Hunting Quarters a slave and rights to one-half of his Hunting Quarters property for her lifetime. They had no children but Mary had three from an earlier marriage. John died in 1760 and Mary in 1799. Hunting Quarters Hunting Quarters is the original name for the area of eastern North Carolina in Carteret County currently known as the towns of Sea Level and Atlantic. The region, originally settled by an English family in the early 18th century, was named Hunting Quarters by the local Coree Indians, living on the plentiful game, fish and oysters. Some of King Charles II "Lords Proprietors", Sir
General quarters announcement would be made using the vessel’s public address system (known as the 1MC): “General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. The direction of travel is up and forward on your starboard side, down and aft on your port side.” General quarters General quarters, battle stations, or action stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal that all hands (everyone available) aboard a ship must go to battle stations as quickly as possible. According to "The Encyclopedia of War", formerly "[i]n naval service, the phrase "beat to quarters" indicated a particular kind of drum