Abstract of <title>Lenoir County. Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811. North Carolina Historical Review. VI (April 1929) Anderson, Heather Images scanned by Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Text encoded by Gretchen Gueguen Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina 2010

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Abstract of Lenoir County. Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811. North Carolina Historical Review. VI (April 1929) Lenoir County. Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811. North Carolina Historical Review. VI (April 1929) Washington, John F 251 N892 1929

Washington gives details of Kinston, the only town at the time, and all the land and waterways that surround the town. He wrote about the high banks along the Neuse River and his concern for the health of the river. He also wrote a lengthy plea about internal improvements needed in North Carolina.

Author Biography

John Washington was a commissioner of Kinston in 1806 and 1809 and postmaster in 1823.

Sources:

The North Carolina Register, 1823, 68; Laws of North Carolina, 1806, ch. 42; Laws of North Carolina, 1809, ch. 99.