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PACE 6—SECTION A’ HERTFORD COUNTY HERAID, AH03KTE. N. C. 1339 HISTORTCAT, EDITION ('.ensus Figures for Hei-tford County and Snlidivisions (Continued from page 4, Section A) Native while Negro . 1,126 . 1,643 4,969 ^351 2,618 2,663 2,637 26 17 imUAL-.NONFAKM—SKX. COI.OI!. FTC. Tola] 3n.iral-nonl'arm population Male female Native wh lie Native p^U'-entage Foreign or /nixed parentage Foreign born -white Negro 2,2? FOItK WilN-nOHN WHITi: IIY COUNTY OF ItTU’l H. FOR HERTFOD COUNTY: 1930 Total foreign-bc vn white ] England Sweden Poland Russia - Greece - Canada All others NATIVE WIOTI' OF I'OltEIGN OR MIXED FARliNTAGE. BY COUNTRY Ol RIR'I'II OF PARENIS. FOR HERTFORI> COUNTY: 1930 Total native white of .',>weign or mixed'parentage i England - Denmark Germany - - Hungary - Russia - - i wrvl recce - - Italy - - All others — PERSONS 10 YEARS OEJ» AND OVIiR ENGAGED IN GAINFUL 0(T CPATIONS, DV SV.X. AND INDUSTRY GROUPS, FOR HERTFORD COUNTl^- 1930—ALL GAINFUL WORKERS Male of all industries * Female of all industries Male of agriculture— Female of agriculture Male farmers (owners and tenants) Female farmers (owners and tenants) Male farm managers and foremen Male farm laborers - Female farm laborers- - Male wage workers- Female wage -workers - Mdle unpaid family workers Female unpaid fa-mily workers Male forestry and fishing — Female forestry and fishing Male building industry — Male chemical and allied industries Male clothing industries - Male food and allied industides Female food and allied industries - - ; Male automobile factcjries and repair shops Male iron and steel industries - Female iron and steel industries Male saw and planing mills - Female saw and planing mills Male other woodworking and furniture industries Female other woodworking and furniture industries Male paper, printing, and allied industriea Male cotton mill; Male independent hand trader Female independent hand tradai Male other manufacturing industries Male construction and maintenance of streets, etc Male garages, greasing statioi.'s, etc Female garages, greasing stations, etc Male postal service - - Female postal service - - Male steam and street railroads... - Male telegraph and telephone - Female telegraph and telephone Male other transportation and communication.... Male banking and brokerage Female banking and brokerage Male insurance and real estate Female insurance and real estate Male automobile agencies and filling stations Male wholesale and retail trade, except automobiles Female wholesale and retail trade, except automobiles Male other trade industries Female other trade industries... Male public service (not elsewhere classified) Female public service (not elsewhei'e classified) Male recreation and amusement Female recreation and amusement Male other professional and semi-professional service Female other professional and semi-professional service.... M^le hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, etc Female hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, etc Male laundries and cleaning and pressing shops Female laundries and cleaning and pressing shops Male other domestic and personal service. Female other domestic and personal service Male industry not specified Female industry not specified NEGRO GAINFUL WORKERS Male in all industries Female all industries Male agriculture Female agriculture Male farmers (owners and tenants) Female farmers (owners and tenants) Male farm managers and foremen Male farm laborers Female farm laborers Male wage workers Female wage workers Male unpaid family workers Female unpaid family workers Male forestry and fi.shing Female forestry and fishin.g Male building industry Mule chemical and allied industries Male^ clothing industries Mule' food and allied industries : Female food and allied industries Male automobile factories and repair shops ?: Male iron and steel industries Male saw and planing mills ;. Male other woodworking and furniture industries Female other woodworking and furniture industries Male paper, printing, and allied industries Male independent hand trades Female independent hand trades Male other manufacturing industries Male construction and maintenance of streets, etc Male garages, greasing stations, etc Female garages, greasing stations, etc Male postal service Female postal service Male steam and street railroads Male other transportation and communication Male automobile agencies and fillings stations Male wholesale and retail trade, except automobiles Female wholesale and retail trade, except automobiles Male public service (not elsewhere classified) Male recreation and amusement Male other professional and semi-professional service Female other professional and semi-professional service. Male hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, etc Female hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, etc Male laundries and cleaning and pressing shops Female laundries and cleaning and pressing shops Male other domestic and personal servie'e . 