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Abstract of Greene County. Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811. North Carolina Historical Review. VI Greene County. Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811. North Carolina Historical Review. VI Holliday, Thomas F251.N892 1929

This description, which is believed to be the first history of Greene County, responded to only ten of the recommended topics in the circulated letter.

Author Biography

Thomas Holliday [1776-1818] was a trustee of Greene Academy, which was incorporated in 1804. (Laws of North Carolina, 1804, ch. 43). He and his wife Elizabeth were residents of Hawlanding on Contentnea Creek. He was a General in the War of 1812 and is buried in the cemetery at Holliday Hill in Greene County.

Sources:

North Carolina Historical Review. VI (April 1929) 177; History of Greene County, North Carolina by James M. Creech. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1979.