The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-10-07
Moving tor II New County.
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A large crowd assembled 24th septem
Der at the residence of the late James
Bum to formulate certain plans for new
county, Mr.. A. W. Bridgers was elected
Chairman and W. II. Chamblee and Q. l..
Stringfeld Secretaries, The business trans
acted NAV be DrleGy staIeQ az follows !.
committee Of i've from each OF the uouns
ties-Wake, Franklin, Nash Johnston,
and a committee of one from Wilson, We're
appointed to lay off or rather suggest
boundars iinas OF tha pew Eounty
The ohmffittee tHpbrted ahplst rs fol
lows: That the lines begin OH Tar River,
where the Nash line rrossts said river;
thence up said river to Crooked Greek;
thense up said areek 20 Carpenters cid
MILL on ,he ,.onf.b4rg toad9 thence UP the
Lousburg road to Bunn's school house;
thence to the fork of the road at DR..
Howard Freeman's; thence up the road to
Nat Jones thence direct line u Bakers
Falls on Norris Creek THENCE UP said
creek to near Martha Mediums old PLACE;
THENCE to the Wake line. Beginning again
at the FraHkll.l llne Whor1 the tounss
willie road crosses said line; thence direct
to the widow Lees cid place west Of Roles
vile on the Raleigh road; thence directly
to where the Mark Greek township line
solomon browns; thence te where Marks
Creek crosses the Wake and Johnston line
thence down Marks Creek to Neuse River,
and down said river to Gullev's bridge;
thence to Hineyille then0eto widow re
becoa Whitley,s; thence to the road at
widow Moore,s school house; thence to
Charlie Knights.
The line thr9ugh Aash runa ABOUT as
follows; beginning at FRANKLIN line, THENCE
down Tar River to ork's bridge THENCE q
straight line TO piekerSon's mill; thence
down IOsn0t swamp 20 the East bridge;
thence a South line to the Wilson line;
| thence to McEatman's; thence straight
| line ro John Stanley Roykin's A,l ti.ence
a stralgpt pne % Charlie Knight.
| The following gentlemen were appoint
| ed to prepare petition to the General
| Assembly of North Carolina, to wit: Messrs.
3 P. Gill, Nash ,opntyt y =, .Fhii!ips,
Franklin ..ounty .. +. stringteld, Wake
county; Henry Tisdale, Johnston county:
and Jesse Deans, Wilson county.
names fayorinS the new county to accom-
pany the petition to the General Assembly
at its next session: Messrs. i. II. trifiin
W. ". Perry, Burl Baker, ", H. Williams
and Henry Perry, Of Franklin county; l.
I. Strickland, A. w Bridgers B. c.
Strickland, Edward Rice and $. p Gill
Nash county, !. .. 4}klnson, j II. lis
dale. J. K. Brown and Reubin Williamson
(col.), Johnston county; u. NJ Stott, Mer
ritt Goodwin, Joseph Thompson, William
son Eulgun,, wilson .o,ntys y. l.. string
field, j. W Moody, Calvin Booth (col. }
r. c. Mitchell and sidney Horton Wax
county.
Adjourned to meet at same place 16tl
Of October, 1886.
All within the proposed lines are ear
nestly requested to be present at II A. NJ
October 10th.
A. W. BRIDGEFS, Chm'n.
" ". ! II, sJR1NaFlr1n URnafLEE1 Secretaries.
- smlthtield Herald please copy.
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Fairs in North Carolina in lss6:
Alhemarle Agricultural, MurfreesborC
Piedmont Agricultural, Hickory.
Roanoke and Tar River Agricultural
Weldon, October 10Th to 22nd.
North Carolina State Agricultural Ra
cigh, October 26th to 2etA.
Fair of the Carolinas Charlotte, Noven
Der End to 5th.
Elizabeth City Fair November 3rd, 4tl
? and 5th.
Cumberland County Agricultural, Fa.
ettevile, November 9th to 18th.
Edgecombe Agricultural and Mechan
cal. Tarboro, November and to 5th
, Rocky Mount Agricultural and Mecha1
ical, Rocky Mount, Nov. 10th and 18th.
, Eastern Carolina Agricultural and Stot
Association, Goldsboro, Nov. 3rd, A
and 5th
The Best Kind of immigration.
D from Elizabeth City Falcon.
The population of Elizabeth City was i