. Brown School Alumni Association’s annual Founder’s Day.

Filed Under: News

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6

Recent Posts

  • A Rich list of Accomplishments for 2018
  • A new Award for Chowan Discovery!
  • Lot of Lectures! Chowan Discovery’s Achievements for 2017.
  • Colored State Fair remembered with a New Marker.
  • WHAT A PARTY WE HAD for CHOWAN DISCOVERY!

Categories

  • Art Project
  • Historical Markers
  • Lectures
  • News
  • Presentations
  • Uncategorized

Links

  • Baker Prince Communications
  • David Cecelski
  • Melungeon Heritage Association
  • North Carolina Musem of History
  • Steven Riley's Mixed Race Studies
  • The Town of Ahoskie – one of the three incorporated towns of the Winton Triangle
  • Wilmer Leon

Copyright © 2021 · Author Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in