Record #:

15742

Author(s):

Baker, Mrs. Geo. S.

Abstract:

Recently, a historical marker to Dobbs County was erected on the spot of its old county courthouse near Goldsboro. Few people know the county existed and fewer know of the man for whom it was named, Arthur Dobbs. The county ceased in 1791 and three counties were formed from it--Lenoir (1791), and Greene and Wayne (1799). Dobbs was a colonial governor of the state, 1754-1765, surveyor-general of Ireland, a scholar and a scientist.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 4, June 1935, p8, il

Subject(s):

Governors