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Wednesday, June 27,1984 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Page 5-Section I Records Are In Raleigh BY WILLIAM PRICE The Moore County Courthouse- where you can find your birth certificate, records of wills, land grants, estates, various bonds- any official records you’ll ever need. Right? Wrong! Indeed, the Moore County Courthouse is the repository of many records you’ll need, but due to a fire in the courthouse a century ago, the Department of Cultural Resources’ County Records Management system and the State Archives in Raleigh are the custodians of some of the records you may need. Today’s Moore County Cour thouse, poised high on a hill in the middle of Carthage, is the fourth courthouse to occupy the hill. Moore County, created in 1784 from the western part of Cumberland County, in that year chose Carthage as the county seat and built a courthouse. The original courthouse was replaced in 1820. A tragic fire in 1889 destroyed the “new” building and a third courthouse was erected in 1890. The' 1890 building was tom down in 1922 and the present three-story, semi-fireproof structure put up in its place. Moore County Courthouse holds original records since the 1889 fire. Another set of Moore County records on microfilm is safe from fire or other disaster in the vault in the Archives and History-State Library Building in Raleigh. The Moore County records in Raleigh are part of a statewide microfilming effort begun in Ju ly, 1959, after the realization that valuable and irreplaceable original county and local documents were being stuffed in to attics, basements, rafters and under pigeon roosts as records outgrew storage space. Obviously, many were being lost. Many records were being carelessly treated. “What to do with them was rarely considered until county and local offices were hopelessly out of available space,” explained Ron Young- quist, who is the Department of Cultural Resources Assistant Records Administrator. Only then did officials begin to think of what to do with the ever- increasing mounds of documents. “Some employes were afraid to discard anything, while others discarded everything-even to setting records out on the lawns for anyone interested to take away,” he said. Many concerned county and local officials all over the state, along with county historians, realized the inestimable value of the resources being lost. With their interest and support of the Division of Archives and History efforts emerged today’s pro gram. North Carolina’s county records management program is among the earliest pilot pro grams in the country for saving records and proved to be a model for many other states. Its main purpose, Youngquist pointed out is to determine for counties answers to the ques tions: “What do we have? and what do we keep? or throw away?” In addition to providing the microfilm teams to preserve records, the local records pro gram since 1981 has begun pro viding county and local officials outreach services in the form of records management workshops and consultant help. “We can conduct workshops here (in Raleigh) or there (in the counties),” Youngquist said. The consultant services also include evaluating the counties’ own microfilm equipment and systems (for those that have it) and vendors’ services to ensure archival standards, he added. More than 859 rolls of microfilm for Moore County are stored in the Record Services Branch of the Division of Ar chives and History. These records are not available for any other purpose than to replace lost or damaged original records. In 1965-66 and 1975, Archives and History microfilmers went into Moore County to record the per-, manent records in the offices of the clerk of court, register of deeds and other county officials to provide security copies of the original documents. At that time, the teams copied such records as apprentice, bastardy and official bonds; court records, deeds, deeds of trust and other land records; estate records; births, marriages and deaths; tax records; wills; armed forces discharges; cor porations and minutes for the various county boards such as county commissioners and boards of education. These records go back to the formation of the county in 1784, Youngquist said. Court records such as civil and criminal cases, estate records, special proceedings, wills, deeds, deeds of trust and corporations are some of the records currently being recorded. The Records Services Branch is presently storing the Moore County Schools records to be microfilmed at a future time for permanent preservation. So, the answer to the inevitable question, “Will the records I need for my genealogy (land, estate, wills, etc) research be available? is “Yes!” For the use of the public, Moore County original and microfilmed records are available in three places: at the present Moore County Courthouse, in Sandhills Community College, and in the State Archives in Raleigh- forever! Moore County Courthouse was built in 1923. I n 1908, Carolina Power & Light Company began serving 1,100 customers in three North Carolina communities. In 1926, the Company extended service into South Carolina. In those early years, we made a commitment to help our service area grow and prosper by providing reliable electric power. Today, we serve about 800,000 customers in the Carolinas. We’re still committed to being a reliable source of energy and we’re using America’s most abundant energy resources—coal and nuclear—to fuel our generating plants. It’s a commitment that began 75 years ago and continues today. And we’ll continue to work hard to meet this commitment tomorrow. 1784 200 Growing with the Carolinas CNIL Carolina Power A Light Company LEE BUILDER MART Celebrating 29 Years Of Growth With Lee And Moore Counties Your valued patronage has made our existence and progress possible. We salute the progressive people of Moore County. Thank you for allowing us to share in your building and remodeling plans. The management and employees of LEE BUILDER MART, INC., wish to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for the wonderful response to our business endeavors over the past 29 years. We consider it a privilege to join the other firms in our home county in this salute to the people of Moore County and wish for them continued growth and prosperity. Our Leading Brands: Georgia-Pacific Paneling Reliance Water Heaters Champion Building Products Galaxy Carpets G.A.F. Roofing Queen Carpets West Coast Lumber J.P. Stevens Carpets Cox Wood Treated Lumber Horizon Carpets Andersen Windows Cabin Craft Carpets Peachtree Doors Mannington Floor Covering Owens-Corning Insulation Armstrong Floor Covering Moss Storm Doors and Windows Congoleum Floor Covering Skil Power Tools Style-Tex Wall Covering Makita Power Tools Wall-Tex Wall Covering Stanley Hardware and Hand Tools Lightcraft Light Fixtures Minnesota Paints Progress Light Fixtures Cuprinoi Stain Hoover Vacuum Cleaners Amerock Cabinet Hardware Schlage Locks Music and Sound Stereo Systems Savannah Ceiling Fans More Heat Wood Stoves Weiser Locks Kwikset Locks Fisher Wood Stove Kirsch Drapery Products Frigidaire Appliances Kerosun-Kerosene Heaters Jenn-Air Appliances Presto Quartz Heaters Free Delivery Free Estimates Appliance Installation and Service Prompt Service, Installation of Storm Doors and Fast Delivery Windows Including Installation On All Types Hoist Lift When Floor Covering Delivering Construction Area's Only Specialty Millwork Shop Materials SENTRY. LEE BUILDER MART Phone 775-5555 1000 N. Horner Blvd. ■ Sanford, N.C. SENTRY.
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