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37628
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Small list of cattle marks from 1755-1783
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37645
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Small list of officers.
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37648
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Humorous Stories from Pasquotank County from having to kill two squirrels a year in 1759 or be fined; the removal of the postmaster in 1829 for having the opposite political party handbill; and the 50 pound marriage license you had to pay around 1775 if you wanted to get married.
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37674
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The author talks about the early records and the early Court Houses in Pasquotank County, NC
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37677
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Various selected Pasquotank court items.
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37923
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List of White and Colored people who voted.
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37937
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A directory of County Officials.
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38367
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The author tells the tale of Courtney Abbott, daughter of Henry Abbott of Pasquotank County, friend of George Washington. Courtney was taken to Philadelphia to visit the government and on the occasion of her 16th birthday, attended a Ball given by President George Washington and wife. The President presented her a birthday gift of a gold ring with a bloodstone. Courtney later married Abner Williams and settled in Elizabeth City, NC. The author also gives the gravestone records of the Courtney and Abner Williams family.
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38515
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Article taken from a column on local history.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 16 Issue No. 3, July 2007,
p93
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38728
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This is a copy of reminiscences written by Abigail Brothers Stanley about 1930 about her early life and family in Pasquotank County, NC. She talks of the ancestry of the Brothers and Bray family, living in the famous Old Brick House, remembering family flower and medicinal gardens and about life and food after the Civil War.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 20 Issue No. 3, July 2011,
p68-72
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38892
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John Hunt was a Quaker, who settled in Pasquotank County, NC and appears in 1664 as a NC Council member and a Justice. He was a ship captain, merchant, and owned 1,300 acres.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 24 Issue No. 2, April 2015,
p45
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38930
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Daniel Akehurst was born in England, was a Quaker minister and in 1681 was appointed to the NC Council as Proprietors Deputy. He left North Carolina for a time and returned in 1693/94 and served as Secretary and Council member. In 1695, Akehurst was appointed deputy collector of customs for Pasquotank and the Little River District. In 1696, he was named Escheator for the colony of North Carolina. Akehurst died in Virginia.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 25 Issue No. 3, July 2016,
p82-83
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