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44891
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Perquimans County is the oldest county for which county court minutes survive. Minutes begin in 1689 and continue through 1868. Ther are many gaps and it is noted approximately one third of the minutes are missing.
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44893
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Among the leading landowners of the time were William Swann, Thomas Williams and Richard Sanderson. Also Currituck's territory included part of what is now Dare and Hyde County and to the north a disputed border with Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties, Va.
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44892
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this tax list was located in records pertaining to Chowan County at a time when the Roanoke River was still a part of that region.
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44862
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Many early records of Hertford county have been lost, owing to courthouse fires in 1830 and 1862. Abstracted for this article is one of the few surviving 18th century records. Hertford County was created in 1759.
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44849
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In 1718, Pasquotank had some 350 taxpayers. Twenty taxpayers were listed with a thousand or more acres of land and are named at the beginning of this article.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 19 Issue 1, February 1993,
p16-25, map
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44830
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Abstracts of documents here are taken from Alleghany County, 1872-1879 and Buncombe County, 1875-1879.
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44802
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Colonial North Carolina was very aware of the economic disruption caused by the ease at which debtors could disappear from the province without paying creditors. In 1715, a law establishing the ship owners submit s security bond to prevent exportation of debtors. Abstracted in the article here are some 35 vessel bonds posted at the Edenton port in 1759.
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44805
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One of the earliest counties in North Carolina, Perquimans has maintained thousands of its early records The three tax lists abstracted here were chosen for their unusual legibility, condition and completeness. Namely, these lists are for the years1715, 1754 and 1771.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 17 Issue 3, August 1991,
p130-143, map
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44753
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The article transcribes original documents found in the British Public Record Office. the first document encountered problems with seventy two loyalists finding homes. The second document records men recruited into the Duke of Cumberland's regiment.
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44748
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For some time, five eighteenth century tax lists were lost from public custody in Chowan County. These were later discovered in private hands. In this article, the author has made copies of those lists and abstracts their vital information. The article continues a previous one done for the NCGS Journal in November 1987.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 15 Issue 4, November 1989,
p201-211, il
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44686
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According to the author, abstracts gathered appear under the following format: Date of Indenture, Name of apprentice, Name of master, Trade or occupation and Names of signatories.
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44706
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"The five 'lost' tax lists include a magistrate's list for a single district in 1784 and complete lists filed by the county clerk for 1791, 1795, 1797 and 1799. They supply much of what is lacking in Chowan County Taxables, 1780-1801, North Carolina State Archives."
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 13 Issue 4, November 1987,
p206-217, il
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44685
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In the early 18th century, the Tuscarora War exacerbated financial issues in North Carolina, leading to the creation of a special sort of tax called the "corn list". Although undated, a fairly comprehensive list of taxpayers subject to this taxation remains in the state archives.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 12 Issue 4, November 1986,
p213-219, il, map
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44507
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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.
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