Record #:

37630

Author(s):

Abstract:

This the story of ‘Colonel’ Arthur Jones (1821-1908) of Elizabeth City, NC, who in 1862 took a wagon and horses from his own stables and rushed into the burning Court House and rescued the priceless Pasquotank County records from the 1700s.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 7 Issue No. 4, , p15

Subject(s):

Elizabeth City--People; Elizabeth City--Civil War