NC Gazetteer

Salmon Creek

Also known as: Flatt's Creek, Seedbed of the Colony
A creek in Bertie County
… rises in E Bertie County and flows SE into Chowan River. Appears as Flatt's Creek on the Comberford map, 1657, but as Salmon Creek on the Ogilby map, 1671. Probably named for an early settler. Area known as "Seedbed of the Colony" due to residence of early settlers, such as Nathaniel Batts, and leaders, such as Charles Eden, royal governor.