1705 Pamtecough County is formed, which includes Goose Creek Island
1712 Pamtecough County renamed Beaufort County
1754 French and Indian War
1757 Craven County annexes the areas between Bay River and Jones Bay.
Goose Creek Island remains part of Beaufort County.
1769 Hurricane! Colonial Capitol of New Bern almost completely destroyed.
1775 American Revolution, lasts until 1783. Several Campen's and Watson's
are listed as members of the Beaufort Regiment of Militia in 1781
1783 Francis Jones purchases land between Bay River and Great Bay,
beginning at a pine tree at Drum Creek
1812 War of 1812 - lasts until 1814
1823 Elder Green Carawan of Hyde County organizes the Goose Creek Island
Primitive Baptist Church
1828 U.S. Coast Guard erects a light tower at Pamlico Point
1841 A Disciple's of Christ Church is established at Jones Bay
1846 Hurricane "A remarkable surge of water, driven by continuous northeast
winds, pushed far into the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, flooding rivers
and creeks for miles inland."
1850 Census shows approximately 80 dwellings in the Goose Creek Precinct
1850's Albin Williamson is operating a general store
1850 Richard Carawan sells to Malichi Potter, the Green Carawan family
plantation
1856 Goose Creek Island Post Office established in Lowland. James Potter
first postmaster
1860's Mouse Harbor ditch is dug
1861 Civil War. Several Goose Creek Island residents serve with both
Conferderate and Union forces. War lasts until 1865
1872 Pamlico County is a new county but its boundary lines does not include
Goose Creek Island
1874 Citizens of Goose Creek Island vote to become part of the new Pamlico
County
1875 Nathanial Potter, B. Lewis, W.T. Emory appointed to serve on school
committee for Township 4
1876 Benjamin Campen represents Goose Creek Island as a County
Commissioner
1876 Hurricane. Widespread flooding. Church at Swan Quarter floated to new
location.
1880's Farmer Alliances formed on Goose Creek Island
1884 Stanley Watson is operating a general store in the Piney Woods area
1885 Robinson Campen is County Commissioner
1885 Jesse Daniels, Joseph Alcock, Emory Daniels, Nathanial Potter, Joshua
Spain and James Potter represent Goose Creek Island on the County
School Commitee
1886 Wiley Mayo named first postmaster for Hobucken Post Office
1891 Pamlico Point screwpile light erected at Gull Shoals after original light
tower on point ruined
1892 Goose Creek Island Post Office name changed to Lowland
1895 Hobucken United Methodist Church organized. Joella Sadler first member
1897 Bernard's Chapel Methodist Church organized at Lowland
1898 Lowland Church of Christ organized
1898 Steamship Old Neuse runs aground near Pamlico Point Shoals and
Mouse Harbor
1899 The "San Cicero Hurricane" ravages coast of North Carolina.
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