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Preserved in the North Carolina State Archives is a list of accounts from the firm of Davies & McKenzie, cheifly coverin the area of Bladen and New Hanover Counties. For reasons not understood, the list was forwarded to the North Carolina General Assembly in 1790. the firm ceased functioning with the death of Davies in 1753.
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44143
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The author notes that the Tuscaroras were not the first people to settle the area comprising the Neuse River basin and its tributaries. The Algonquin Indians had actually been in the are much earlier. The largest early infusion of white settlers came with Swiss Nobleman, Christopher de Graffenried. The author furnishes lists of names comprising what may be the most comprehensive census of Neuse River Country prior to 1720. Shown also is an early sketch by Graffenried.
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44145
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William Terrel Lewis and Alexander Long of western North Carolina were bounty hunters, who six years after the Revolutionary War petitioned the General assembly for payment of services rendered in the arrests of deserters. Their petaton came with 11 certificates substantiating their claims.
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44142
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After the Revolutionary War, the North Carolina legislature assumed the power for granting divorces. In 1814, this power was shared with county superior courts until 1827, when the legislature divested itself entirely from the process. There are at least 266 petitions for divorce in the legislative papers from 1783-1827.
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44144
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The author states North Carolina records for solders who fought in the War of 1812 remain incomplete without reference to materials in the National Archives. Pay vouchers survive from 28 North Carolina counties, while they are absent in another 32.
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