Pungo

Sherwood, a midwife who at times wore men's clothes, lived in what today is the rural Pungo neighborhood, and she later became known as "The Witch of Pungo."

Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives 2006

Witch of Pungo pardoned by Virginia governor, 300 years later

Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives 2006

The Pungo region is kind of a country region of Virginia Beach.

CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2007 2007

The Witch of Pungo -- who supposedly accursed Tidewater farms in the 17th and 18th centuries -- has been cleared of all charges, namely that she was ever a witch.

Monday, July 31, 2006 As'ad 2006

In former times the Portuguese imagined that this place was particularly unhealthy, and banishment to the black rocks of Pungo

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Pungo, Dec. 12, 1898; p. Jesse Bryan and Jessie (Harrison); Phi Soc.

Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924

Corn is now on the advance with no prospect of its being cheaper before November -- the price on Pungo is $5 for which reason I have taken advantage of a rather large supply now in this market & have purchased 15 bbls at 3½ which will last until new corn comes.

The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II Charles Lee 1908

It thus appears that no less than 158,000 acres of land belonging to the State lies contiguous to and are more or less injured by, the redundant waters of Pungo and Aligator Lakes.

The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II Charles Lee 1908

You are apprized that a large tract of land has been selected in Hyde County for the commencement of the work where, under your predecessor, Surveys have been made for two canals leading from the lakes of Pungo and Alligator into the water courses of Pungo River.

The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II Charles Lee 1908

It will soon be seen that these canals must undergo some change of figure from the action of their waters and that the abraded banks must be washed to the mouths of the Canals and will in time form large shoals in Pungo

The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II Charles Lee 1908