NC Gazetteer

Seco

Also known as: Cotan
A village in Beaufort County
… an Indian village shown on John White's map of 1585 located in what is now central Beaufort County. The name is associated with American discoveries dating from 1536, though located on different maps from the Chesapeake Bay S to Florida. De Bry's version of White's map, printed in 1590, changes Seco to Cotan. See also Secotan.