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How a Slave Preserved the Records of New Hanover County

Record #:
20387
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Abstract:
Moore recounts how Jeff Norment, a slave owned by Michael Cronly, saved and preserved New Hanover County's records from Gen. William T. Sherman's approaching Union army.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 46, Apr 1945, p7