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The Southport Historical Society 's Whittlers Bench newsletters from 1976 to the present.
2021
Plant Lore
Lost Pilots
Cemetery Preservation
Sea Shanty Singing
Origins of Southport's Independence Day Celebration
2021 Susie Sellers Carson Scholarship Winner - Caroline Richardson
Juneteenth Celebration
Plant Lore - Summer
100th Anniversary Cape Fear River Pilot's Association
Paddling Through History - Kayak Tours
Reviews of Recent Educational Programs
Experiences of a WW II Mounted Horse Patrol on Oak Island
Upcoming Events
Annual Business Meeting
Southport's Fallen Vietnam Soldiers
2020
Southport's Colorful History by Barbara Lemos
Cemetery Repairs by Charles Christianson
The CCC in Southport - Camp Sapona with Scott Len
One Fall Morning by Mike Royal
History from the Eyes of Art Newton
2020 Susie Carson Scholarship Winner
Susie Carson's 100th Birthday Celebration
NC 4th of July Celebration
Send Recipes for the Society's Cookbook
Moon Landing by Mike Royal
Memories of Wonder Years by Kathy Joyner Maland
Links to Virtual Classes and Presentations
Volunteer Opportunities
Arm Chair History Classes
1918 Influenza Pandemic
Storm Signal Tower Protected U.S. Lighthouse Launch #82
A Smithville Christmas
What Southport Means To ME...
A Word About the Friends of the Fort Caswell Rifle Range
WW I Profile: William James Gordon (1891 - 1930)
2019
New Photo Collection
Making Mrs. Duffy's Cakes
The Truth Behind Southport's Own Ghost Story
Old Burying Groun Repairs
New SHS Website
The USO and the Community Building
The Harper Family and the State Port Pilot
"Fessor" Frank Gordon (1856 - 1937)
I Didn't Know That!
When the Garrison House Was a Home
African American Education Exhibit
Cora Mabel Davis Bio
Thor Roars Again
Success - SHS First Annual Kitchen Tour
New Historical Marker at the John N. Smith Cemetery
New Exhibit at Fort Johnston - Life in the Garrison
Book Review - Cape Fear Ferry Tales
Winning Scholarship Essay by Sophia Rupkalvis
2018
Stories from the Old Brunswick Co. Jail
Saving the Parade
C.B. Caroon Crab Company
Book Review - Of Home and River
Parker's Perspective
225th Smithville Anniversary
2017
Golf in Southport
Location of Smithville
A Southport Lawn Party
Of Home and River - Book Review
Southern Hospitality
Turtle Egg Duff
Giovanni di Verrazzano
Grave Riggers - Smithville Burying Ground
Butter Churns
Progressive Women run the Southport News
2016
Christmas Home Tour - Special Edition
Bio - Frances Price Davis
How Smithville Became Southport
Southport Ordinances from 1898
Bio of Mayor Leonard T. Yaskell
George E. Hubbard - Oral History
40th Anniversary Milestone
Programs scheduled for 2016
The Frying Pan
Old Smithville Burying Ground
List of Members - 1976
2015
New Books:
Masters of the Shoals, 2nd Edition by Jim McNeil
Chronology of Smithville, Volume V (1971-1990 by Bill Reaves
A Northerners Observation of Summertime in Smithville - 1886
Cemetery Report
Research Room Interns
Susie Carson Research Room to Go Online!
