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859
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Discusses the settling of Davidson County and the Cumberland Battalion, a state militia group, which was formed to protect the inhabitants from Indian rebellion.
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860
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Discusses various sites of the courthouses in Montgomery County.
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44226
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The author provides a summary map and portraits connected to the British invasion of North Carolina in 1781. Lists of Prisoners are primarily from the British Records file in the N.C. State Archives.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 5 Issue 2, May 1979,
p74-83, por, map
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44238
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The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-46 supported the rise of Charles Edward Stuart for restoring the exiled Stuart line to the throne of England and Scotland. This opportunity collapsed with the Battle of Culloden, which led to the end of clan power in Scotland and the removal of over 900 Scottish prisoners to the British colonies. Records abstracted here relate to various aspects in the transportation of these prisoners.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 6 Issue 2, May 1980,
p78-99, il, map
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44264
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An interesting notation made by the author is that by 1850, as many as 34% of all native North Carolinians still living resided outside the the, particularly Tennessee.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 7 Issue 3, August 1981,
p122-123, map
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44341
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The author identifies three different contract forms with the indentures abstracted for this article. They are taken from the British Records Collection at the N.C. State Archives.
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44199
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In colonial America, divorce could only be granted through legislative act. After the Revolution,, laws regarding marriage and divorce were slow to change. In North Carolina, an act passed in 1796 gave only four specific reasons divorce could be granted. In 1808, the North Carolina Assembly passed an act concerning divorce and alimony.
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44198
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The author discusses a miscellaneous category of county records found in the North Carolina State Archives. Of particular interest are Revolutionary War records, principally applications for pensions. Abstracts of this data is provided and arranged by county.
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44216
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The problem of British merchants collecting several million pounds of debt after the end of the war was a protracted one. Finally on January 8, 1802, an agreement was reached by the two countries on the payment of claims. The author notes this as the first in a planned series of articles on the subject. This first article deals with the Report of Special Agent William Duffy.
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44230
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In 1753, John Saunders, agent for a British mercantile company made a journey from Suffolk, Virginia to Orange County, N.C. He recorded his travels in a journal that was discovered in a shop in Edenton by a Union solder during the Civil War. It is not certain from that point how it finally made its way back to North Carolina and the North Carolina State Archives. The item records many names places as well as information about living situations at the time. The period covered here is September 1-19, 1753.
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861
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McBride discusses divorce and separation in North Carolina during the period following the Revolutionary War.
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44239
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Most early records for Montgomery County were destroyed by several fires in the early nineteenth century. The lists abstracted here were those forwarded to the state treasurer's office and now on record with the North Carolina State Archives.
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44346
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Abstracted is a petition to North Carolina Governor Gabriel Johnston listing inhabitants of Granville County and a list of individuals taxed in the county in 1750.
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