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for North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal Vol. 10 Issue 2, May 1984
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Abstract:
From the the chartering of Carolina in the 1660s until 1868, the "County Court" affected nearly every aspect of life in North Carolina. Beginning in 1760, this body was more formally referred to as the "Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions". the term "pleas" noted its connection to civil actions. "Sessions" indicated its criminal jurisdiction and "quarter" noted its frequency of meeting. Primary agents of the court were its clerk and the sheriff. The author of tis article gives extensive detail as to all components structuring the county court.
Abstract:
The author draws attention to the Morgan District of north Carolina, where gross mathematical errors were introduced in the statistical summaries of the published edition.
Abstract:
A survey was completed in December 1983 with the aid of 210 active Lutheran churches in North Carolina.