House Plaque: A Brief History of 307 E. Nash Street by Bill Johnson
2014
Fall 2014
Historic House Plaque by Bill Johnson
Southport Historical Society Volunteer Opportunities
Getting To or Out of Town Was Tough by Larry Maisel
Sum-09
Margaret Hood Was Not Afraid of Sharks by Larry Maisel
Captain Edgar D. Williams Remembers Southport (1925)
Brown Vs Board of Education in Brunswick County
By Katy Almirall
City Leaders Cowed By Bovine Issue (1891) By Jon Lewis
Margaret Swan Hood Biography by Phyllis Boggs and Dawn Hazlett
Southern Music in the Civil War Era By Bob Lucas
Letter to the Editor (1896) by John T. Drew
The art of Net Making by Mrs. Cathy Potter Melton
WW II - Serving at the Caswell Naval Section Base by Melvin Huff
WW II - Abroad the Cruiser Helena by Esther Mae Potter Williams
History of the Southport Chronologies by Bill Reaves
2000
President's Note
Origins and Destiny of the Indians of the Cape Fear
Evolution of a map of the Lower Cape Fear
Family History in Brunswick County
Old Jail Report
Ladies Tea Fundraiser
A War Bride
Old jail Report
Munnawhatteug (menhaden)
The Shore Captain
Old Jail Report
Southport Coverlet
WWII Memories
Letter Describing the Quarantine Station written by
Lucy Anderson Avant
A Trip to Southport on the Steamer Wilmington
by Jack F. Hart as told to John Nelson
Pilot Boat Ruth Hits Wreckage and Sinks (1921)
Walden Creek stories by Bill Reaves and Dorothy V. Russell
Brunswick Boy Writes of his D-Day Experiences
by Robert Marlowe
Growing Up in Southport - Mary Pierce and Thelma S. Dunn
Cushing's Signal Defeat
Jens Berg Biography - 1919
Growing Up In Southport - John Swain and Thelma Sellers Dunn
Fishing Trip by Lawrence Willing, Sr.
Jan-98 Homecoming From the War (1865)
looking Back - The History Page
Search for Blockade Runners
Looking Back - Walter G. Curtis
Father Mackin Remembers
Looking Back - The History Page
Stories of Hurricane Hazel
Society News
Looking Back - The History Page
Roots, Twigs and Branches - Generology
Looking Back - The History Page
Growing Up in Southport by Thelma S. Dunn
Old Georgetown Road Log House
Growing Up In Southport (1910s and 20s) by Mrs. Minnie Kotowski
Southport Lawn Party, 1887
A Visit to Southport in 1920
William Larsen, Lost Five Days Without Food and Water
The Death of Five Smithville Pilots, 1872
I Remember by Gwendolyn St. George Dixon
Fire on the BENNINGTON, September 25, 1946
Tall Tales At The Whittler's Bench
In The Cemetery at Southport (1914) by Miss Kate Stuart
Pretty Tribute to a Brave Woman (1914)
The Poolrooms by Lawrence Willing
The Sinking of the SS John D. Gill remarks by Christopher A. Suiter
Stranger's First Impression of Southport (1897) by Thomas C. Harris
June 2, 1864 in Smithville with James Ryder Randall
Shrimp 10 Cents Per Pound by Jeff Brooks
Growing Up in Southport by Cassie Smith Cochran
Going to School (1930s and 40s) by
Bill Shannon - Hazel Willetts
A Tragic Story From "Torpedo Junction" by Mary J. Shannon
Parson Brown's Band of Renown
Growing Up in Southport ( 1920s and 30s) by D.I. Watson
Growing Up in Southport and Fort Caswell (1920s and 30s)
by Edward Jelks
Sempronius Russ - Genealogy
Good Old Days by Elnora (Nonie) Rodgers
WW II Bride in Southport
1836 House for Sale
The Old Whittling Tree
History of the Old Jail
Smithville's First 100 Lot Holders
"Noble Expression by Citizens of Brunswick County" - 1866
History of Brown's Chapel
Biographies - Cratie Arnold and Robert Ruark
History of St. James A.M.E. Zion Church
Civil War Medicine
Army Navy Club Dedication - 1918
Fort Johnston 1880 Residents
Joshua Potts Information
Searching for Caroline Wade Mason by Mrs. Margaret Dodd
Cemetery Report
Antique Show and Genealogy Committee Report
The Garden Page - Live Oak (Querous virginiana)
Notes from the Southport Leader (circa 1890)
Robert Howe - 1820's Land Warrants
Garden Progress Report
The Tar Kiln by Milton Domler
SHS Constitution and By-Laws
Special Edition - Heritage Garden Project
1845 Fourth of July Celebration
The Location of Smithville by Joshua Potts - Part II
The Location of Smithville by Joshua Potts - Part I
Comments on four people buried in the Old Smithville Burying Grounds
Genealogy Workshop
Board of Aldermen Meeting - March 30, 1899
