Finding Whealton Point Road
Whealton Point Road with Bruce Whealton, closeup
It was a cold day in early January 2010 when my friend Ryan and I made a trip to the place where my ancestors on my father’s side of the family had lived. We headed up the North Carolina Coast, to towns like Mesic, and Aurora. I had heard about the cemetery at the Bay Creek Christian Church in Mesic, NC and had thought that it would be interesting to visit that place again. I knew and remembered that many Whealton’s had been buried there, along with Mayos, and Jones and others. I’ll have to update this post with a full listing a bit later. Mesic is in Pamlico County and I knew that my ancestors had lived there.
I had heard that a great grandmother of mine had lived in Aurora, so we went up there as well. Aurora is in Beaufort County. Unfortunately, it was getting late, so I didn’t have time to look around the area. I didn’t see anything familiar, or have any idea who had lived in Aurora or where they had lived in Aurora.
I did hear about little communities called Cash Corner and Campbell Creek, also. My grandmother, when she was alive, my father’s mother, would tell us stories about growing up in this area. Campbell Creek is along the way to Aurora from Mesic, NC. I had gone on the web and found that there was a road called Whealton Point Road outside of Campbell Creek. So, I wanted to see that. It can be found by going east from Campbell Creek.
Finding Campbell Creek first was no easy task. We drove past it the first time we came, and had to ask some folks in a convenient store up in Aurora. We were about 6 miles past Campbell Creek when we stopped. I should have said that we were on Highway 33. So, when it comes to a place where the Highway bears right, to get to Campbell Creek we bear left, or go left. After that we found a small Church with a cemetery.
I had heard about a Whealton Family Cemetery and thought that maybe this was it. It wasn’t that cemetery, though. Just a local church cemetery. Then right near that intersection, you can find Tetterton Road which is SR 1963. This goes toward the Pamlico River, or the area where the river meets the sound and the ocean; I cannot tell where the river ends and the ocean/sound begins when I look at maps. Anyway, SR 1963, Tetterton Road dead ends onto Whealton Point Road. That’s what the sign says, as you can see in the photo. Now, on google maps it looks like the road is named Jarvis Landing Road but as the sign says, this is Whealton Point Road. Maybe both… The sign also says that it is SR 1969 above and below, using the arrows it says 1901. It doesn’t go very far at all.
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Whealton Point Road with Bruce Whealton 2