Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 1

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Location	North Carolina
Year	1876
Month	4
Date	29
Modern address	Albemarle NC
City	Albemarle
State	NC
Nickname	Zeb Vance
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The “Zeb Vance” club of Albemarle played the Gold Hill club on April 29, 1876. The Vance club lost bigtime, and soon disbanded. Salisbury Carolina Watchman, May 4, May 11, May 18, 1876.

Albemarle NC (1890 pop. about 250) is about 40 miles NE of Charlotte NC. Gold Hill NC (pop. unknown)is about 45 miles NE of Charlotte and about 15 miles NW of Albemarle.

Sources

Salisbury Carolina Watchman, May 4, May 11, May 18, 1876