Edenton Colony In 1658 adventurers from the Jamestown area drifted through the wilderness from Virginia and found a location on the northern shore of a small natural harbor at , now called Edenton Bay. Edenton Colony was the first permanent European settlement in what is now the state of North Carolina.
Edenton Colony In 1658 adventurers from the Jamestown area drifted through the wilderness from Virginia and found a location on the northern shore of a small natural harbor at  now called Edenton Bay. Edenton Colony was the first permanent European settlement in what is now the state of North Carolina