Bonarva

… plantation of the Pettigrew family in SE Washington County and W Tyrrell County. Of the various plantation houses of the Pettigrew family, two were on Bonarva. Belgrade, in Washington County, was built about 1796 and is still standing; it was named for the earlier Pettigrew house on Harveys Neck in Perquimans County. Magnolia was built in Tyrrell County, the site of the greater portion of the Pettigrew lands. Scotch Hall was the Pettigrew home in Bertie County. Belgrade is now a part of Pettigrew State Park, which see.