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I son^anS: R^rt L.- Madison., ji^ljl '
I ii*, of the county, and was an important
factor in both. He later served
I thi; district in the State Senate.
Gen. E- R. Hampton is generally
I cm ltd the father of Sylva. He seI
cured the postoffice for the little setI
tlement He, A. B, Dills, and D. J.
I Allen hauled the lumber and erected
I the railroad station at their own/expense,
and Gen. Hampton acted as
I depot agent for several years without
pay, in order to induce the RichI
nond arid Danville Railway Company
to stop their trains hfere and '
I make Sylva a station, (
A. M. Parker was a well known (
I figure in Jackson, county for many
yea^s. - Later he moved to Arkan- a
I sas. and died these. \
I Y/. M. Burno.iiqas a Sylva merchant 1
I He moved froihvSylva to Tennesseb
I and died there. V
I i apt. A. W. Bryson was a captain '
in the Confederate Army, ailtMyas a
I co? tractor. He died in Sylva in }\
I Prof. Robert L. Madsion is the only"]
sui ivor of the original u^ivcio 'w?,
Syiva. The same year, 1889, he went j
to Cullowhee and began the school ,
that*has now become Western Carolina
Teachers College. At the time
of j"
police pflieer, We3f B
veteran,' and.
o: the county for many years. He
removed lo Dillsboro, where he died.
On Monday, May 6, the first muni*
t?1,1
clpal election in uie town was uciu, i
and 0. E. Coward was elected Mayor, j
J. S. Jarrctt, A. M. Parker, A. W.
Uryson, R. L. Madison, and. B. H. (
iinernn, were elected alderman, and
S A. Davis, marshal.
Tne petition to the General Assembly
requesting that Sylva be incorporated
waS published in the.
1 uckaseigee Democrat on Jan. 19,
lo89. It reads:
? TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that application
will be made to the General
Assembly now in session to pass an.
iici granting a cnaner giving a municipal
government to the Town of
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Sylva, the M^it^of the^ame to^s';.
ftwnaerof Syli*, 0. B. Cewerd, mcrchaQX,
J& A. Mpore, carpen'xiy lumberman
and capitalist, W. M. Bums,
lumberman and merchant, S. A.
Davis, earpenter, A. V7. Biy^on ecu-'
carp^nior,:
J. W. Divelbiss, liveryman, and J.
Thd' following eneerptc are taken
from the original charter of the
town:
Chapter 139
Publfe Law:; of 1889
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An act to incorporate the.Tov/h of
3ylva in the county of Jackson, and
i - ?>-A'-ino for the Liocal Government
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thereof.
dccuoii 1. That the Town of Sylvc.,
in the county of Jackson, be arr.l tho
jame is hereby incorporated by the
name and style of the Town of S/lva,
and it shall be subject to the provisions
of law now existing in:refer-i
ance to incorporated towns.
Sec. 2. That the corporate limits
if the said town shall be as follows:
One-half mile east, west, north and t
south from the southeast corner of
the depot as now located, and shall
run with the four cardinal points of
Jve cdmpass so as to. form an exact
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Sec. 3. That the-officers.-of the
said town shall consist oi a m -yor,
five commissioners and a marshal. *
who shall also be chiel of police, anasuch
additional policj officers as th
commissioners may provide td&hjt;
an ordinance for that purpose,;'ant
the commissioners shall also hav<
t?ower. xo eitci appoint a secretary
m ysiiw mm tTOJTJT Tl'iSv'L'viWiy eat -f
aiate elections are" lield; All mal
citizens over twenty-one years of ag
who have resided izr the State tweh
months, and ninety days in said co.
pi ration previous to ti e day of elcc
den, shall be entitled to vote at sa
election.
Sec. id. For tiie purpose of carrj ,
mg tliis act into immediate operatio.
and until their successors are electc
on the first Monday in May, 18?
and qualified, the following perso.
shall fill said offices for mayor, con
a.issioner and marshal, viz.: Mayt
u. B. Coward; coinmisaioners, E. .
Hampton, A. M. Parker, W. M. Burn.
A. W. Bryson, and H. L. Madiso:
marshal. J. C. Fisher.
