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Some 1 Facts "Abofit
County, N. C.f as Gathered
by W. E. McClennyi:Cashier
of the Farmers Bank of Stin
buryrSunburyf Nit C.'Zj
The Formationf M
County, North.Carblinal778j
We give here a part of Chapter
20, Laws of Nor th Carolina, pass
ed in 1778, as by this law the new
county of Gates was created -
"I. Whereas, by reason of the
width of the Chowan River fand
the difficulty of the passing of
the same, especially in boisterous
weather, it is extremely incon
venient for the inhabitants of the
north east ends of the; said river,
to attend courts, and other pub-i
lie business, as also, for the rase
and convenience of the i inhabi
tants of the north sides ol Chow
an and Perquimans counties, it is
necessary that the same be divid
ed into a; district and separate
County. . . ' '
"II. Be it therefore Enacted
by the General Assembly of the
State of North Carolina, and it is
hereby Enacted by the authority
of the same, that all that part of
Hertford county that lies on the
northeast side of Chowan River,
and all that part of Chowan and
Perquimans couuties, that lies on
the north side of Katharine and
Warwick Creeks, and bounded as
follows:-' (that is to say) Beginning
ahe-Virgini lirrnfthhowig
an River, thence down the said
river to the mouth of Katharine
Creek, thence up the said crek
to the mouth of Warwick Creek,
thence up the said creek to the
Head, thence a direct "line to the
Head of the Indian Branch in
Perquimans County, thence down
said Branch to the Great Dismal
Swamp, thence a northeast course
to the Virginia line, thence west
wardly along said line to the be
ginning, and all that part of Hert
lord, C ho Wan and Perquimans
Counties included in said lines,
shall be and is hereby Establish
ed a county by the name of Gates.
"III. And the Courts
of said County of Gates .shall be
held on the first! Mondays in May
August, November and February,
in each and every year.
"IV. The said Justices to be
appointed for ahe: County of
Gates aforesaid are hereby direct
ed' to meet on the lirst Monday in
April next at the house of-Kader
Kiddick (the Judge.Eure - Farm)
and take oaths anointed fortheir
qualifications. - .'' 7'
'-- 'V. A tax of three ' shiUiiig
be laid on each Hundred Pounds
Value, of. Taxable v proertyn 1i
said County, aiiof also .a poll ; tax
of three shillings for each person
liable to pay tax, "who is not
possessed of one hundred poundk
value of Taxable property ia, sid
t cranty of Gates 'for t wb years ,
for - building a r Court! Houi,
Prison arid Stocks therein, which
tax-shall be cbllected j by . the
Sheriff of the county aforesaid
4f Vlll. And be it U further
Enacted by the authority afore
said r that Lawrence Bakerlittke
Sumner, Elisha Hunter andijohft
lienton Jr. or a majorityfof thmf
be and they are hereby .appointed
Commissioners, : tolay r off ' ad
-appoint? thef iost; central and
convenient placewheretfie Court
House; Prfsori and Stock for tht
use of the saidCountyV of Gates
tid-C6ahtyof:Gates rwhp :00wcmm
trwicthereitO' ixc).&i
shall be built jaiiditherBl to- erect
$to:b;eretfed;'7
saidjnnty of (Gates
shaU continue, kn be considered
as part of the: Districts of Eden
ton.'1
Were Held
courts of r.he i county
aBkaderkkidicVs;
(riiicrioWiTr athe4ueiWKB;
uartej-ly.mThree
eouriJwere eld;tKerer til
and Stocks were; built inGat
ville in 1780 on the plantation
Jam
es Garrett, and stood i just a.
cross the road from where- ; the
present Court House stands The
present building was erected, in
1836 and repaired in 1904: ;,
We give here the origin ,of the
name as ;"takeSfrom:.W
istory of North Oaroliria.:iSays
he: It derives its name,irorrr
General Horatio i Gates, who at
this time was in the zenith of his
popularity, having acquired a
brilliant Victory jn 1777, at Sara
toga; ore General Burgoyne and
the English Army, but whose
laurels were! destined toi; fade on
the unfornnate field of Camden .
" ' 'General Gates was a n at i ve of
England- U He; was early, trained
to arms. He carne to- America
as an officer, and served . with
Washington under General Brad
dock in the ill fated campaign a
gaiTist Fort Do Qqesne in 1755".
