Old Burying Ground
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Historians say he was one of North Carolina's greatest naval heros in the War of 1812. He recieved Letters of Marque and Reprisal from the U.S., which had only a small navy. He sailed from Nova Scotia to South America plundering British ships. It is said he captured cargo worth more than $2,000,000 on one trip alone. His tomb is surmounted by a cannon taken from his privateer, Snapdragon.