Abstract:
Details of the Democratic State Convention, Dec. 14, 1843; Thomas J. Latham, to relieve himself of debt and planning to move away, sells two plantations and negroes unwilling to accompany him; Dr. Jesse G. Bryan offers his services in Washington, NC; Court Case Notice about the heirs of James Willis and the heirs of Mary Crandell, dec’d.; Petition for Divorce between Julia Williams and George Williams. He has absconded to escape Court process; Union Point, New Bern for sale by Thomas Sparrow, Sr.; Dr. William C. Crump, Dentist, offers his services in Washington, NC; William N. Baber is agent for A. L. Price, owner of The Republican; George Howard, Jr., is new editor of the Tarboro Press, formerly edited by his father; Perrin Busbee is new editor of the Democratic Signal, formerly edited by D. K. McRae; Uproar of John Q. Adams for abolition in the South; MARRIED: At Pungo Swamp, Beaufort Co., Jan. 1, Benjamin Keech to Miss Elizabeth Watson; Married at the same place, Jan. 7, John B. Porter, formerly of Tyrrell Co. to Mrs. Mary Campbell; DIED: Mrs. Martha Woolard, 70, relict of Willy Woolard; Mrs. Nancy Morris, age 60; List of Letters in Washington Post Office; W. S. Blount has taken control of Lafayette Hotel, Washington, NC.