Download or read book The Heritage of Johnston County North Carolina 1985 written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Johnston County Revisited written by K. Todd Johnson and Windy Thompson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created in 1746, Johnston County is located along the fall line between North Carolina's Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions. Smithfield, on the Neuse River, has been the county seat since 1771. In 1856, Johnston County became part of the Fertile Crescent along the east-west North Carolina Railroad, which spawned the thriving towns of Princeton, Pine Level, Selma, and Clayton. In the 1880s, a north-south rail line, eventually known as the Atlantic Coastline, brought Kenly, Micro, Four Oaks, and Benson into existence. Johnston County boasts film legend Ava Gardner, bootleg kingpin Percy Flowers, Vicks VapoRub, and other local claims to fame. It is still a farming county, although recent growth from the Research Triangle region has brought marked changes to the rural landscape. In recent years, Wilson's Mills and Archer Lodge have gained corporate status. These historical images tell a story not only of the extraordinary people who have called Johnston County home but also of the ordinary, everyday individuals who have left their mark.
Download or read book History of Edgecombe County North Carolina written by Joseph Kelly Turner and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Johnston County Literary and Historical Journal written by Dorothy La Motta and published by . This book was released on 2021-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of prose and poetry from Johnston County, North Carolina
Download or read book History of Perquimans County written by Ellen Goode Rawlings Winslow and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1974 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a county history that is extraordinarily rich in primary source materials, including abstracts of deeds from 1681 through the Revolutionary War period and, moreover, petitions, divisions of estates, wills, and marriages found in the records of Perquimans and adjacent North Carolina counties. Numbering in the tens of thousands, the records provide the names of all principal parties and related family members, places of residence and migration, descriptions of real and personal property, dates, boundary surveys, names of executors, witnesses, and appraisers, and dates of recording. Altogether, the index contains references to about 35,000 persons! Researchers should note that Perquimans was one of the original North Carolina precincts--with very close ties to the southeastern Virginia counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight--and for many years had fluid boundaries with the North Carolina counties of Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank.
Download or read book Sketches of Pitt County written by Henry Thomas King and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These sketches are the result of years of inquiry, research and compilation intended to give such traditions and facts as could be had from reliable sources and records. The demand for sketches of many of Pitt's prominent men made necessary the addition of a second part. Advertisements were necessary from a financial standpoint and are included in the back, separate and apart.
Download or read book Road Sides written by Emily Wallace and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated glovebox essential, Road Sides explores the fundamentals of a well-fed road trip through the American South, from A to Z. There are detours and destinations, accompanied by detailed histories and more than one hundred original illustrations that document how we get where we’re going and what to eat and do along the way. Learn the backstory of food-shaped buildings, including the folks behind Hills of Snow, a giant snow cone stand in Smithfield, North Carolina, that resembles the icy treats it sells. Find out how kudzu was used to support a burgeoning highway system, and get to know Edith Edwards—the self-proclaimed Kudzu Queen—who turns the obnoxious vine into delicious teas and jellies. Discover the roots of kitschy roadside attractions, and have lunch with the state-employed mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida. Road Sides is for everyone—the driver in search of supper or superlatives (the biggest, best, and even worst), the person who cannot resist a local plaque or snack and pulls over for every historical marker and road stand, and the kid who just wants to gawk at a peach-shaped water tower.
Download or read book The Highland Scots of North Carolina 1732 1776 written by Duane Meyer and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meyer addresses himself principally to two questions. Why did many thousands of Scottish Highlanders emigrate to America in the eighteenth century, and why did the majority of them rally to the defense of the Crown. . . . Offers the most complete and intelligent analysis of them that has so far appeared.--William and Mary Quarterly Using a variety of original sources -- official papers, travel documents, diaries, and newspapers -- Duane Meyer presents an impressively complete reconstruction of the settlement of the Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migration, their life in America, and their curious political allegiance to George III.
Download or read book A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory written by David Emmons Johnston and published by Pantianos Classics. This book was released on 1906 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history covers the middle New River area from 1654 to 1905 with an emphasis on Mercer County, West Virginia. Mercer County was created in 1837 from Giles and Tazewell counties, Virginia, and was part of Virginia until 1863.
Download or read book Lost Flowers written by Perry D. Sullivan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Percy Flowers, a man who was both hard-edged and compassionate, a man who could love his son tenderly and make someone disappear in the middle of the night.
Download or read book A New Voyage to Carolina written by John Lawson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring women's contributions to the southern farm economy in the 20th century, Jones argues that rural women were not passive victims of modernization but creative businesswomen and eager participants in market exchanges.
Download or read book Annual Report of the Superintendent written by Canada. Geodetic Service and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alumni History of the University of North Carolina written by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Boyhood Daze and Other Stories written by Carole Coates and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Braxton Coates grew up in a family of seven boys in rural Johnston County, North Carolina, during the 1920s and 30s, some of that time in the county's poorhouse. His boyhood was filled with school, farm work, and imaginative play. By the time he entered college, the United States was on the brink of entering World War II. In his later years, Braxton wrote a number of anecdotes about his boyhood experiences. He reminisced about his first day at school, working in tobacco and cotton, teenage tribulations, 4-H activities, his love of singing, and falling in love. He recalled school recesses, church events, fish tales, mules, brotherly mischief, and more. In Boyhood Daze and Other Stories: Growing Up Happy During the Great Depression, Braxton's daughter has blended her father's written and oral stories, recollections from his brothers and other family members, and personal letters and documents with a history of the time and place to weave together a touching story of life in Depression-era North Carolina.
Download or read book Johnston and Robson Mill History Orange County NC written by Stewart Dunaway and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-04-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the old Johnston mill site (1793), which was sold to William Robson in 1810, for $3500. Then George Johnston and his son, built a second mill, a saw mill, on New Hope Creek. This would lead to a law suit with Robson in 1823. Original documents, including many depositions and a letter to Judge Ruffin, tells the whole story. This book covers both of these mill sites and even a third mill site - Charles Johnston on New Hope Creek near Turkey Farm Road. This book has all the deed records, plats, pictures, maps and many drawings, describing the mill operations, and locations. Some basic genealogy is provided on the Johnston, and more so on for the Robson family. Cemetery locations, images of tombstones, and even the slaves burial sites are shown.
Download or read book A History of Kershaw County South Carolina written by Joan A. Inabinet and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history of the central northern South Carolina county provides a survey of the place and its people from the burial mounds of its earliest Native American inhabitants through the infrastructure and technology of the twenty-first century. Special attention is paid to the role of the county and its inhabitants during key periods in American history from its post-Revolutionary economic development and its reliance on slave labor, to its distinction as the birthplace of numerous Confederate officers and role during and after World War II as a regional industrial center. The work contains over eighty black and white images. Joan and Glen Inabinet are retired high school teachers and local historians. Both are former presidents of the Kershaw County Historical Society. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
