1857 Map: In 1714, a prospector named John Shackelford acquired 1400 acres throughout present day Carteret County. In 1723, David Shepard, for whom Shepard Point is named, also bought property. William Shepard, David Shepard’s son, sold 600 acres to William Fisher in 1791. The youngest of Fishers’s daughters, Sarah, married Bridges Arendell, Sr. The Arendells were an important and powerful family in Carteret County and Morehead City. The downtown streets running north and south are numbered; those running east to west are named for the developers and first leaders of Morehead City, including William Fisher, Bridges Arendell, Peter G. Evans, David Shepard, and John Shackelford.
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