794 Index

Shipp, Lieut. William E., battery at
Ft. Caswell named for, 547.
Schroeder, , Officer blockade

runner Chameleon, 474.

Shuter, Samuel, 190.

Sickle, Maj. H. W., U. S. engineers, x.

Sidbury, K. C., 566.

Sieg, Mrs. J. McC., 619.

Simmons, Senator F. M., secures
Congressional aid for Cape
Fear River improvement, 147.

Simonton, Col. C. H., capture of, 495;
in command at Ft. Caswell, 282,
380.

Simpson, Mrs. Jane Anna, writes of
George Washington’s visit to
Wilmington, 208.

Simpson, Jessie B., teacher, 652.

Simpson, Gen. J. H., U. S. A., in
charge of Cape Fear River im-
provement, 10.

Singleton, Rev. Dr. Horace L., 617.

Skelding, A. B., general manager
Tide Water Power Company,
677.

Skinner, Capt. S. W., 176.

Slingsby, Col. John, appointed to
aid in obstructing Cape Fear
River Channel (1775), 8; falls
commanding Tories at Eliza-
bethtown, 117, 118; held Whig
prisoners, 119.

Sloan, Maj. Benjamin, ordnance
officer on General Whiting’s
staff, 484.

Slocum, Dr. Robert B., sketch by,
597-603.

Slocumb, Mary, monument to, 113.

Small, Hon. John H., promotes in-
land water-way improvement in
Congress, 549; 541.

Smallbones, H. G., 612.

Smallpox epidemic (1862), 356.

Smallwood, James, 606.

Smith, Gov. Benjamin, active in re-
sistance to Stamp Act, 92; con-
structs tapia work on the site
of old Ft. Johnston, 135, 137;
gift to the University, 666; gov-
ernor of North Carolina, 135,

Smith, Gov. Benjamin, continued.
634; residence at Belvidere and
Orton, 57; sketch of, 135, 545;
Smith brothers’ controversy, 58,
Smithville named for, 55, 544.

Smith, Mrs. Benjamin (Sarah Dry),
religious experience of, 635;
135, 634.

Smith, Dr. C. Alphonso, quoted, 570,
571.

Smith, David, 141.

Smith, David, jr., editor, 556.
Smith, G. Herbert, director in Tide
Water Power Company, 677.

Smith, J. A., 566.

Smith, Capt. J. B. (steamboat), 195.

Smith, James, goes to South Caro-
lina, 58; Kendal residence of,
58.

Smith, Rev. James A., sketch of,
361, 362.

Smith, Landgrave, governor of
South Carolina, 135; locates
grant on Cape Fear River
(1692), 36.

Smith, Moody B., eminent member
Wilmington Bar, 566; 231.

Smith, Samuel L., 638.

Smith, W. L., 566.

Smith, Bishop Whiteford, 630.

Smith, William, president of the
Assembly (1739), 49.

Smith, Col. William L., mayor of
Wilmington, 556.

Smith’s Island, Cape Fear Light-
house on, 519; described, 519;
10, 12.

Smithville, county records in de
stroyed by Federal troops, 142;
county seat, 680; described, 544;
founded by act of Assembly, 54;
General Whiting stationed at,
483; name changed to South-
port, 55, 544; resort of promi-
nent families, 135, 507, 680;
social life of, 202, 203; steam-
boat line to, 138; 244.

Smoot, Rev. Dr. T: A., 631.

Snow’s Marsh Channel, depth and
width of, 11.

Index 725

Snyder, Rev. Dr. W. A., 641.

Social Conditions, 76-80.

Soldiers’ Aid Society, work of, 292,
293.

Solomon, Albert, 646.

Solomon, B., 646.

Sons of Liberty on the Cape Fear.
Assembly at Wilmington, 106;
committees appointed, 106; res-
olutions passed, 107-109.

“Sound” salt works, 505, 506.

Southport, advantageous situation
of, 546, 547; battle with pirates
near present site of, 37; com-
munication with Wilmington,
545, 546; described, 543, 544;

formerly Ft. Johnston and
Smithville, 55, 548, 544, 545.

Spanish invasion (1747), account
of, 49, 50.

Spencer, E, M. S., teacher, 650, 651.

Springer, J. A., 561.

Springer, W. E., 561.

Springs, S., 141.

Sprunt, Alexander, advocates oil to
prevent breaking seas, 529;
British consul at Wilmington,
467; founds firm of Alexander
Sprunt & Son, 529; 623, 628.

Sprunt, Alexander & Son, introduce

the new era of steam to Wil-
mington by charter of British
steamer Barnesmore, 501; 529.
Sprunt, Rey. Dr. Alexander, 617,

Sprunt, Mrs. James, an appreciation
of, 587, 588; gave, with Mr.
Sprunt, Marion Sprunt Memo-
rial Building to hospital, 600-
602; report of on historic places
in North Carolina of colonial
date yet unmarked, 584-587;
sketch of and work as president
of the North Carolina Society

of Colonial Dames of America,
579-583.

Sprunt, Rev. Dr. James Menzies,

principal Grove Academy, 329,
363; sketch of, 363.

Sprunt, Jane Dalziel, 628.

Sprunt, John D., 624, 625.

Sprunt, Marion Murchison, memo-
rial to, 600-602.

Sprunt, William H., fave building

to hospital, 600; 561, 601, 602,
625.

Stacey, W. P., 566.

Stallings, Mrs. J. N., 103.

Stamp Act on‘the Cape Fear.
Directory appointed, 95, 96;
King’s vessels covered, 98;
leaders in opposition to, 65, 92;
military companies formed, 97;
passage of Stamp Act, 87, 91;
patriotic action of February,
1766, 95; patriotic meeting in
Wilmington, 92; patriotic pro-
ceedings of November, 1765, 92-
94; repeal of Stamp Act, 88,
100; resignation of controller,
99; resignation of stamp mas-
ter, 93; Tryon’s letter in refer-

ence to people’s opposition, 104.
Stanlift, J. W., teacher, 650.

State elections, when held, 175.

Steamboat line between Wilmington
and Charleston, 145, 195, 196,
459, 546.

Stedman, Charles M., eminent mem-
ber Wilmington Bar, 566.

Stedman, Rev. J. O., 617.

Steele, Captain, skill of as a block-

ade runner, 407, 408, 439, 440.

Stephens, Hon. A. H., visits Wil-
mington, 216.

Sterrett, Captain (steamboat), 195:
Stetson, Miss, teacher, 238.

Stevenson, Daniel S., sketch of, 362
Stevenson, James C., sketch of, 362.
Stevenson, Maj. James M., in com-

mand at Ft. Johnston, 280;
Sketch of, 362; 320.

Stevenson, Capt. William M., sketch
of, 363.

Stewart, Andrew, sets up second

printing press in North Caro-
lina (1763), 556.

Stewart, James, 78.

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