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38965
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John Skinner, a native of Perquimans County, served on the NC Continental Line in the Revolution and was active in NC politics. He represented Perquimans County in the legislature and in 1790 was named as the first federal marshal for the District of North Carolina. Skinner was involved in several ventures including a fishery, tobacco, a mill and a bake house at the mouth of the Perquimans River. Skinner owned ‘Ashland,’ on the Perquimans River, described as one of the finest houses in northeastern North Carolina. He moved to Chowan County after 1797 where he built an estate known as ‘Montpelier.’
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 1, January 2017,
p21-22
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38974
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John Clary, a native of Surry County, VA, moved to Perquimans County in 1776. In 1798, Clary built a toll float bridge across the Perquimans River at Hertford, NC. In 1809, Clary was charged for fornication with his step-daughter and yet he was also named as a delegate from Perquimans County to the NC House of Commons. He was elected two times, but the NC Legislature expelled him. The Perquimans County Court, of which Clary was a Justice, continued to appoint him to positions of trust. In 1822, Clary was appointed to the committee overseeing construction of the County courthouse.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 2, April 2017,
p41
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39019
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Thomas McMullan, a native of Perquimans County, went to medical school. He opened a medical office first in Edenton, NC in 1889 and then moved it to Hertford, NC and finally to Elizabeth City, NC. He was a Captain in the Medical Corps in WWI, later serving as chairman of the NC Board of Health and president of the NC Medical Society. He was also a published author and poet.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 3, July 2017,
p106-107
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38916
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John Harvey, a native of Perquimans County, NC, served as a representative from Perquimans County, a Justice in 1751, and as Speaker of the Assembly. Harvey was considered the ‘Father of the American Revolution in North Carolina.’ He was a member of the first NC Committee of Correspondence and called the first and second Provincial Congresses against the will of the Royal Governor. In 1758, he helped charter the town of Hertford, NC. He was buried at his Belgrade Farm in Perquimans County, NC, but his tomb eventually washed away into the Albemarle Sound.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 25 Issue No. 3, July 2016,
p63-64
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38925
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Thomas Harvey Skinner, a native of Perquimans County, NC, was a Baptist and later became a Presbyterian, a minister and a founder of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 25 Issue No. 3, July 2016,
p75-76
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6.About Timothy Nicholson (1828-1924) by Carolina Trees & Branches Vol. 25 Issue No. 4, October 2016
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38949
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Timothy Nicholson, a native of Perquimans County, grew up in the Quaker faith, became an educator and them founded a successful printing Company in Indiana. He was founder of the Five-Year Meeting of Friends in 1902, was president of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, He worked tirelessly for education, public welfare, woman’s suffrage, hospital’s and prison reform.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 25 Issue No. 4, October 2016,
p116-117
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38850
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The author gives transcribed depositions of the coroner’s inquisition on the death of David Jackson, Jr., Perquimans Co., 1860.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 23 Issue No. 1, January 2014,
p7-12
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Record #:
38778
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The author gives Norfolk County, VA deed from 1800 showing Henry Pointer and wife Susannah of Hertford, Perquimans County, NC owned lots in Gosport, Norfolk Co., VA.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 21 Issue No. 2, April 2012,
p46
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38809
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This letter written on Dec. 2, 1878 from Laura E, Bunch to her uncle Joseph J. Parrish.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 21 Issue No. 4, October 2012,
p94
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38612
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Transcription of obituary.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 18 Issue No. 2, April 2009,
p53
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38623
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The author gives the pardons of three men, James Mansfield, George W. Rhodes and Washington Sharpe, of Pasquotank and Perquimans Counties.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 18 Issue No. 3, July 2009,
p67
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38415
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Annotated obituary of Mrs. Mary Jane Bogue Griffin (1834-1918).
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 14 Issue No. 3, July 2005,
p68
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37447
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37459
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Article about Earnest L. Hardy, custodian of the Hertford Municipal Building for 36 years and professional yard man.
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37468
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About the development of Holiday Island and Minzies Creek
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