SHS Tenth Anniversary
Robert Ruark Obituary (Source Unknown)
History of the Old Jail
Harbor Train Tour Service
Sing of Southport (Song)
Old Jail Lease Approved
1898 Southport Ordinances #2
1898 Southport Ordinances #1
New Officers Elected
The Cemeteries of Southport (Smithville) Released
1907 Southport Ordinance
Mrs. Mattie Smith Newitt - Bio
Miss Kate Stuart-Heroine of Smithville
Sedgwick Springs (1756 - 1839) - Lighthouse Keeper
1872 Resolution to Governor R. Caldwell
Map of Southport Historic District
Southport Nomination - National Register of Historic Places
1981
1922 Ladies Night at the Masonic Hall
Tour for Teachers, Potter Family Descendant Visits
National Register Listing, Miss Annie May
Woodside Memorial
Willie McKenzie's Confectionery
Mr. George Hubbard - oral history excerpt
Fire service Inspection (1916)
National Registry Hearing
Oral History Excerpts
Message from the President
Fort Caswell Tour
"The Town that Found Itself" (review)
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier (review)
Society Honors Bill Reaves
Chronology Volume I For Sale
St. James Historical Records (1737-1852)
Historical Society Membership (1976)
Early Description of the Cape Fear - John Brickell (1737)
Silversmiths of North Carolina: 1696-1850 (book review)
SHS's First Newsletter, Sidney Lanier Letter
2021
Plant Lore
Lost Pilots
Cemetery Preservation
Sea Shanty Singing
Origins of Southport's Independence Day Celebration
2021 Susie Sellers Carson Scholarship Winner - Caroline Richardson
Juneteenth Celebration
Plant Lore - Summer
100th Anniversary Cape Fear River Pilot's Association
Paddling Through History - Kayak Tours
Reviews of Recent Educational Programs
Experiences of a WW II Mounted Horse Patrol on Oak Island
Upcoming Events
Annual Business Meeting
Southport's Fallen Vietnam Soldiers
2020
Southport's Colorful History by Barbara Lemos
Cemetery Repairs by Charles Christianson
The CCC in Southport - Camp Sapona with Scott Len
One Fall Morning by Mike Royal
History from the Eyes of Art Newton
2020 Susie Carson Scholarship Winner
Susie Carson's 100th Birthday Celebration
NC 4th of July Celebration
Send Recipes for the Society's Cookbook
Moon Landing by Mike Royal
Memories of Wonder Years by Kathy Joyner Maland
Links to Virtual Classes and Presentations
Volunteer Opportunities
Arm Chair History Classes
1918 Influenza Pandemic
Storm Signal Tower Protected U.S. Lighthouse Launch #82
A Smithville Christmas
What Southport Means To ME...
A Word About the Friends of the Fort Caswell Rifle Range
WW I Profile: William James Gordon (1891 - 1930)
2019
New Photo Collection
Making Mrs. Duffy's Cakes
The Truth Behind Southport's Own Ghost Story
Old Burying Groun Repairs
New SHS Website
The USO and the Community Building
The Harper Family and the State Port Pilot
"Fessor" Frank Gordon (1856 - 1937)
I Didn't Know That!
When the Garrison House Was a Home
African American Education Exhibit
Cora Mabel Davis Bio
Thor Roars Again
Success - SHS First Annual Kitchen Tour
New Historical Marker at the John N. Smith Cemetery
New Exhibit at Fort Johnston - Life in the Garrison
Book Review - Cape Fear Ferry Tales
Winning Scholarship Essay by Sophia Rupkalvis
2018
Stories from the Old Brunswick Co. Jail
Saving the Parade
C.B. Caroon Crab Company
Book Review - Of Home and River
Parker's Perspective
225th Smithville Anniversary
2017
Golf in Southport
Location of Smithville
A Southport Lawn Party
Of Home and River - Book Review
Southern Hospitality
Turtle Egg Duff
Giovanni di Verrazzano
Grave Riggers - Smithville Burying Ground
Butter Churns
Progressive Women run the Southport News
2016
Christmas Home Tour - Special Edition
Bio - Frances Price Davis
How Smithville Became Southport
Southport Ordinances from 1898
Bio of Mayor Leonard T. Yaskell
George E. Hubbard - Oral History
40th Anniversary Milestone
Programs scheduled for 2016
The Frying Pan
Old Smithville Burying Ground
List of Members - 1976
2015
New Books:
Masters of the Shoals, 2nd Edition by Jim McNeil
Chronology of Smithville, Volume V (1971-1990 by Bill Reaves
A Northerners Observation of Summertime in Smithville - 1886
Cemetery Report
Research Room Interns
Susie Carson Research Room to Go Online!