OrVithe breaking oat of the1 Revo
lutiori-in 1776 from ; his i attach-
men t to his adopteo: country, and
by the Continental Congress ap
pointed Adjutant General of the
army in ?1777,? succeeding General
Schuyler in the command of the
northern I army; ' to which, after
two sanguinary E;4)attlesGeneral
Burgoyne surrendered with, his
whole force as prisoners of ,war at
Saratoga on the 7th of October
1777. ForVthis t brilliant , service
General Gates received a - eold
medal and the thanks of Congress.
"InfJune l780, General Gates
was invested With the chief ..com.
mand of the southern army. At
Camden, 15th August, 1780, he
was defeated with great slaughter
by -Lord Cornwallis. He retreat
ed to Hillsboro, and Congress ap
pointed General Greene tto suc
ceed him. He'was tried bv order
of Cbngress for his conduct at
uamaen oy a special court, r and
was acquitted. : 'His northern
laurels were exchanged for south-!
era willows. In 1782 he was re-
. . .' - - - -
Stored to- his command,- but the
Wac. was over, and Gates; retired
to his farm- in ; Virginia, f After
wards he removed tq New York,
jwher he. died-IOth of April, 1806
without issue ' ;
,4From this man, whofheld the
chief command in two campaigns
in onr Revolution, the one . the
most brilliant and the other the
m5st disastrous to American lib-;
erty. dpes.this. County derive its
name'.' ; IriX'--
v WeVill 'stdp here to i take fa
view of-the first officers "i of , the
new County of Gates : "
Lawrenc.Ba.kei' was? the first
Clerk- of ; the pcrior-; Co u rt o f
the Ctsuntyrand he-was' followed
iby Jethrb SnnerfWilliamv 'Q-
. ..... .
i Itfghtry, Dr. .Rufus E.1 Speed
John RfddkkrNr JRfddick. H
Tj. Eure. R, G. B CoWOer and
CroSS.: "r . -T
; Christopher;Biddicki was the
first!tublicgitxra
ret bsgrnableIeatn
The oldest Deed Book $ in .the
Register of Deeds office is a
book bound in hog sk in, and.pe
first deed or grant rcordel there
in is f rorri Alenderfe Mirtingtb
Moses Hare, JKt dated : l$th:da
of August 1783: ,fvH
In - the year 1780 Gates pcfurit
had its first representative: in trf
General sein
n;e Senate, aniijet
ana ?J ames. ttarrett in . the Housen
Vhenext year the same raan
rand Joseph" Riddick'
apjpiers in-the place of JanieS
eft in the; House ilienersli
Joseph1 Eiddick or JJeddick is
tt. was thdn fioelled ? remained in
he HotiseV or iSeriaie3?f rom ttne
county-'conuuuousfy until 1811i
and was agaii in? the- Senate in
1815 and I817 General - KedaY
Ballard served a long time !in th
House and Senate, and tVv heeI4f
n his sketch o thecountj: givrei
;hey names of thesejtw menial
being the most prominent men-
rm tins section in meir aav. '
By Chapter.25, Laws' of 1780i
the Gates County Court - days
were changed to the- third Mo'n
days in August. November, Ferfe
- : .. ' - -Iff
ruary and May.
In the same year one historian'
remarks i that there were noTris
in the Albemarle region. 1
year the people of thisectri
became greatly excited atthe,y
and considerable Britfsh forcesto
Hampton Koads where he had
orders to land and to co operate1
with Lord Cornwallis, but he soon
sailed from that point to Charles 1
ton, b. C, and General Gregory)
and his force "were relieved frohj
the duty of . observation upon his
movements.' General Leslie on
his sailing south had been follow
ed by Benedict Arnold, in 1781,
who hadNbeen made commander
i the British expedition against
Richmond, Virginia and ion the
death of General Phillips Arnold
was in command of the entire
British forces in Virginia until
the- arrival of Lord Cornwallis
ana as long as tne traitor Arnold
was in the vicinity the . people of
the new. county did not feel se
cure.; K- ' ' ,--'"
In- the latter part of June 178
the British made a slight attack
upon.; General. Gregory's force
which was- successful in? driving
him back, but he resolutely hejd
his position in ythe samel vicinity
until the withdrawal of the British
from Norfolk. , This was! the last
time the people of i thisi section
wer troubled: by the Bri t ish and
Cornwallis soonsurrendered-;lat
Yorktownj and practically . ended
the war,
Thns we have seen that during
the years of jjthe. Revolutionary
war this section was comparitive-
ly in security most of the; time,
