Fort Neoheroka

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Fort Neoheroka was a major Tuscarora stronghold in colonial North Carolina whose 1713 siege and destruction marked the decisive turning point in the Tuscarora War.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Neoheroka canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsConductedBy North Carolina archaeologists ⓘ
archaeologicalFindings Tuscarora artifacts ⓘ
evidence of intense burning and destruction ⓘ
associatedWith Colonel James Moore (South Carolina) ⓘ
Governor Edward Hyde (North Carolina) ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Iroquoian-speaking peoples ⓘ
Tuscarora people ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora
battleType siege ⓘ
builtFor defense against colonial and allied Indian forces ⓘ
conflict Tuscarora War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance site of major Tuscarora loss and resistance ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1713 ⓘ
destroyedBy allied colonial militia and Indian allies ⓘ
colonial forces of North Carolina ⓘ
event Siege of Fort Neoheroka ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavation yes ⓘ
hasFeature defensive trenches ⓘ
earthen fortifications ⓘ
palisades ⓘ
subterranean structures ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological and historic site of the Tuscarora War ⓘ
locatedIn Greene County, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
colonial North Carolina ⓘ
near Contentnea Creek ⓘ
memorials commemorative markers in Greene County, North Carolina ⓘ
namedAfter Neoheroka (Tuscarora town) ⓘ
near Snow Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
partOf Tuscarora War ⓘ
relatedTo Tuscarora joining the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Tuscarora migration to New York ⓘ
resultOfEvent Tuscarora migration northward ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora

collapse of organized Tuscarora resistance in North Carolina ⓘ
large loss of Tuscarora lives ⓘ
significance decisive turning point in the Tuscarora War ⓘ
major Tuscarora stronghold in colonial North Carolina ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
usedBy Southern Tuscarora ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora

Tuscarora ⓘ
Tuscarora Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora
yearDestroyed 1713 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuscarora War → keyBattle → Fort Neoheroka ⓘ
Neoheroka → commemoratedBy → Fort Neoheroka ⓘ
subject linked to: Neoheroka (Tuscarora town)