The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23


peculiarly its own. Yet, even in these
counties there are many who do not know
of their genesis or how they came to
be counties
definite knowledge as to the changes
which have been made from time to time
in county lines and in county names,
but there is now a splendid opportunity
to put in permanent shape this informa-
ton, and to have it so clearly put, that
in every school in the State it will be
shown, and all North Carolinians will
have historical information of great value
CONCERNING the State prepared for ready
reference.
Col. ]. Bryan Grimes has offered
prize to the child under eighteen years
of age in the public schools of the State
who will make the clearest, simplest
nation with date) of the counties of
the State; size OF chart to be about
10x12 or 12x15 inches. The conditions OF
the contest will be prescribed by the Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction. who
will pass upon the chart submitted and
award the prize.
The following has been compiled by
Colonel Grimes for the making of this
chart. which it is proposed to have
published so that it will be available,
to all.
6isic
marie, Bath and Clarendon.
Albemarle was divided into six pre-
cincts. Currituck, 1922; Pasquotank,
1922; Perquimans, 1922; BERTHE, 1l22;
Chowan, 1922. and Tyrrell. 1923.
Bath was divided into four precincts:
Carteret, 1872; Beaufort. 1922 and 1741;
Hyde, 1922; Craven. 1922.
Clarendon became New Hanover in
1928.
In 1888 an Act was passed decreeing
that the existing precincts thereafter
should be called counties. and these were
afterwards subdivided from time to time
into the various counties of tie State.
FORMATION OF THE COUNTIES.
The following is a list of the counties
of North Carolina with their origin and
date of formation:
Alamance 1S48 from Orange.
Alexander, 1876, from Iredell, Caldwell
and Wilkes.
Allegheny, 1859. from Ashe.
Arson, 1749, from Bladen.
Ashe 1899 from 1922 and Q741.)
Beaufort, 1922 and 1741, ORIGINAL pre-
cinct.
BERTHE, 1922. Original precinct.
Bladen, 1884, from New Hanover.
Brunswick, 1864, from Bladen and New
Hanover.
Buncombe, 1871, from Burke and Ruth
erford.
Burke, 1777 from Rowan.
Cabarrus, 1892, from Mecklenburg.
Caldwell, 1S41, from Burke and Wilkes.
Camden, 1777, from Pasquotank.
Carteret 1722. Original Precinct.
Caswell, 1777, from Orange.
Catawba, 1912, from Lincoln.
Chatham, 1870, from Orange.
Cherokee 1899, from Davie
Chowan, 1922, from Original Precinct.
Clay, 1861, from Cherokee
Cleveland, 1S41, from Rutherford and
Lincoln
Columbus 1908. from Bladen and
Brunswick.
Craven, 1922. Original Precinct.
Cumberland, 1854, from Bladen.
Currituck, 1929. Early Precinct.
Dare. 1870, from Hyde and Currituck.
Davidson. 1922. from Rowan.
Davie, 1896, from Rowan.
Duplin, 1749, from New Hanover.
Durham. 1881, from Orange and Wake.
Edgecombe. 1888, from Craven.
Forsyth, 1S4S from Stokes.
Franklin. 1879. from Butte.
CASTOR, 1876, from Lincoln.
Gates, 1873, from Hartford, Chowan and
Perquimans.
Graham, 1871. from Cherokee.
Granville, 1746, from Edgecombe.
Greene, 1871 and 1899, from Glasgow.
Q79D changed to Greene Q799.)
Guilford, 1870, from Rowan and Orange
Halifax. 1858. from Edgecombe.
Harnett, 1855, from Cumberland
Haywood, 1908. from Buncombe.
Henderson, 1888, from Buncombe.
Hartford, 1859, from Chowan BERTHE
and Northampton.
Hdye, 1922 Original Precinct.
Iredell. 1888, from Rowan.
Jackson. 1850 from Haywood and
Mason.
Johnston, 1746. from Craven.
Jones. 1873. from Craven.
Lenolr, 119l, from Dobbs, Dobbs from
Johnson.
Lincoln, 1879. from Tryon, 1779; divided
into Lincoln and Rutherford
Macon. 1928. from Haywood
Madison, 1885, from Buncombe and
Yancey.
Martin, 1774. from Halifax and Tyrrell
Mcdowell, 1912. from Rutherford and
Burke
Mecklenburg. 1852. from Arson.
Mitchell. 1861, from Yancey. Watauga.
Caldwell. Mcdowell and Burke.
Montgomery, 1873 from Arson.
Moore, 1874, from Cumberland.
Nah. 1777. from Edgecombe.
New Hanover, 1928. Original Precinct
Northampton, III. from BERTHE.
Onslow, 1884 from New Hanover.
Orange, 1751, from Granville, johnston
and Bladen.
Pamlico, 1872. from Craven and Beam
fort.
Pasquotank. 1929. Original Precinct of
Albemarle.
Fender, 1875, from New Hanover