House Plaque: A Brief History of 307 E. Nash Street by Bill Johnson
2014
Fall 2014
Historic House Plaque by Bill Johnson
Southport Historical Society Volunteer Opportunities
Getting To or Out of Town Was Tough by Larry Maisel
Sum-09
Margaret Hood Was Not Afraid of Sharks by Larry Maisel
Captain Edgar D. Williams Remembers Southport (1925)
Brown Vs Board of Education in Brunswick County
By Katy Almirall
City Leaders Cowed By Bovine Issue (1891) By Jon Lewis
Margaret Swan Hood Biography by Phyllis Boggs and Dawn Hazlett
Southern Music in the Civil War Era By Bob Lucas
Letter to the Editor (1896) by John T. Drew
The art of Net Making by Mrs. Cathy Potter Melton
WW II - Serving at the Caswell Naval Section Base by Melvin Huff
WW II - Abroad the Cruiser Helena by Esther Mae Potter Williams
History of the Southport Chronologies by Bill Reaves
2000
President's Note
Origins and Destiny of the Indians of the Cape Fear
Evolution of a map of the Lower Cape Fear
Family History in Brunswick County
Old Jail Report
Ladies Tea Fundraiser
A War Bride
Old jail Report
Munnawhatteug (menhaden)
The Shore Captain
Old Jail Report
Southport Coverlet
WWII Memories
Letter Describing the Quarantine Station written by
Lucy Anderson Avant
A Trip to Southport on the Steamer Wilmington
by Jack F. Hart as told to John Nelson
Pilot Boat Ruth Hits Wreckage and Sinks (1921)
Walden Creek stories by Bill Reaves and Dorothy V. Russell
Brunswick Boy Writes of his D-Day Experiences
by Robert Marlowe
Growing Up in Southport - Mary Pierce and Thelma S. Dunn
Cushing's Signal Defeat
Jens Berg Biography - 1919
Growing Up In Southport - John Swain and Thelma Sellers Dunn
Fishing Trip by Lawrence Willing, Sr.
Jan-98 Homecoming From the War (1865)
Roots Twiggs & Branches - Geneology
Looking Back - The History Page
Growing Up in Southport by Thelma S. Dunn
Old Georgetown Road Log House
Growing Up In Southport (1910s and 20s) by Mrs. Minnie Kotowski
Southport Lawn Party, 1887
A Visit to Southport in 1920
William Larsen, Lost Five Days Without Food and Water
The Death of Five Smithville Pilots, 1872
I Remember by Gwendolyn St. George Dixon
Fire on the BENNINGTON, September 25, 1946
Tall Tales At The Whittler's Bench
In The Cemetery at Southport (1914) by Miss Kate Stuart
Pretty Tribute to a Brave Woman (1914)
The Poolrooms by Lawrence Willing
The Sinking of the SS John D. Gill remarks by Christopher A. Suiter
Stranger's First Impression of Southport (1897) by Thomas C. Harris
June 2, 1864 in Smithville with James Ryder Randall
Shrimp 10 Cents Per Pound by Jeff Brooks
Growing Up in Southport by Cassie Smith Cochran
Going to School (1930s and 40s) by
Bill Shannon - Hazel Willetts
A Tragic Story From "Torpedo Junction" by Mary J. Shannon
Parson Brown's Band of Renown
Growing Up in Southport ( 1920s and 30s) by D.I. Watson
Growing Up in Southport and Fort Caswell (1920s and 30s)
by Edward Jelks
Sempronius Russ - Genealogy
Good Old Days by Elnora (Nonie) Rodgers
WW II Bride in Southport
1836 House for Sale
The Old Whittling Tree
History of the Old Jail
Smithville's First 100 Lot Holders
"Noble Expression by Citizens of Brunswick County" - 1866
History of Brown's Chapel
Biographies - Cratie Arnold and Robert Ruark
