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Edenton, North Carolina
       The Edenton Tea Party Chapter was chartered on February 27, 1948;  the Chapter’s name commemorates the protest of fifty-one ladies against the British injustices of 1774. This incident was one of the first instances of women participating in political activity in the colonies. The Barker House was the home of Penelope Barker (1728-1796), the reputed leader of the 1774 Edenton Tea Party.  In 2003, the NCSDAR Centennial Quilt, the theme of which was the Edenton Tea Party, was placed in the Barker House on permanent display to commemorate the event.
       The Chapter’s first marking of a Revolutionary ancestor’s grave was on June 28, 1970. The grave was that of John Alderman, 1st North Carolina Regiment.  In 1979, a bronze plaque was placed on the monument of James Iredell in the Hayes Plantation cemetery. The marker noted Iredell’s role as a Revolutionary Patriot.
Chapter History
      At the first regular meeting on April 30, 1948, the members voted to acquire and restore the  home of James Iredell, an Attorney General for North Carolina and a President George Washington appointee as an Associate Justice to the first United States Supreme Court.  The women signed bank notes to make this acquisition a reality, and to allow for the preservation of one of Edenton’s most important
residences. The Iredell House is carefully maintained and is one of twenty-three historic sites
across the state.  In 1964, Bandon Plantation, which was the home of charter member and
novelist Inglis Fletcher, burned. The Plantation schoolhouse was moved down the Chowan
River by barge and relocated on the grounds of the Iredell House.  The “necessary” and
kitchen were moved and restored in 1965.  In 1995, the Edenton Tea Party Chapter placed a
DAR Historic marker on the grounds of the house.