and the, ravages of the war were
not: felt "here as in ;some sections
in the Stated ' -'"
; April 13th to, May,l2th, 1782,
the General Assembly of North
Carolina was in session at Hills
boro,-.ahd General Joseph-Riddick
of Gates i s ; mentioned ? as t
remarkable for ? bis ' good :l sense
and strong wilU-and helived ;to
see a whole generation : pass by
whiierfea$!a mmbeiofi Uie
North Carolina Legislature, and
by 1784 heis mchtidnasbe
'miMWfWI
WSite EorFederal
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The Government is doing what
bl4ingnd
afewyia
propoal, it seem Mrs. Woods
becuredif jt iKoltlie
iriEderiton; for I do.vnot : know
one qual to it. r T
n;jora sitelis 0OD.pandil
am Jnformed. M rs. TWood ? will sell
M!fot:f46
gius'iaJtrouti gOoK scl andU
the citizens C of - Edenton to see
that. the. entire jot : is purchased
(orjihe
yses of theGovernmenti
Thppropriatipn must be sup-
plemented iby the sum of 1 $1,000
fprjete ithe 'fi50(t$5'
$ heranipii nt, necessary tc phrqhasAJ
theiotrfpr'a site. We do! notjand
ajTh;otliveatoget
.. ,- . i ... i . M . - - l
vvoraiuj 1. 11.1 tiuic - I IB ; UUI
rJiity to look .out and periare for
the future not f orourselves only
piSfor the future needs and wP
pt our community. v: -A8 trme
ss'es the needs; of space in build
ingind lo t wili be. required ; and
gsficd tJwt:n
tvreitimj5caa? land be, putchased
50 ap aa it- can n oW.;We have
itcsrlr. Jh conimujiityi
Mil
$lI()qWadner
do, it .would be a.gener.ous act to
our community ; and at. the same
imeraisei an everlasting monu-
ment to his or her memory. If,
however, no. one is. willing . to do
his, then the citizens should do
iVa.nd immediately as it is im
portant that steps shall be taken
at once before it is too . late to
act. I am willing to contribute
flGO.OO to this fund ; and if nine
others will come forward with
$ 100. 00 apiece we can fix it up at
once. If we do this - our; action
will invite most favorable consid
eration by Congress when it con
venes to make an - appropriation .
for the public building. We should
have all-the money We can get
for the Federal building as it will
be an ornament to our town,
which is one of the prettiest in
- - -"
the United States and its bay
superba beautiful sheet pf water.
If this was a northern or? western
town the sum mentioned would
be raised before tiighfc and the
government informed of it. There
fore let me urge - the- importance
bt this matter and prompt, action
in respect thereto, if the .welfare
of our town and community: ia to
be regarded we ' should' have . at
least enough public spi rit to. do
this. -. ';' . "
Respectfully, ;'
;;:' ?v"Wml J.MART;Sr.:
Sept. 7; 1914. Postmaster.
WhTbey5p
Church,
I do not like the preacher. (Rev.
19:10; Matua0:40 )
We cannot, get - ready - in ; time
(Lrtike24:l) .
The preaching does me no good.
(Uuke 8:18; t Heb 4j2.)
j;rIjcannot findy timeitoatferid
church (Ex, 20 :9-10.)
flrreally haye ' nothing suitable
to wear (Reyv?:l8; Matt. 6:25 )
lrOtredft
fffejfej? WJpM
0u. id rajBer Bay at - feme
a hd read my Bible" (Heb, 10 :25;
Luke 4:16.) : v '
; Many church members are not
ai good asthey shQuld ber (Matt)
Religious -services " do riot
appeal tbj me, as once- thev. i did.
(E&llMilll
Exchange;' ' . ':':"".'';::'; ".
Peanut (jrowers
Perfect Union
giaia And Norf oik- Carb
;: ;: f'M link Association - -
Tqrlay's Session Is
Open To THe Public
Sarrolk,Vva , Sept 2. t)r.
GrifTiri of Edeuton, N C., . heads;
the organization of Peanut Grow
ers of Yirgi n ia and .North . Card-
lina.' effected hem lata ' fhic aftv
- r n--""J vwyr D091
onr .r J. ne ..-committee appointed
yestuday.brQaght in the follow
ing resolutions :. - : ;
iIhatthelpnug
inia.andf North Carolina be-
lieving4hat th present system of
marketing nuts is hot giving fco
and -that by-proper organ izations
thia due compensatioh may be ob-
l tiined: rn
tion be orga
Virginian iii'd3&pJafriS
Peanut Growers' Cooperative
Association of the ! Farmer's
Education and Cooperative UnionJ
of America.? ,
They also resolved, to establish
bureaus of information to obtain
facts concerning the r- acreage,
condition of crops, and crop move
ments so that the crops values
may. be determined before it is
placed on the market .