History of St. James A.M.E. Zion Church
Civil War Medicine
Army Navy Club Dedication - 1918
Fort Johnston 1880 Residents
Joshua Potts Information
Searching for Caroline Wade Mason by Mrs. Margaret Dodd
Cemetery Report
Antique Show and Genealogy Committee Report
The Garden Page - Live Oak (Querous virginiana)
Notes from the Southport Leader (circa 1890)
Robert Howe - 1820's Land Warrants
Garden Progress Report
The Tar Kiln by Milton Domler
SHS Constitution and By-Laws
Special Edition - Heritage Garden Project
1845 Fourth of July Celebration
The Location of Smithville by Joshua Potts - Part II
The Location of Smithville by Joshua Potts - Part I
Comments on four people buried in the Old Smithville Burying Grounds
Genealogy Workshop
Board of Aldermen Meeting - March 30, 1899
SHS Tenth Anniversary
Robert Ruark Obituary (Source Unknown)
History of the Old Jail
Harbor Train Tour Service
Sing of Southport (Song)
Old Jail Lease Approved
1898 Southport Ordinances #2
1898 Southport Ordinances #1
New Officers Elected
The Cemeteries of Southport (Smithville) Released
1907 Southport Ordinance
Mrs. Mattie Smith Newitt - Bio
Miss Kate Stuart-Heroine of Smithville
Sedgwick Springs (1756 - 1839) - Lighthouse Keeper
1872 Resolution to Governor R. Caldwell
Map of Southport Historic District
Southport Nomination - National Register of Historic Places
1981
1922 Ladies Night at the Masonic Hall
Tour for Teachers, Potter Family Descendant Visits
National Register Listing, Miss Annie May
Woodside Memorial
Willie McKenzie's Confectionery
Mr. George Hubbard - oral history excerpt
Fire service Inspection (1916)
National Registry Hearing
Oral History Excerpts
Message from the President
Fort Caswell Tour
"The Town that Found Itself" (review)
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier (review)
Society Honors Bill Reaves
Chronology Volume I For Sale
St. James Historical Records (1737-1852)
Historical Society Membership (1976)
Early Description of the Cape Fear - John Brickell (1737)
Silversmiths of North Carolina: 1696-1850 (book review)
SHS's First Newsletter, Sidney Lanier Letter
2021
Plant Lore
Lost Pilots
Cemetery Preservation
Sea Shanty Singing
Origins of Southport's Independence Day Celebration
2021 Susie Sellers Carson Scholarship Winner - Caroline Richardson
Juneteenth Celebration
Plant Lore - Summer
100th Anniversary Cape Fear River Pilot's Association
Paddling Through History - Kayak Tours
Reviews of Recent Educational Programs
Experiences of a WW II Mounted Horse Patrol on Oak Island
Upcoming Events
Annual Business Meeting
Southport's Fallen Vietnam Soldiers
2020
Southport's Colorful History by Barbara Lemos
Cemetery Repairs by Charles Christianson
The CCC in Southport - Camp Sapona with Scott Len
One Fall Morning by Mike Royal
History from the Eyes of Art Newton
2020 Susie Carson Scholarship Winner
Susie Carson's 100th Birthday Celebration
NC 4th of July Celebration
Send Recipes for the Society's Cookbook
Moon Landing by Mike Royal
Memories of Wonder Years by Kathy Joyner Maland
Links to Virtual Classes and Presentations
Volunteer Opportunities
Arm Chair History Classes
1918 Influenza Pandemic
Storm Signal Tower Protected U.S. Lighthouse Launch #82
A Smithville Christmas
What Southport Means To ME...
