INACCURATE:
1) Some locals believe Carrot Island was originally "Cart Island," due to pushing carts over to the island marsh, or leaving carts on the "island."
2) Wikipedia article on Shackelford Banks: "When John Shackleford first acquired his tract at Shackleford Banks, the island was known as "Cart Island," most likely after Carteret County."
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| 1733 Moseley Map |
ACCURATE: Carrot Island was first noted as "Carrot I." on Moseley's 1733 map.
Carrot Island was included
in the 1734 will of John Shackelford: "I bequest my estate to my son James
and his heirs forever also Island called Carrot." (The name was
spelled Shackelford, not Shackleford.)
In March 1790, Benjamin Stanton purchased Carrot Island from Nehemiah Harris; Stanton had a "fishery" on an elevated portion of the island.
Carrot Island was noted on many early maps, including 1844, 1850, 1857, and 1888. The
1854 map labeled the channel that flowed from the downtown waterfront
to south of Carrot Island as "Carrot Island Channel." Before dredging in the early 20th century, Carrot Island was essentially tidal marsh with some elevated hammock land.
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| 1844 |
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| 1850 |
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| 1857 |
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| 1888 |
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| 1854 noted Carrot Island Channel |