4,512 . 1,087 3,239 . 624 1,049 98 . 1,185 . 526 . 553 . . 143 . 632 . 383 . 168 42 223 28 3 . 2,492 . 831 . 1,971 . 521 . 1,140 69 1 . 830 . 452 . 408 . 132 422 320 . 118 AHOSKIE FROM THE SKY Photograph taken from an airplane in 1938. It shows the town’s Main Street. The pilot of the ship from which this photo was taken was kill ed in a crash of his plane near Powellsville one week after this photo was made. Female other domestic and personal service 182 Male industry not specified... 35 Female industry not specific 2 POPULATION BY SEX, COT-OR. AGE. ETC.. FOR HERTFORD COUNTY BY MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS: 1930 AHOSKIE TOWNSHIP Total population Total- males Total females .... Total whites Total negroes . 4,391 2,160 2,321 2,188 2,20.3 .. 2,177 .. 2,156 21 11 2,132 . 2,043 2,348 1,190 1,158 841 1,507 . 841 . 841 1,088 . 2,167 1,724 . 893 . 831 . 529 . 1,195 . 529 . 527 2 . 748 . 1,659 Total native white Total native parentage .-. Total foreign or mixed parentage Foreign born white Total population 21 and over including unknown Rural farm population IIARRELLSVILLE TOWNSHIP Total population Total males Total females Total whites Total negroes Total native whites Total native parentage Total population 21 and over (including unknown) Rural-farm population MANEYS NECK TOWNSHIP Total population Total males Total females Total whites ... Total negroes Total native whites - Total native parentage - Total foreign or mixed parentage Total population of 21 and over (including unknown) Rural farm population MURFREESBORO TOWNSHIP Total population Total males ... Total females Total whites ... Total negroes Total native white Total native parentage Total foreign or mixed parentage Total foreign-born white Total population from 21 and over (including unknown)... Rural farm population sr. JOHNS TOWNSHIP Total population - Total males ... Total females Total whites .. Total negroes Total native whites \ Total native parentage; Total foreign or mixed parentage..- Total foreign born white Total population 21 and over (including unknown) Rural farm population WINTON TOWNSHIP Total population Total males Total females Total whites Total negroes Total native white Total native parentage Total foreign or mixed parentage Total foreign born white Total population 21 and over (including unknown) Rural farm population POPULATION BY SEX, COLOR, AGE, ETC., FOR INCORPORATED PLACES OF 1,000 TO 2,500: 1930 AHOSKIE TOWN 1,490 1,490 1,394 1,586 1.388 1,385 3 6 1,338 2,009 3,654 1, . 1,788 1,600 2,054 . 1,599 1,598 1,398 3,421 2,445 1,183 1,262 687 1,758 687 1,145 . 1,284 Total population Total males Total female- Total whites Total negroe Total native white Total native parentage Total foreign or mixed parentage..... Total foreign born white Total population under 5 Total population between 5 to 14 Total population from 15 to 24. Total population from 25 to 34 Total population from 35 to 44 . 1,940 . 910 1,030 1,131 809 1,120 1,099 177 463 397 308 245 THE MITCHELL HOTEL The photograph from which the foregoing cut was made was taken soon after the construction of this Ahoskie hostelry, which is located on the corner of Main and Mitchell streets. The lonesome looking vacant space to the left of the building has long been filled in with other modern business buildings and today there is not a vacant foot of land in the entire block. The hotel was built by the late Dr. Jesse H. Mitchell and is still owned by his heirs. Prior to the erection of this thiee-story hotel, it was the Colonial Hotel, further east in the same block, that served as the town's leading hotel. Total population from 45 to 64 282 Total population 65 and over - 68 Total population 21 and over (including unknown) 1,066 Rural farm population 82 MURFREESBORO TOWN Total population 1,000 Total males 500 Total females 500 Total whites 630 Total negroes 370 Total native white - - 624 Total native parentage 621 Total foreign or mixed parentage Total foreign born white 6 Total population under 5 124 Total population from 5 to 14 231 Total population from 15 to 24 - 187 Total pouulation from 25 to 34 146 Total population from 35 to 44 120 Total population from 45 to 64 150 Total population from 65 and over 42 Total population 21 and over (including