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IQSO FftSTOnTCAT, FniTIOT? HERTFOBTI COTlNTY HFRAI.n. AHOSKIF. fl C. PAGE 3—SECTION A; Hertford County’s List of Officers (Continued from page 2, Section A) 1872 to December, 1886—William J. Gatling, 1886 to April, 188S—Thomas D. Boone. 1889 to December, 1890—William J. Gatling, 1890 to December, 1898—Thomas D. Boone. 1898 to December, 1900—John F. Newsome. 1900 to May, 1901—W. P. Shaw, Jr. 1901 to December, 1914—Thos. D. Boone. 1814 to December, 1930—D, R, McGlohon. 1930 to —Alvah Early. NATIVE-BORN LAWYERS OF THE COUNTY, AND WHO PRACTICED IN THE COUNTY Henry Hill .Murfreesboro Robert Montgomery.,,. Sharp Blount.... ....Murfreesboro ....Winton William Hardy Murfree Harry W. Long Thomas Mancy. James Sydney Jones Roscius Cicero Borland John Hill Wheeler William Nathan Harrell Smith.... Antonio Poma Yancey — Jesse Johnson Yeates William Darden Valentine John Wheeler Moore Joseph Blount Slaughter John Hunter Jernigan William Sharp Pulaskie Cowper Joseph E, Carter James Lawrence Mitchcell Denny Worthington Thomas Robert Jernigan William Dorsey Pruden Benjamin Brodie Winborne John Jesse Vann George Cowper j Robert Warren Winborne Charles Spurgeon Vann - Willis C. Warren Lloyd Jennings Lawrence John Eley Vann Peter -Blount Picot David Collin Barnes Roswell C. Bridge!’. James R. Mitchell William W. Rogers. Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Pitch Landing Murfreesboi;o -Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Winton Murfreesboro Pitch Landing Harrellsville Harrellsville Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Vinton Murfreesboro Harrellsville .Harrellsville Murfreesboro Winton .Winton .Murfreesboro Winton .Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Winton Vinton Murfreesboro Winton .Winton Winton Judge David Alexander Barnes moved to the county from North ampton County in 1875 and resided in Murfreesboro until his death in 1892. 'Hon. Kenneth Rayner and Brackney T. Spiers studied law and obtained license, but did not practice. Charles H. Foster and James M. Trader obtained license to practice law under a strange statute enacted by the “Carpet-bag” Legislature of 1868-69, which ; permitted -any one to secure license by paying a license tax of $20 (laws 1868-69, ch, 46). PUBLIC REGISTERS 1760-64—Benjamin Wynns, Ji'. 1770-74—Joseph Worth. 1780-90—Nathan Harrell. 1790- 91—Starkey Sharp. 1791- 97—Nathan Harrell. 1797- 98—Jacob Sharp. 1798- 1800—Jacob Sharp. 1800-13—Mills Jernigan. 1813-20—George Gordon. 1820-24—John H. Gordon. 1824- 25—Peter Butts. 1825- 31—Andrew V. Duer. 1831-43—L. R. Jernigan. 1843- 45—Patrick Perry. 1845 to August, 1846—Henry B. Vanpelt. 1846 to February, 1857—William Jui^erry. 1857-66—John Sharp. 1866-68—Joseph P. Jordan. REGISTER OF DEEDS 1868-76—James M. Trader. 1876-82—Henry Clay Sharp. 1882 to January, 1890—Watson Lewis Daniel. 1890 to December, 1896—George A. Brown-. 1896 to December, 1900—S. E. Marsh. 1900 to October, 1905—James P. Jordan. 1905-1939—John A. Northcott. COUNTY TRUSTEES PRIOR TO 1790 Samuel Harrell. - Nathan Harrell. George Wynns. Starkey Sharp I. AFTER 1790 1830-43—John A. Anderson. 1843 to May, 1844—Elisha D. Brett. 1844- 54—^Lemuel R, Jernigan. 1854-61—Elisha D. Brett. * 1861-62—James Barnes. 