The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-14
COPIES FOR THE STATE
Senator Simmons Will Get Them by
Special Act of Congress
JUDGscLARK GETS LIST OF FIELD OFFICERS
The N. c. Census For 1890 Containing 10000
Heads Of families Denied the State Both
Gov. Aycock and Senator Simmons
Endeavor to Get Copy.

The census of North Carolina, taken in
1890, contains the names of the 30 000
heads of families then resident in North
Carolina. Copies of these lists were filed
in the court houses of the respective
counties, but by burning of court houses
and other destructive processes of time
few are now to be found. The originals,
however, are in the Census Bureau at
Washington, in two bound volumes OK
cept those for Orange, Granville and
Caswell.
In 1895 Judge Clark, who desired to
publish these lists in his state Records
obtained from the department, through
Governor Carr, leave to do so. But be
had to defer it as the act at that time
only authorized the publication of the
State Records down to January I, 1870.
Since then the Legislature has extended
the time to January /, 1901, for the very
purpose of including the census names of
1870, but now the department has since
withdrawn permission to copy the lists
though hts renewal was asked both by
Governor Aycock and Senator Simmons.
The latter is keeping a renewal Of the
permission and if refused will get an act
of Congress to furnish the State a copy,
There is much complaint of the imper-
lection of Moore's North Carolina Roster.
A correct roster is much needed beth for
pension as we'll as historical purposes
DR.. B. F. Dixon and others have been
thinking of getting up a more correct list
by sending out rolls of each company
to be corrected by survivors, but this
would be tedious and almost impossible,
relying, as the measure would, upon the
memory of man thirty-Seven years after.
1t now appears that complete and per-
feet roll is doubtless in existence. Judge
Clark in rummaging through the Rebel
lion Records found in volume 100 the
correspondence between Generals Sher-
man and Johnston showing solicitude by
both for the preservation of the archives
of the Confederate War office which were
then in Greensboro shipped from Rich
mond Later in The same volume is the
receipt by United States officers, for two
car loads (12 tons) containing Isl hoXes,
of which II are muster rolls These he
ing pay rolls are doubtless more accu-
rate and much better preserved than the
officer and badly preserved from which
Major Moore made his roster.
On learning these facts, Judge Clark
wrote to the Chief of tne Pension and
Record office at Washington for the "os-
ter of the officers of several regiments
of which Moore's Roster has no lisr, or
an imperfect list
General Ainsworth replied sending a
list of the field officers of those ceel-
ments. but saying he could not do more
owing to lack of force, and that owing 10
the himsy nature of the Confederate Pa
per he was unwilling to give copylSts
leave to handle them.
Senator Simmons will endeavor to nave
copies furnished the State, and IL neces-
sary procure an act of Congress to that
end
There is no doubt that coriplete ana
perfect copy of the North Carolina mus
fer rolls. showing every man furnished
nv this State, can thus be had.