Record #:

44237

Author(s):

Paine, Grace Benedict; Paine, Thomas Fite

Abstract:

Paine was part of a small powerful group o county officials that managed to hold multiple elected appointments year in and year out. He comes on the scene when Granville County is created from Edgecombe in 1746. He manages to be appointed justice of the peace of the new county, a vestryman of it local parochial entity and Sherriff of the county in 1748-1749.

Source:

North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal (F253 .N882A), Vol. 6 Issue 1, February 1980, p2-8, map

Subject(s):

Granville County--History; Edgecombe County--History; Politicians--Colonial North Carolina