unknown) 526 Rural farm population 31 HISTORY OF HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM (By J. H. MOORE) Chapter I HISTORICAL SKETCH H ertford county is one of the oldest counties in North Caro lina, having been formed in 1759. At a session of the General Assembly in New Bern, on December 12, 1758, John Campbell, a member from Bertie County, presented a petition asking for the erection of Hertford County out of parts of Bertie, Chowan, and Northampton counties. The following bill was passed by the General Assembly on December 29, 1759: AN ACT FOR ERECTING PART OF THE COUNTIES OF CHOWAN, BERTIE, AND NORTHAMPTON, INTO A COUNTY AND PARISH ■section 1. Whereas the large extent of the Counties of Chowan, Bertie, and Northampton renders it grievous and burdensome to many of the Inhabitants thereof to attend the Courts of Justice, and other Public Meetings appointed therein: For remedy wherpof, Section 2. Be it enacted, by the Governor Council, and assembly, and by the authority of same, that from and after the first day of May next the said Counties be divided as follows, to-wit, beginning in Bei'tie County, at the first -high land on the North West Side of Mare Tlie topography of Hertford County is typical of that of the average eastern North Carolina County. It is well drained by the Chowan, Meherrin, Nottoway, and Wiceacon rivers, and their tribu taries. Hertford. County has a very delightful climate, the average temperature for the year is 59 degrees. The rainfall is evenly distrib uted throughout the year, averaging about 47.22 inches annually, with a range from 30.18 inches in driest year to 59.58 inches the wet test year. The territory which is now Hertford County seems to have been inhabited by several Indian tribes during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and early eighteenth centuries. Dillard tells us that in 1586 a large tribe of Meherrin Inrlans lived in this section, and that their town of Opanock was on the Chowan River near the present town of Win- ton. Colonel Byrd, in 1729 found the Nottoway Indians in this part of the country, and described them in his own unique original fash- on a visit tO' one of their towns. The young men had painted themselves in a hideous manner, not so much for ornament as terror. In this frightful equipage they enter tained us with Simday war dances, wherein they endeavored to look as formidable as possible. The instrument they danced to was an Indian drum, that is a large gourd, with a skin fract tort over the mouth of it. The dancers all sang to this musick, keeping exact time with their feet, while their heads and arms were screwed into a thousand menacing postures. Upon this occasion the ladies hod ar rayed themselves in all their finery. They were wrapt in their red and blue -match-coats thrown so negligently about them that their mahogany skin appeared in several parts, like the Laeedaemonia-nt Damsels of Old. The earliest white settlers of Hertford County were composed of French, Scotch, Irish, Scotch-Irish and English. Connor says that be tween 1653 and 1660 pioneers of English bload began to find their way from Virginia to the Albemarle Sound, where they laid the founda tions of North Carolina. Later a few Scotch-Irish came, emigrating from Pennsylvania through Virginia. We know also, that many of the early settlers came direct to this territory. The following quotation shows some of the inducements the proprietors made in, order tO' get mere immigrants to corfie over to this country. The 'Lords Proprietors do at present grant (1682) to all per sons that come there to inhabit as follows. Viz: To each Master or Mistress of a family, fifty acres of land, and every able son or man servant they shall carry or cause to be transported into Carolina, fifty acres or more, and the like for each daughter or woman servant that is marriagable, and for each child, man or woman servant under six teen years of age, forty acres, and fifty acres of land to each servant when out of their time. . . But for as much as diver persons who are already inhabitants of Carolina, and others that -have intention of transport themselves into the Province, desire not to be cumbered with paying of rent . . . The Lord Proprietors have been prevailed upon and have agreed to sell to those who have a mind to buy Land, at the rate of fifty pounds for a Thousand Acres, reserving a pepper-corn per annum Rent when demanded. AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF THE HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM JOHN HORACE MOORE, was born in Carthage, Miss., January 20, 1901, the sen of Eli Nathan Mocre and the late