Coharie

Coharie is the name for the Great Coharie Creek[1] and its tributary the Little Coharie Creek, both in Sampson County, North Carolina.[2] The Great Coharie Creek is a tributary of the Black River that joins the Cape Fear River that flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Coharie also refers to the Coharie Formation, named for the creeks, a terrace, and shoreline at about 215 feet above sea level on the mid- to southern East Coast.[3]

The name Coharie was adopted by the Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc., a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina. The tribe claims "descent from certain tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina."[4] In 1910, residents of Herrings Township along the Coharie creeks identified as being of Croatan descent.[5]

Etymology

Coharie could be an Iroquoian, perhaps Tuscarora language, word that translates as driftwood.[6]

References
  1. "Great Coharie Creek at SR 1214 near Butler Crossroads (21NCMONITORING-B8604000) site data in the Water Quality Portal". National Water Quality Monitoring Council. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. "LITTLE COHARIE CREEK NEAR ROSEBORO, NC (USGS-02106000) site data in the Water Quality Portal". National Water Quality Monitoring Council. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. "Geologic Unit: Coharie". National Geologic Map Database. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. "Chapter 71A. Indians". NC General Assembly. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. Butler, George Edwin (1916). The Croatan Indians of Sampson County, North Carolina: Their Origin and Racial Status. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library. ISBN 978-1-4696-4181-2.
  6. Fullam, Brandon (2020). Manteo and the Algonquians of the Roanoke Voyages. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 72. ISBN 9781476638249.


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