Hawns

… town chartered in 1749 to be laid out on 36 acres in Northampton County at the plantation of Samuel Jordan on the N side of Roanoke River. "Lots of half an acre each with convenient streets and squares" were authorized but apparently never laid off. The name came from the title of one of the Lords Proprietors, Baron Carteret of Hawnes and Earl Granville. See also Granville District.