Person in the county’s record
“Key Anti-Federalist and an advocate for states’ rights in Revolutionary era N.C. His home, “The Grove,” was 2/10 mi. W.”
State historical marker: E-9: Willie Jones 1741-1801
9 works in the index name this person.
What it was and why it mattered
Newspapers, photographs, and records of the time
Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge
Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.
Keywords: finance, court of law, debt, council, judge, wages, assembly, currency, voting, tax, oath, litigation, appointment, sheriff, inheritance, prisoner, Irish, customs, resignation, land, quitrent, land grant, surv…
Papers relating to Hooper, lawyer, legislator from New Hanover and Orange counties, and delegate to Continental Congress (1774-1777), including letter from Commissary General Joseph Trumbull describing the siege of Bost…
August 23 and 28: Governor Nash to the members present August 31: resolutions of the Virginia Assembly, letter from Richard and James Ellis, letter from James Iredell, and petition of John Reddy September 4: messages re…
General Assembly Session Records related to Upper and Lower Houses
May 20: Report on memorials of James Kerr, commissioner of Rowan County May 20: Report regarding the petition of William Cocke (document is in different folder see GASR Apr-June 1784, box 2) May 20: Report on memorial o…
General Assembly Session Records related to Upper and Lower Houses
May 7: Resolution in favor of Francis Newby of Franklin Co. (message only) May 8: Resolution on petition of David Marshall of the Town of New Bern (with committee report, petition, and related papers) May 10: Resolution…
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