They also recommend that. one.
or "i more centralized warfthtsrusA
and cleaners equipped with modern
machinery be erected ; ;
; Also that a way be .found to
arrAnge with , local banks to finance
farmers who need help, so that
they will pot be forced to sacrifice
the crop to., the warehousemen.
The fact that the war has caused
ah unprecedented lise in the price
of nuts,-and that bags are hard to
get, caused ' the selection of L a
committee to investigate and see
if bags cannot be manufactured
from eotton.
President Ganna way and" Lec
ture Organizer Barnett have issu
ed a cordial investigation to all
citizens!, especially - the peanut
factory operators, to attend "the
Tuesday morning session, which
will ibe open to all.
V The other officers of the .Pea
nut Grower's League are Id.
rieinnart, jreterspurg,. Va ,. vice-
president ; I J. F. Dvorak of Peters
barg, secretkry arid treasurer; J. B
Jones ElberonSprirjgsi Va . W
Tt Ontland, North Carolina ; R
T. Savage, North, Carolina; G; M.
In man, Sussex county, Ya. : Al
fred White, :-r North Carolina
committee. .
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Net Cost Record The
Wide World Oyer.
ffUniontCenti-al Life!
I S B1RL0W flIRfiELtS SPECUltKIIMI
l ,vy-- ..'qj
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Picnic
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gThes Chowan County farmers
iio;rSevith h;Kopi
Umonri3ay
neartheglcl
church in ; beaotlfil' shaded
sThe
ness session at Jialf-past ten o "
ciefcghfunjc
couuty is an active : one : "They
haveiporchased a valdable lot in
Edentn,pfwhtcr large
sragetoejujijie
Iridditjorkth hayeSiere? a :co-fM
.ojratiy :lva
t armers'- pfUjCtsill ? be carried "-Ptl
ing will soon be begun. ... ' ;:- -.
; After thi6 buSiheW - of .
the union a bo nrftjl tooth- -some:
Sinner was irveSiofylfilf
thousand peopl e present. -: It was
on e of r those : typical eastern .
North Carolina " dinners, from
which it is imossiblesfor a man to
go away . withouteating'. Men, - -
women andchildren Urged you " - r ; '
to eat," and thn; food: is.;so tempt- . 'P'h f,
: eBockyiHockcbrass vand t
cbppiriUlyJ
sons,
Iarmei;arid:Uieiri6onirtake de
light in itr and they madl splen-
didhmsic;;;V:-': ':i::r$-i'L7:-7
The afternoon was given over
to addresses by Mr S. Hi Hobbs,
late, president- bfk the farmers s
Convention, and Governor Francis
t). Winston.. Both speakers
were handsomely introduced by
Dr,E. J GrirBaLEdeiiton.
Mr. Hobbs is a member of the
Farmers'iUnion and discussed the
purposes-andplans of the union;
told in graphic language its aim
and plans. Hewas veryl interest
ing iff hisaceount M thecommit
tee's wbrle in Washington arrang
ing. the proper financial?! bill for
relief in - the present crisis, Mr.
Hobbs is ari; agreeablejpeaker,
talks to' the point arid knows the
subject well. ' 7- ?: ;
; Governor "Winston ured self-
reliance, self-control afid opti
mism m-tht3:CQj&onijiow con
fronting the farmers and the
country. He Jtnows bow to talk;
knows what tofsay , and how ta
say it to hold, the interest of his
hearers. .An apt story in his
hands lights uphis points and
fastens them irrttimirid of his
hearers. ; ' 7 . ":--" ;' ", -
The; Farmers tJi on at Rocky
Hock condiictsa Very successful
mercantile venturer -The mem
bers o f ? t h e v.nnioh. in? Chowan
county have a clear visiph of. the
relations oflthei-baJSnc of the
world to.the farmers, "know the
rights;ahd.duties of the farmers,
and-are -astute to . proteet those
rights and ;quict to perform those
duties! C:tW
every, respeict a mosjt 4ie)pf ul one.
In the society feature it was ' a
great success, exhtbifcing on the
part of,the; pepple,;.a,,spirit of
rendered e6od
ha; rteverfedaffitfor
real triendsmp and comradeship - ?
beautiful ( tosee.tOirliaation"M 1 7 t
with swjch:; people,, is. easy 7 and 1 J - f .
safe. - rr-.v - -ri
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