NC Gazetteer

Thurman

A community in Craven County
… community in E Craven County on Neuse River. Alt. 26. Settled about 1850 and named for Allen G. Thurman (1813-95), member of Congress (1845-47) and later a senator from Ohio. His mother was the daughter of Nathaniel Allen, nephew and adopted son of Joseph Hewes of Edenton.