Sec. 16. Nothing in this act sha
he construed to authorize the man a
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/LVA MADE COUN
SEAT IN 1913 ELE<
in 1913 the Court House a
- county government were r
om Webster to Sylva, folic
npaign of great bitterness
I'iie General Assembly of tfc
iiorized an election on the c
removal, and the construe
lew court house and jail a I
/ the event a majority of the
juld favor the removal.
The campaign ensued and
s were discussed from one
2 "county to th~: other, b
own citizens, some favori
ve and others opposing it
1 'oliowing the election, conts
the new buildings was beg
\ Tied to completion.
'he first court was held, witl
ink Carter, presiding
jvlva's First
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lylva's first church buildh
cted in 1892 by the B6pti<
Ration. It was built on {J
ere Sylva Collegiate^Institi;
, :r located.
ture or sale of spirituous,
malt liquors in said tbwn.
Sec. 17. That this act shal
;ce and effect from ?hd aJ
istification.
Ratified the 9th of March,
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:tion
nd seat ^ay 14, 1890: ?rdinance
emoved town commissiPaers defined
wing a ' lowing as trie streets of the t<
(declared them open toi put
Main street, extending from
at year ftear j 3 Rochester's on t
[uestion to branch east of E. R. Hj
iticn jof house.
; sviva v W street extending frt
branch at the line of E. R. I
voters ana.- jos. Baum up the
of tha railrnnW r
the is- [ open space around the depot
end of cree^ ^ Hampton's m
well ^:cncc up cree^ to ford i
^ acW' bridge cast of kaolin
ng the ^pj-ing street, from Mill stre
lift? ?ie depot to Jackson stree
iruction .vhere R. M. Davis lives,
un and Jackson., street from Sprinj
izst to Walnut street
[ Wjalnut street from Mill s
1 Judge v.p raiiror.d to Jackson ctreei
Balsam street from Mill s
railroad to Jackson street
Keener street, from Man s
Mill street at railroad.
Allen street from Mill st
iff was me CFPorauan line,
f mn North Railroad street from
hi MIL slhsct to D< z- DiUard's west
ite was Brendle street, from Aller
at the bridge to corporation lit
Love street, from Allen si
"vinous ot Brendle street to t
porated line, east.
[ be in Caicade Avenue, from ]
Iter its stree*to corporation line neai
Bumgarner's Hampton, street
^ p Allen street east to line of J
McComb, Jr.'s line. ^
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I The Tudkaseigee Democrat, Jan.
I 19, 1889, speaks of the plans for the
I erection of to^ffrst churchr building
I 'in Sylva.
I Says the democrat: "Efforts are,
I being made looking to the early erecI
tion of a house of worship for the
9 M3E. Church, South. We hope to .
I able to give next week, a deflate J
I report of the plans and purposes of I
I toe ^building committee. Sylvg is
I entering upon its fifth year ftn|^^e
I and push it to speedy completion.
he Democrat is also desirous of seea
?ahtisr church built here as
soon as possible.
I The nhins fell through, and the
Methodists waited several years before
erecting a house of worship.
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south
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and up
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factory. X
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line. . J
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reet at
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JfT.THE LATE MR. J. S. JAR3
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loe once had a tannery oq fttlrwil ji
that ruM down from tha UMliljt
fty fan tWhrtir fTrtiliiM li h m| ,
of Judft Cunm'i old heme, rsfcrred Jm
to by lfr. 8jrlva, and in front of tht 1
old of Gapt wow owned I
and occupied bjr'Mit. O. B. Coward.
This is the repttqp.that the branch Is K
referred to in old deeds as "Taneard
Mr. Sylva, a Dane, came from.
none knowa where. He never told; I
but he puts up a good case for him- jfl
self in his letted when he refers to
his character. He was i rolling stout
and would probably have been for- ffl
gotten in this part o| the world, had M
not a little girl, who was attached * X-M
him, given hit name to the teem. m
will note; whanl* surale* the* .
meet of the town must be on the ifl
Nprth side ot Scott1# Creek, and that |
the depot was probably located there. J
The railroad eeitMf-lom^e South |
North, and the town jfoUowe# the I
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