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44411
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Records are available in 26 counties in North Carolina concerning ordinaries and taverns in the north Carolina State Archives. Mostly what are preserved are bonds, but also found are petitions for establishing enterprises. The first attempt to regulate these type of establishment in North Carolina was in 1715, followed by a stronger act by the legislature in 1766.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 50 Issue 3, July-September 2024,
p214-225, il
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Record #:
44787
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Dunaway is author of the two volume book, History of Grist Mills in North Carolina". He explains in this article that both the county and the state had parts in regulating mills owing to their effect on traffic in waterways and flooding of adjacent properties. For grist mills, the state regulated how much the mill owner could charge for his services. The law demanded a toll dish scaled in accordance with the measures kept by the keeper of standars for each county be followed.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Jan.-Mar. 2025,
p22-27, il, f
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