Albemarle+Sound

=Albemarle Sound=

Settlers From the North
The first white settlers to come to the New World in what would become North Carolina were the Durants. Along with Nathaniel and Richard Batts, George Durant explored the land and started to buy much of it. In 1660, the Batts bought some land from the Yeopim Indians and a year later Durant bought land also. Although they were the first whites to settle in the New World they were'nt the first to settle in.