1862-66—Starkey S, Harrell, Jr. 1866-68—Samuel M. Aumack. COUNTY TREASURERS 1868-70—Jordan J. Horton, R. 1870-76—John A, Vann, D. 1876-78—Joseph J. Brown, R. Since 1878 the Sheriff of the county has been ex-officio Treasurer of the county. ENTRY-TAKERS PRIOR TO THE WAR OF 1776 Matthias Brickie. Henry Winborne. William Wynns. AFTER THE WAR Mills Jernigan. Andrew J. Northcott. The Register of Deeds is now ex-officio entry-taker. COUNTY SURVEYORS PRIOR TO WAR OF 1776 1762-66—John Baker. 1766-70—Godwin Cotton. SINCE THE WAR Pleasant Jordan. John A. Wynns. 1800-10—^Samuel Bell. 1810-33—Sipha Smith. 1833-54—Jethro W. Barnes. 1854-68—Zepheniah Askew. SINCE 1868 Thadeus E. Vann. J. W. Jessups. John F. Newsom, H. D. Harrell. J. D, Parker. COUNTY COMVnSSIONERS 1868 to 1870—John W. Harrell, chairman; R. S. Parker, William D. Newsome, William Reed, Samuel Holloman. 1870 to 1872—J. W. Harrell, chaiinnan; G. A, Britt, Langley Tay- loe, Jackson B. Hare, W. J. Gatling. 1872 to 1874—^E. T. Snipes, chairman; W. B. Alexander, William Reed, S. D. Winborne, L. S. Davis. 1874 to 1876—S. D. Winbornef chairman; A. C. Vann, William Reed, W. B. Alexander, E, T. Snipes. 1876 to 1878—E. T. Snipes, chairman; W. B. Alexander, William Reed, James I. Elliott, A. D. Godwin, 1878 to 1880—S. D. Winborne, chairman; S. M. Aumack, J. Nor fleet Harrell, John A. Vann, J. T. Wynns. County Attorney—B. B. Winborne, 1880 to 1882—S. M. Aumack, chairman; J, N, Harrell, John A. Vann, S. D. Winborne, J. T. Wynns. County Attorney—B. B. Winborne. 1882 to 1886—J. N. Harrell, chairman; S. M. Aumack, J. L, An derson, J. P. Freeman, S. D. Winborne. County Attorney—B. B. Winborne. 1886 to 1888—J. N. Harrell, chairman; S. M. Aumack, A, I. Par ker, J. P. Freeman, S. D. Winborne. County Attorney—B. B. Winborne. 1088 to 1890—J. N. Harrell, chairman; J. P. i’reeman, J. F, New- some, J. D. Riddick, W. E. Cullen's. County Attorney—B. B. Winborne 1890 to 1892—W. T. Brown, chairman; W. E. Cullens, Blount Fer guson, John F. Newsome, G. W. Mitchell. County Attorney—B. B. Winborne. 1892 to 1894—W. T. Brown, chairman; W. E. Cullens, George W. Beverly, John F. Newsome, J. B. Vaughan. County Attorney—J. J. Yeates. 1894 to 1896—W. T. Brown, chairman; A. I. Parker, T, E, Vann, J. N. Holloman, J. T. Williams. County Attorney—J. J. Yeates. 1896 to 1898—G. W. Mitchell, chairman, J. B. Vaughan, E. T. Snipes. County Attorney—George Cowper. 1898 to 1900—J. H. Mitchell, chairman; G. W. Mitchell, J. B. Vaughan, J. M. Eley, A. I. Parker, J. C. Vinson, J. G. Majette, B. F. Williarris. County Attorney—George Cowper. 1900 to 1902—J. G. Majette, chairman; A. I. Parker, B. F. Williams, J. C. Vinson, J, H. Mitchell. County Attorney—John E. Van^. 1902 to 1904—J. G. Majette, chairman; J, C. Vinson, A. I. Parker. C. W, Parker, B. F. Williams. County Attorney—L. J. Lawrence. 1904 to 1906—J. G. Majette, chairman; J. C. Vinson, A. I. Parker, C. W. Parker, W. E, Cullens. County Attorneys—Winborne & Lawrence. 1908 to 1908—J. G. Majette, chairman; J. C. Vinson, A, I. Parker, C. W. Parker, W. E. Cullens. County Attorneys—Winborne and Winborne. 1909— A, I. Parker, chairman; B. G. Williams, J. H. Darden, S. P. Winborne, J. C. Vinson. County Attorneys—Winborne and Winborne. 1910— S. P. Winborne, chairman; J. C. Vinson, A. I. Parker, B. F. Williams, C. W. Parker. County Attorneys—Winborne and Winborne. 1911 to 1915—E. J. Gerock, chairman (first member from newly created Ahoskie Township); S. P. Winborne, C. E. Boyette, A. I. Parker, B. F, Williams, C. W. Parker. (J. N. Holloman, in 1914, re placed C. W. Parker, who died while in office.) County Attorneys—Winborne and Winborne. 