Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-03-05
For flt1 journal.
halifax Caunty-Kuteressin Facts
About its settlement and Early
E5ihtOrv.


; There is, in the southeastern portion
/ of the county OF Halifax, n. c.,
} locality hat III old times was know
as the "Neck" Was the reck O. .
, bottle the h05lt{y comparison asks tn.
leader Smile act gentle sir If you
think the name suggestive and WISH
: 10, the faIlngs OF the sous upou .heiI
ingetatLers. This neck is formed by
a very decided bend III the cour- e OF
our noble Roanoke. 4 liile dTa vi
nom HIPS TO Edwards Ferry would
make chis neck very nearly an eQui-
ia-a:at triangle. Outside OF this b4se
AHe, III the pIney woods, la the old
settlement aud the new town.
One hundred and twenty eight years
ago thelT came to TINS place, then
thhiy settled, large number OF
scotch Highiapders, headed ~
I-osL Neiru and esta bished she. p
aud cattle farms, on the low
1a!ids &uG ricN i9nuds Of the
t.oanoko. Tie Ilyer was much wider
- THOSE day, btlug very shallow al
low wa or aitd WAS Gt!ed with islands.
LiIeoo by natural causes have since b.
"0me part oil the magn land aud the
I.V,t h:.s been confined 10 one stream.
! OH "a. grOes on the river even row
,,lw2ys spgai. Of the low grounds rs
5ae islands, When even to THIS day
wuItc me-. native, 81 til. cpuu -, can
. hot IL soumer safely i've ncar IN
, tlveE, We must k.irW ,IlG5 these poor
! uluuAtal~etr-. w.tI agnes and utiirr
, btl,ous affections. .;ti'G rot IDS have
iissu lOugI I'm of il. After J' '
! had been Hare II t. y wears. as c max
! - then woes, Il:eIo occurred sAv
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~ black aud wore a queue. He was the
only >,ry cIG mn wilu.u / ever knew |
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Edt45uggu College, AID had spent sew
Ella: years IL Scotland. He had visited !
L3- Manor nous" that had once b. !
iDrged 80 Lord Na.rn. he had also /
seen this COUNTRY the daughters oI /
Lord \. walking tie road barcfuote,1 /
nave Leard tLat one Of. hem died III
the County Poor Es.slsa.
In. So II CHI nde.s had been out III
the ''45 with Charlie Edward, tn. So
called young PraCender, and mad
tonight gaiiautiv for q cause when,
; houei. lost. thy ever believed 70 b.
last. After tie decisive battle & Cut
-UueQ 4 great many 0t theil lett Scot
iuDd. Some Of them came 70 Anne RIGA,
others went to tbs Netherlands AID
others 10 France to live or die w3,h
Charlie. Among these lass was the
father OF Alex Macdonald, MaTsbai
d France ana Duke OF Tarehtu..
The .,ouuB Prince, who had been de
IL :. Il ~ outlaw. aud rtDUH whose heat
j reward ut thirty thousand pounds
had been placed, ao amount equal to
1t Ienst one-1iith 90 LnlllIOu dot
lars OF cur moDsy, Vas, Tor several
months, hunted by tbs blood hounds
IF George the Second before be could
make ms eacapg - France. Ii, after