tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post3497697782102860352..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: PortsmouthPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-57209628951196310732017-09-14T14:12:12.396-04:002017-09-14T14:12:12.396-04:00In 1715 the NC Colonial Assembly passed an act to ...In 1715 the NC Colonial Assembly passed an act to settle pilots on Ocracoke. Land was set aside in the Springer's Point area for the pilots. I don't think any mention was made of swimming pools.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-64701618691780138482017-09-14T09:25:09.594-04:002017-09-14T09:25:09.594-04:00Did the NC colonial Assembly have a hand with the ...Did the NC colonial Assembly have a hand with the platting and laying out of OI? Portsmouth looks as if it were a new housing development before people bought the lot and started to landscape, plant gardens, dig a pool put up privacy fences, leave toys and swing sets in the yard, have clothes lines, cars up on cinder blocks, overgrown shrubs, etc. It is a moment frozen in time of a lala land ( I did not see the movie) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com