Bute County was formed from Granville County in 1764 and it was only in existence for the fifteen year period between 1764 and 1779. Vance County was carved out of Franklin, Granville and Warren Counties in 1881. Granville County was formed from Edgecombe County in 1746. Person County was originally included in Caswell County and was formed in 1791. This includes the newsletter, The Connector , which is published quarterly.
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Newsletter Tar River Connections publishes 4 issues of its newsletter, The Connector , per year. Each issue is packed with historical and genealogical information from several of the eight counties included in the Tar River Basin. Each issue contains 200-300 Tar River Basin names in the stories and in related lists. Below is a partial catalog of stories and lists of ancestors that have been printed in the newsletter. The Great Trading Path Geo.