Martin County is located in Northeastern North Carolina, approximately 80 miles from the coast. Its northern boundary is the beautiful Roanoke River. The county is 60 feet above sea level and has a total area of 462.44 sq. miles. Williamston is the county seat and the largest town.
Fort Branch Civil War Site:
A significant Civil War Site overlooking the Roanoke River, Fort Branch is known as “the best preserved earthwork Civil War site east of the Mississippi.” Seven of the fort’s original eleven cannons are on display there. Just south of Hamilton, the fort is open to the public on weekends from April through the first weekend of November when the annual battle re-enactment is held. Volunteers also hold “A Civil War Christmas” each year, celebrating the holiday with music and costumes of the period.
St. James Place Museum -
This restored primitive Baptist church in Robersonville serves as a fascinating museum of southern folk art. Late, clapboard Gothic revival architecture church building now houses original furnishings, folk art, and antique duck decoys . More than 100 North Carolina quilts–including 42 African-American examples– and hundreds of pieces of North Carolina pottery exhibited. On corner old US 64 and Outerbridge St., Robersonville, NC. Open year ‘round.
