When and why was Roanoke Island transferred from Virginia to North Carolina?
The Carolina territory, which included a certain portion of the formerly very large Virginian territory, was carved out sometime in the 1660’s and handed over to a group of noblemen by Charles II, to repay them for their help with the Restoration. Roanoke Island, just off the coast of the new territory, would have been considered to belong to it. In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony, and this is the likely date at which the island officially became part of NC.
