Mackeys Ferry

… formerly located at the present community of Mackeys in N Washington County on Kendricks Creek. Shown as T. Bells Ferry on the Moseley map, 1733; purchased from Bell by Col. William Mackey in 1735; was in continuous operation until 1938. At the time it was dismantled, the ferry operated between Edenton in S Chowan County and the S shore of Albemarle Sound immediately N of Pleasant Grove in N Washington County.