Merry Hill, North Carolina

Within the town there is one school, Lawrence Academy (Private), which was founded in 1968 and is located on Avoca Farm Road.

Salmon Creek twists and turns through the wooded area of Merry Hill and opens up to the Albemarle Sound.

There is currently a golf course called Scotch Hall Preserve in Merry Hill, built in 2009, that overlooks the Mouth of Salmon Creek and reaches out into the Albemarle Sound.

In May 2012, the British Museum in London discovered evidence that the famed Lost Colony was planned to move to a fort in Avoca.

A map owned by Lost Colony founder John White was scanned, and the symbol for a fort was found under a patch (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=753203&partid=1).

Both Sothell and Duckenfield had trading posts on the mouth of Salmon Creek at Avoca prior to 1690.

Located in Merry Hill, the old Avoca Plantation was owned by the Cullen Capehart family for many years.

[2] Although George and his father, Cullen, maintained separate households, it is believed that they worked their extensive plantations in partnership.

At the time of the 1850 Census, Cullen Capehart owned 4,965 acres (20.1 km2) of land valued at $48,800 on which his 203 slaves raised 8,500 bushels of corn, 200 bales of ginned cotton, and livestock worth $4,000.

[Laura Harrel, "Capehart's Fishery Era Recalled at Spring Historical Meeting" There are many old pecan trees planted in the 19th century that are still there.

The Capehart family once owned the entire peninsula, 5,000 acres (20 km2) fenced from Salmon Creek to Albemarle Sound.