A Word About the Friends of the Fort Caswell Rifle Range
WW I Profile: William James Gordon (1891 - 1930)
2019
New Photo Collection
Making Mrs. Duffy's Cakes
The Truth Behind Southport's Own Ghost Story
Old Burying Groun Repairs
New SHS Website
The USO and the Community Building
The Harper Family and the State Port Pilot
"Fessor" Frank Gordon (1856 - 1937)
I Didn't Know That!
When the Garrison House Was a Home
African American Education Exhibit
Cora Mabel Davis Bio
Thor Roars Again
Success - SHS First Annual Kitchen Tour
New Historical Marker at the John N. Smith Cemetery
New Exhibit at Fort Johnston - Life in the Garrison
Book Review - Cape Fear Ferry Tales
Winning Scholarship Essay by Sophia Rupkalvis
2018
Stories from the Old Brunswick Co. Jail
Saving the Parade
C.B. Caroon Crab Company
Book Review - Of Home and River
Parker's Perspective
225th Smithville Anniversary
2017
Golf in Southport
Location of Smithville
A Southport Lawn Party
Of Home and River - Book Review
Southern Hospitality
Turtle Egg Duff
Giovanni di Verrazzano
Grave Riggers - Smithville Burying Ground
Butter Churns
Progressive Women run the Southport News
2016
Christmas Home Tour - Special Edition
Bio - Frances Price Davis
How Smithville Became Southport
Southport Ordinances from 1898
Bio of Mayor Leonard T. Yaskell
George E. Hubbard - Oral History
40th Anniversary Milestone
Programs scheduled for 2016
The Frying Pan
Old Smithville Burying Ground
List of Members - 1976
2015
New Books:
Masters of the Shoals, 2nd Edition by Jim McNeil
Chronology of Smithville, Volume V (1971-1990 by Bill Reaves
A Northerners Observation of Summertime in Smithville - 1886
Cemetery Report
Research Room Interns
Susie Carson Research Room to Go Online!
House Plaque: A Brief History of 307 E. Nash Street by Bill Johnson
2014
Fall 2014
Historic House Plaque by Bill Johnson
Southport Historical Society Volunteer Opportunities
Getting To or Out of Town Was Tough by Larry Maisel
Sum-09
Margaret Hood Was Not Afraid of Sharks by Larry Maisel
Captain Edgar D. Williams Remembers Southport (1925)
Brown Vs Board of Education in Brunswick County
By Katy Almirall
City Leaders Cowed By Bovine Issue (1891) By Jon Lewis
Margaret Swan Hood Biography by Phyllis Boggs and Dawn Hazlett
Southern Music in the Civil War Era By Bob Lucas
Letter to the Editor (1896) by John T. Drew
The art of Net Making by Mrs. Cathy Potter Melton
WW II - Serving at the Caswell Naval Section Base by Melvin Huff
WW II - Abroad the Cruiser Helena by Esther Mae Potter Williams
History of the Southport Chronologies by Bill Reaves
2000
President's Note
Origins and Destiny of the Indians of the Cape Fear
Evolution of a map of the Lower Cape Fear
Family History in Brunswick County
Old Jail Report
Ladies Tea Fundraiser
A War Bride
Old jail Report
Munnawhatteug (menhaden)
The Shore Captain
Old Jail Report
Southport Coverlet
WWII Memories
Letter Describing the Quarantine Station written by
Lucy Anderson Avant
A Trip to Southport on the Steamer Wilmington
by Jack F. Hart as told to John Nelson
Pilot Boat Ruth Hits Wreckage and Sinks (1921)
Walden Creek stories by Bill Reaves and Dorothy V. Russell
Brunswick Boy Writes of his D-Day Experiences
by Robert Marlowe
Growing Up in Southport - Mary Pierce and Thelma S. Dunn
Cushing's Signal Defeat
Jens Berg Biography - 1919
Growing Up In Southport - John Swain and Thelma Sellers Dunn
Fishing Trip by Lawrence Willing, Sr.
