Times of India

Portsmouth Village's last male resident sold his island home but never left

Portsmouth Village's last male resident sold his island home but never leftWorldPing

Portsmouth Village, an 18th-century settlement, saw its final male resident Henry Pigott live out his life. Pigott sold his ancestral home to the government for Cape Lookout National Seashore.

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