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Name: Roanoke Marshes Light (old)  

Nearest Town or City:
Manteo, North Carolina, United States

Location: Croatan Sound, southwest of Roanoke Island.

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Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
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Notes:
An earlier lighthouse in this vicinity was in use 1831-1839. Some of the parts of the 1858 lighthouse were incorporated into the Nansemond River Lighthouse in Virginia. The 1877 lighthouse was replaced by a modern automatic light on the original foundation in 1955. (The old foundation has been removed in recent years.) The Town of Manteo has constructed a replica of the lighthouse on the town's waterfront (see separate entry).

Description of Tower: 1858: Hexagonal cottage-style dwelling with lantern on top, on screwpile foundation. 1877: Lantern on roof of rectangular cottage-style dwelling, on screwpile foundation; 33 feet high. This lighthouse was about 100 yards SSW of the previous lighthouse.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1858

Date Deactivated: 1955

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: J. M .Daniel (1857-?); J. B. Casey (assistant 1857-1859); C. H. Daniel (assistant 1859-?); Thomas M. Gard (circa 1860s); George W. Owens (assistant, circa 1860s); B. Gard (assistant, 1860s); Thomas M. Gard (1867-1869); Avery J. Austin (assistant 1867-?); Avery Tillett (assistant 1867-?); Mrs. Calenda Gard (assistant 1868-?); William H. Bassnight (assistant 1869 -?); L. John Pugh (1869-1874); Matthias Hayman (assistant 1869-?); Willis Tillett (assistant 1870-?); Peter Gallop (assistant 1873-1874, head keeper 1874-1878); Asa Hight (assistant 1874-?); Thomas W. Daniel (assistant 1874-?); Samuel M. Daniel (Daniels?) (assistant 1875-c. 1878); Little John Pugh (assistant 1878-?); Charles P. Meekins (1881-1892?); Chester J. Dough (assistant c. 1881-?); George H. Wood (assistant 1890-?); Joseph B. Daniel (assistant 1891-?); Robert M. Jennett (assistant 1892-?); Ephraim H. Riggs (1892-?); Walles L. Barnett (assistant 1901-?); George M. Scarborough (assistant 1901-?); Isaac C. Meekins (assistant 1903-?); Charles Haywood Fulcher (assistant 1905-?, head keeper circa 1930s); Isaac C. Meekins (assistant 1906-?); James Oliver Casey (?); Unaka Benjamin Jennette (1939-1943); Dallas Quidley Sr. (?-1944); Berry Stowe (c. 1940s); David Farrow (1953-1954); Fulton Whidbee (?)