Jan-98 Homecoming From the War (1865)
Roots Twiggs & Branches - Geneology
Looking Back - The History Page
Growing Up in Southport by Thelma S. Dunn
Old Georgetown Road Log House
Growing Up In Southport (1910s and 20s) by Mrs. Minnie Kotowski
Southport Lawn Party, 1887
A Visit to Southport in 1920
William Larsen, Lost Five Days Without Food and Water
The Death of Five Smithville Pilots, 1872
I Remember by Gwendolyn St. George Dixon
Fire on the BENNINGTON, September 25, 1946
Tall Tales At The Whittler's Bench
In The Cemetery at Southport (1914) by Miss Kate Stuart
Pretty Tribute to a Brave Woman (1914)
The Poolrooms by Lawrence Willing
The Sinking of the SS John D. Gill remarks by Christopher A. Suiter
Stranger's First Impression of Southport (1897) by Thomas C. Harris
June 2, 1864 in Smithville with James Ryder Randall
Shrimp 10 Cents Per Pound by Jeff Brooks
Growing Up in Southport by Cassie Smith Cochran
Going to School (1930s and 40s) by
Bill Shannon - Hazel Willetts
A Tragic Story From "Torpedo Junction" by Mary J. Shannon
Parson Brown's Band of Renown
Growing Up in Southport ( 1920s and 30s) by D.I. Watson
Growing Up in Southport and Fort Caswell (1920s and 30s)
by Edward Jelks
Sempronius Russ - Genealogy
Good Old Days by Elnora (Nonie) Rodgers
WW II Bride in Southport
1836 House for Sale
The Old Whittling Tree
History of the Old Jail
Smithville's First 100 Lot Holders
"Noble Expression by Citizens of Brunswick County" - 1866
History of Brown's Chapel
Biographies - Cratie Arnold and Robert Ruark
History of St. James A.M.E. Zion Church
Civil War Medicine
Army Navy Club Dedication - 1918
Fort Johnston 1880 Residents
Joshua Potts Information
Searching for Caroline Wade Mason by Mrs. Margaret Dodd
Cemetery Report
Antique Show and Genealogy Committee Report
The Garden Page - Live Oak (Querous virginiana)
Notes from the Southport Leader (circa 1890)
Robert Howe - 1820's Land Warrants
Garden Progress Report
The Tar Kiln by Milton Domler
SHS Constitution and By-Laws
Special Edition - Heritage Garden Project
1845 Fourth of July Celebration
The Location of Smithville by Joshua Potts - Part II
The Location of Smithville by Joshua Potts - Part I
Comments on four people buried in the Old Smithville Burying Grounds
Genealogy Workshop
Board of Aldermen Meeting - March 30, 1899
SHS Tenth Anniversary
Robert Ruark Obituary (Source Unknown)
History of the Old Jail
Harbor Train Tour Service
Sing of Southport (Song)
Old Jail Lease Approved
1898 Southport Ordinances #2
1898 Southport Ordinances #1
New Officers Elected
The Cemeteries of Southport (Smithville) Released
1907 Southport Ordinance
Mrs. Mattie Smith Newitt - Bio
Miss Kate Stuart-Heroine of Smithville
Sedgwick Springs (1756 - 1839) - Lighthouse Keeper
1872 Resolution to Governor R. Caldwell
Map of Southport Historic District
Southport Nomination - National Register of Historic Places
1981
1922 Ladies Night at the Masonic Hall
Tour for Teachers, Potter Family Descendant Visits
National Register Listing, Miss Annie May
Woodside Memorial
Willie McKenzie's Confectionery
Mr. George Hubbard - oral history excerpt
Fire service Inspection (1916)
National Registry Hearing
Oral History Excerpts
Message from the President
Fort Caswell Tour
"The Town that Found Itself" (review)
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier (review)
Society Honors Bill Reaves
Chronology Volume I For Sale
St. James Historical Records (1737-1852)
Historical Society Membership (1976)
Early Description of the Cape Fear - John Brickell (1737)
Silversmiths of North Carolina: 1696-1850 (book review)
SHS's First Newsletter, Sidney Lanier Letter
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