1915 to 1917—S. P. Winborne, chairman; E. J. Gerock, C, E. Boyette, H. H. Jones, J. N. Holloman, J. A. Powell. County Attorneys—Winborne and Winborne. 1917 to 1919—S. P. Winborne, chairman; E. Boyette, H. H. Jones, J. M, Eley, J. A. Powell. County Attorney—W. D. Boone. 1919 to 1921—S. P. Winborne, chairman; C. E. Boyette, H. H. Jones, J. M. Eley, F. G. Tayloe, J. A. Powell. County Attorney—No record. 1921 to 1923—J. C. Taylor, chairman; E. W. Whitley, E. H. Eure, Gerock, C. E. J. M. Eley, J. O. Askew, Jr., F. G. Tayloe. County Attorney—'W. D. Boone. 1923 to 1925—J. H. Mitcheii, cnairmarx; E. W. Whitley, E. H. Eure, W. J. Vaughan, J. O. Askew, Jr., F. G. Tayloe. County Attorney—W. D. Boone. 1925 to 1927—S. P. Winborne, chairman; J. N, Vann, E. H. Eure, J. O. Askew, Jr., E. W. Whitley, W. J. Vaughan. County Attorney—Thad A. Eure. 1927 to 1929—J. N. Vann, chairman; H, McD. Spiers, Jno. C. Chitly, T. V. Jenkins, C. W. Parker, Jno. O; Askew, Jr. County Attorney—Thad A. Eure. 1929 to 1931—J. N. Vann, chairman; H. McD. Spiers, Jno. C. Chitty, W, L. Daniel, C. W. Parker, Jno. O. Askew, Jr. County Attorney—Thad A. Eure, 1929; W. D. Boone, 1930. 1931 to 1933—Jno. O. Askew, Jr,, chairman; C. W. Pai’ker, W. L, Daniel, H. G, Snipes, H. McD. Spiers, W. C. Ferguson. County Attorney—W. D. Boone. 1933 to 1935—J. M. Eley, chairman; W. L. Daniel, H. G. Snipes, E. D. Callis, H. McD. Spiers, W. C. Ferguson. (W. L. Daniel resigned August, 1934, and was succeeded by J. A. Shaw.) County Attorney—W. D. Boone. 1935 to 1937—J. A. Shaw, chairman; C. T. Whitley, W. C. Fer guson, T. W. Sears, B. N. Sykes, J. M. Eley. County Attorney—W. D. Boone. 1937 to 1939—J. A. Shaw, chairman; C. T. Whitley, W. C. Fer guson, B. N. Sykes, J. J. Vann. County Attorney—W. D. Boone. 1939—Same as 1937 to 1939. CENSUS FIGURES FOR HERTFORD COUNTY AND ITS SUBDIVISIONS Reprinted from the Decennial Census Report of 1930 AREA AND POPULATION OF HERTFORD COUNTYr 1890 TO 1930 Land area in square miles 1930 Total population. 1930 Total population per square mile 1930 Total population 1920 Total population 1910 - Total population 190C Total population 1890 Per cent of increase 1920 to 1930 Per cent of increase 1910 to 1920 341 17,542 51,4 16.294 15,436 14.294 13,851 7.7 For Fiffeen Years POPULATION OF HERTFORD COUNTY BY MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS Hertford County 1930 Hertford County 1920 16'294 (Continued on page 4, Section A) Basnight-Garrett was the first complete furniture store in the Roanoke-Chowan section, and for fifteen years it has been more than just a furniture store. It has been an institution and a symbol of pro gress. It has been a furniture store that has set the pace in completeness of merchan dising service, in quality and in value- giving; a store that has lived up to its slogan of Eastern Carolina’s Finest Furni ture Store and combined with this the friendliness of personal interest in each of the homes into tvhich our furniture has entered. Progress OLD DOMINION PAPER CO ESTABLISHED 1884 FOR 55 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SERVE THE PRINTERS AND MERCHANTS OF AHOSKIE AND ROANOKE-CHOWAN COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. V/e extend, on this anniversary, our congratulations to The Hertford County Herald and sincere thanks to all of our friends whose consistent support and patronage has contributed so largely to the success of our company. