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Size | 13 items |
Abstract | Hertford County is located in the northeastern region of North Carolina, bounded on the north by the Virginia state line. The County of Hertford was formed by an act of the state legislature in 1759. The collection includes miscellaneous papers, 1799-1898, relating to Hertford County, N.C., including nine deeds, 1779-1851; one land survey, 1810; and three gauger's reports, 1876, 1889, 1898, to the United States Internal Revenue Department on fruit brandy distilled by J. B. Hare, Tunis, N.C. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Hertford County is located in the northeastern region of North Carolina, bounded on the north by the Virginia state line. The County of Hertford was formed by an act of the state legislature in 1759.
Back to TopThe collection includes miscellaneous papers, 1799-1898, relating to Hertford County, N.C., including nine deeds, 1779-1851; one land survey, 1810; and three gauger's reports, 1876, 1889, 1898, to the United States Internal Revenue Department on fruit brandy distilled by J. B. Hare, Tunis, N.C. Persons mentioned in the papers include Pleasants Jordan, John Dean, James Cherry, John Skinner, James Williams, David Jordan, Jonathan Jordan, William Jordan, Thomas Brownrigg, B. Daniel, Miles Riddick, Riddick Cross, Henry Richardson, James Jordan, John A. Anderson, and John P. Bridger.
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