Candis Ann Moore. He attended the Carthage public schools; and earned the A. B. de gree at Mississippi College, and later was graduated from the Uni versity cf North Carolina with the M. A. degree. He married Miss Jessie Velma Ratliff, June 5, 1927 and there are two- children, Johnsie Mae, 10, and Claudie Ann, 8. Other immediate members cf the family are the following brothers and sis ters: Butler T. Mccre, Tunica, Miss.; Charles Clifton Moore, Me- Comb, Miss.; Mrs. A. C. Hollis, Carthage, Miss.; Mrs. J. T. Skelton, Clarksdale, Miss. Historian Mccre assembled the source material and wrote his His tory of the Hertford County School System during his tenure cf office as superintendent of the Ahoskie schools, a place he held three years, after having served as assistant principal of the same school. He has been superintendent of the Farmville (N. C.) Public Schools since the 1935-1936 session. In Farmville, as at Ahoskie, Superintendent Moore occupies several places cf leadership in town, community, and county activities. His work in extra-school agencies has included important posts in the Baptist church of which he is a member, the Kiwanis Club at Ahoskie, and the FarmvUle Rotary Club. He is president of the latter club. He is also serving as Chairman of the Farmville Chapter of the American Red. Cross. This history was submitted to the University cf North Carolina as Moore’s thesis for his M. A. degree. It is the most comprehensive treatment cf the school system ever undertaken in Hertford County, and is now treated as official source for information, about the county schools. The original history, bound in regulation book form, is on file in the library of the University. Brandi, on the Chowan River Pocoson; running thence by a direct line to Thomas Outlaw’s Plantation, near Stoney Creek; thence by a direct line to Northampton County line, at the Plantation whereon James Rutland formerly lived; then along Northampton County line to the Head of Beaver Dam Swamp; thence by a direct line to the Eastermost Part of Kerby’s Creek; thence down the Creek to Meherrin Rjver; then up Meherrin River to the Virginia Line to Bennet’s Creek; then 'down the River to the mouth of the Said Mare Branch; and up the Branch to the beginning: -and all that part of the said Counties included within -the said Bounds be thenceforth erected into a distinct County and Parish, and called and known by the name of Hertford County and Parish of St. Barnabas. ’ The new county was named in honor of Francis Seymour Con way. Marquis of Hertford, in England. The v^ord “hevt” was pronoun ced ’'hart”, and the word meant “a deer”, so the title of the nobleman may be -interpreted, “The ford of the deer.” This: county, like the one in Engla-nd, was called “Hartford”, until after colonial times. The act quoted above also appointed John Edwards, John Brown, and John Baker as -a committee to lay the boundary lines desiignated in the act, and to make a map of the new county. Cotter's Ferry, on the south side of Chowan River, was designated as the county seat and the county was instructed to hold a court soon after May 1, 1760, and four times annually thereafter. Hertford County with an area of 341 square miles, is one of the smallest counties in the State. The length of the county varies from twenty-eight miles along the southern boundary, to about eight miles in the north central part, while its- width is approximately twenty- one miles. It is bounded on the north by the Virginia State line, on the east by the Chowan River, on the South by Bertie County, and on the west by Northampton County. Winton the oldest town in the county was established i the following act: 1776, by AN ACT FOR EST.ABLISHING A TOWN ON THE LAND OF BENJAMIN WYNNS, ON CHOWAN RIVER Section 1. Whereas it hath been presented to this Assembly, that the Lands of Benjamin Wynn, lying on the South West side of Chowan River, in Hertford County, where the Court House and other Public Buildings are erected, is a healthy, pleasant situation, well watered, commodious for Comrr^erce; and the said Benjamin Wynns having signified his free consent, by a certificate under 'His Hand and Seal, to have one Hundred Acres of the said Land- laid off for a Town and fifty acres for Town Common; which will greatly promote the trade and navigation of said River: Section 2. Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, and by the authority of the same, that the directors or Trustees hereafter appointed or the majority of them, shall, as soon as may be, after the passing of thi^ act, cause the said Hundred acres to be laid off in Lots of half acre each, with convenient Streets, Lanes, and Alleys; which lots so laid off according to the Directions of this act, is hereby constituted, erected, and established a Town, and shall be called by the Name of Winton. The town has never grown tO' be very large, but it is now an in corporated town, with- a population of about 526 and it is still the county seat. Tuscarora Beach, just below the town, attracts many peo ple for bathing and boating during the summer months. Since Winton is the political center of the county, the majority of the officials of the county live here and many other noted politicians and members of the Bar Association come frequently to the town. MurfreesbO'ro, the next oldest town of the county was chartered by the General Assembly in 1786 as the following act indicates: AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING A TOWN ON THE LANDS OF WILLIAjVI MURFREE, ON THE IMEHERRIN RIVER, IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD. Whereas it has been represented to the General Assembly, that on the lands of William Murfree, and Murfree's landing on the Me- hefrin River, there is a very proper situation for a town; that the place is remarkably healthy, and convenient to a County which produces large supplies of tobacco. Naval stores, coim, pork, and lumber for ex portation, and that the convenience for shipping produce at this landing is gi-eatly superior to what is generally found at other landings; And whereas, a great number of citizens of this State inhabitants of the Counties of Hertford, Northampton, Halifax, Warre-ni, Edgecomb, Ber tie, Gates, and 'Chowan have prayed that a town may be erected at this place, and William Murfree, the proprietor of the soil, has con sented that ninety-seven acres of the land adjoining the River, which has been surveyed and laid off, shall be appropriated to this use: Section 1. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the said ninety-seven acres of land shall be laid out in lots of an half acre, with convenient streets, and the same are hereby constituted and established a town, and shall be called by the Name of Murfreesborough. This town has had a slow growth, but is today the second in size in the county, with a population of about 1,000. Chowan College, a Baptist institution, is located here, and this institution has meant much in the educational life of the community. Murfreesboro is a typical college town, and is known for its educational and religious influence. Ahoskie, the largest town in Hertford, is located in the south cen tral part of the county. It is an incorporated town, with a population of 1,940 in 1930, with a modern school system, comprising a beautiful building and grounds. The Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Epis copal denominations have beautiful church structures, witli wide awake, enthusiastic memberships. The town depends largely upon agriculture for its support, however, many other industries exist. There are three large tobacco warehouses, a lumber plant, peanut mill, ice plant, bottling works, a roller mill, a machine shop and other industries of less importance in the town. There are two other small incorporated towns in the county, Union and Harrelisville. Harrellsville is a very old community and is noted for the hospitality of its people and their love of education and relig ion, From the description of the towns it is evident that the population of the county is largely rural. The entire population is 17,542 and the county is composed of six townships, Ahoskie, -with a population of 4,391; Harrellsville 2,348; Maneys Neck 1,724; Murfreesboro 2,980; St. Johns 3,654, and Winton with a population of 2,445. Transportation facilities have been greatly improved within the past two decades. The Norfolk Branch of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road traverses the county, giving direct rail communication with Nor folk and Suffolk, Virginia, sixty and thirty-nine miles respectively to the northeast, and with Rocky Mount, Wilson, and Wilmington, North Carolina, fifty-seven, seventy-two and 181 miles respectively to the Southeast. The Carolina Southern Railroad runs south from Ahoskie to Windsor, the county seat of Bertie County. The Chowan, Meherrin, and Wiccacon Rivers are navigable, and freight is hauled at the various wharves and landings along their banks under regular schedule. The recent work of the State Highway Co-mmission has done much for Hertford County. In 1928, it built a concrete road from the edge of Bertie County beginning near Aulander to- Ahoskie, a distance (Continued on page 8, Section A)
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