Hertford was originally incorporated in 1758 as the county seat for Perquimans County,
and first inhabited by the Yeopim Indians.
County records show that the Yeopim Chief Kalcacenin sold land to George Durant at the river mouth in March 1662, which was adjacent to land that he had already sold to Samuel Pricklove. This area was settled soon afterward.
The brick house, the Newbold-White House, has been dated by Dendrochronology back to 1730 and it is the oldest known brick structure in NC.
There are several historic sites in Hertford and one of them is right in our backyard, the Leigh House.
