Uncle Johnny Peterson of Nags Head Has Died, June 22, 1923

Nags Head’s Oldest Inhabitant Is Dead

Uncle Johnny Peterson, a familiar acquaintance of thousands of North Carolinians who have visited Nags Head, died Tuesday morning. He was about 80 years old, and the oldest inhabitant of the place. He was postmaster of Nags Head. He was a native of Sweden, but had lived at Nags Head for several years, following is arrival on the famous Huron, a ship that was stranded on Nags Head beach sometime after the Civil War. Besides his wife, he is survived by six children and 14 grandchildren.

From page 2 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, June 22, 1923