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA We have kept pace with the rapid develop ment of the section we serve . . . our floors are always stocked with the best and most up-to-date lines of home furnishings . . . our buyer is in constant touch with the latest developments iii styles and trends . . . no new styles or new ideas are conceived on any of the great markets of the country hut that our representatives are there to bring hack the best in quality an(l value for our customers in the Roanoke-Chowan section. Service uilt Like a kyscraper-' Whether the home be a humble cottage or the great mansion, it has been our policy to deliver quality and value at fair prices. It has been our privilege and our pleasure to add to the comfort and beauty of homes of all classes throughout this territory. From the humblest to the greatest, it is al ways quality before price . . . hut at the same time, prices that give the greatest value for the money expended. Quality ^haw-Walkei? Largest exclusive makers of office furniture and filing equipment in the xuorld C ONGRATULATES Hertford County on its fifty years of growth. For many years Parker Bros., exclusive Shaw-Walker distributor in Ahoskie, has aided your grorvth by keeping you inform ed on liie latest developments in office equipment and office practices. Today, more than ever before, Parker Bros., can be of even greater help to your future ex pansion by lowering your office overhead, and increasing your work output -with one or more of the folio-wing Shaw-\\'’alker products: • . Through the years we have devoted every effort to make and hold friends through fair dealing and honest advertising. We have put the lasting satisfaction of quality and value above immediate profit from doubtful merchandise and devious selling practices. On this policy Basnight-Garrett has become a symbol for undisputed qual ity and fair dealing. STEEL FILING CABINETS 29 distinct lines POSTING TRAYS For machine and hand posting COUNTER FILES Designed to give you Triple-Duty BOOKKEEPING EQUIPMENT Both commercial and hank systems FIRE PROOF FILES Complete record protection FILING FOLDERS 194 stock folders BUSINESS FURNITURE 72 desks and tables ALUMINUM CHAIRS To viatch Skyscraper Desks FILING SYSTEMS i48 stock items, 6 applied systems CARD INDEXING 248 stock items, 3 systems SAFES A size to meet every need STORAGE CUPBOARDS 27 sizes and styles BOOKCASES Steel and wood MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS Cards, form cards, trays, clip boards, joggers, etc. BUYERS' GUIDE FOR THE OFFICE —a ?>2S-page catalog with pictures and descriptions of 4000 Shaw-Walker products. Ask for your copy today. See Shaxu-Walker Products on Display at Parker Brothers Cor. McGlohon and North Sts. Phone 26 Reputation We feel justly proud of the reputation we have built up during the years . . . We are happy that many of our first customers still look to us when they wish to add furniture to their homes , . . We look upon it as a privilege to serve the home-makers and home-huilders of this territory . . . We are proud that always it is recognized that at Basnight-Garrett’s quality, fair treatment and lasting satisfaction are assured. Basnight-Garrett Company Ahoskie:Colerain■.'Windsor;Franklin, Va.
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