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for "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal"
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44144
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The author states North Carolina records for solders who fought in the War of 1812 remain incomplete without reference to materials in the National Archives. Pay vouchers survive from 28 North Carolina counties, while they are absent in another 32.
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44158
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A planter, lawyer and judge, John Williams (1731-1799) resided in Williamsboro, now in Vance County, N.C. A surviving account ledger of his containing 1,400 names provides extensive information for researchers looking for evidence of colonial ancestors in the Granville County area.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 50 Issue 1, Jan-Feb-Mar 2024,
p46-55
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44200
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Much controversy surrounded the Regulator Movement in North Carolina in 1770 as to whether the participants were of a good cause or simply rabble fighting authority. The article her concerns the identity of one of its leaders, James Hunter in Orange County and his correct identification among three men living there at the same time with the same name. Analysis of the information compiled is presented.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 3 Issue 2, May 1977,
p70-83, il, map
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44194
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Located about two miles northwest of Wendell, the congregation formed in late 1809 and was admitted into the Raleigh Association in 1811. Seven volumes of minute books for the church are held at Wake Forest University. Among the various groups of information found in these record, disciplinary matters make up a great part.
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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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44217
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Construction of Peace Institute was begun in 1860 but due to the Civil War was not opened until 1872. The main building was originally used as a Confederate Hospital and later to house the Freedman's Bureau. In this article, the author concentrates on a lawsuit brought out in 1842, seeking to resolve William Peace's rightful portion of his brother's estate. The documents generated offer a rich source of genealogical information. William Peace and his brother Joseph were partners in a successful mercantile firm in Raleigh. William donated $10,000 and eight acres of land in 1857 for the creation of Peace Institute.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 4 Issue 3, August 1978,
p163-167, il, por
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44212
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In this lengthy and well research article, the author bases his principal assertion on William H. Gehrke's UNC master's thesis from 1934, noting that in 1792, the Dutch side of Mecklenburg County was set off as Cabarrus. Theis new county in 1795 had 588 polls and from appearance the dominating majority of residents must have been German.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 4 Issue 1, February 1978,
p2-18, il, map, f
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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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44214
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The author notes valuable materials discovered in the personal bibles of six prominent planters in the counties of Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson in North Carolina. Specifically noted are the bible of Jacob. S. Barnes, the bible of Nathan Parker Daniel, the bible of Lewis Ellis, the bible of William Wilkins, the bible of David Winstead and the bible of William Woodard.
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44218
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For its first ten months of existence, this newspaper was published in the Randolph County town of New Salem. The original owner Benjamin Swaim sold the paper to John Milton Sherwood in 1844.
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44213
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Milton received its name in 1796, but the area has a history going back to 1728. Newspapers abstracted include "Milton Intelligencer", "Milton Gazette and Roanoke Advertiser" and "Milton Spectator".
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44215
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Copied from files in the State Archives, the compiler notes that the marriage bonds for these licenses are not known to have survived.
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44237
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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.
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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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