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A

History

 of

Halifax County,

North Carolina

Illustrated

By:  W.C. Allen

The Cornhill Company

Boston

1918

235 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

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CONTENTS

PART ONE

Chapter I. The original inhabitants
Chapter II. The evolution of the county
Chapter III. Early Settlements
Chapter IV. Formation of the county
Chapter V. Forerunners of the regulator movement
Chapter VI. Mutterings of the coming storm
Chapter VII. Leading up to the revolution
Chapter VIII. Halifax County and national independence
Chapter IX. National independence proclaimed in Halifax
Chapter X. The birthplace of the state constitution
Chapter XI. Early days of the revolution
Chapter XII. Halifax County and the American navy
Chapter XIII. Passing events
Chapter XIV. The British occupation of Halifax
Chapter XV. Halifax County and the national constitution
Chapter XVII. First two decades of the nineteenth century
Chapter XVIII. The visit of Lafayette
Chapter XIX. Intellectual development
Chapter XX. Social and economic development
Chapter XXI. Coming of the railroads
Chapter XXII. "Royal White Hart Lodge"
Chapter XXIII. Events leading to the Civil War
Chapter XXIV. In the legislative halls of the state
Chapter XXV. The call to arms
Chapter XXVI. War's alarms
Chapter XXVII. The construction and service of the Albemarle
Chapter XXVIII. Closing incidents of the war
Chapter XXIX. Reconstruction days
Chapter XXX. Since Reconstruction days
Chapter XXXI. Some odds and ends of history
Chapter XXXII. Summary

PART TWO

Builders of the County
Chapter I. Joseph Montford
Chapter II. John Baptista Ashe
Chapter III. Willie Jones
Chapter IV. William R. Davie
Chapter V. James Hogan
Chapter VI. Samuel Weldon
Chapter VII. John Haywood
Chapter VIII. Willis Alston
Chapter IX. Willis Alston, Jr. 
Chapter X. Nicholas Long
Chapter XI. Orondates Davis
Chapter XII. John Bradford
Chapter XIII. John Paul Jones
Chapter XIV. Abraham Hodge
Chapter XV. John Branch
Chapter XVI. Hutchings G. Burton
Chapter XVII. Joseph J. Daniel
Chapter XVIII. John R. J. Daniel
Chapter XIX. Bynum and Potter
Chapter XX. Bartholomew F. Moore
Chapter XXI. Andrew Joyner
Chapter XXII. Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Chapter XXIII. Edward Conigland
Chapter XXIV. Junius Daniel
Chapter XXV. Francis M. Parker
Chapter XXVI. Spier Whitaker
Chapter XXVII. Walter N. Allen
Chapter XXVIII. Thomas L. Emry
Chapter XXIX. Richard H. Smith
Chapter XXX. George Green Lynch
Chapter XXXI. Thomas N. Hill
Chapter XXXII. Peter Evans Smith
Chapter XXXIII. Robert O. Burton, D. D.
Chapter XXXIV. Robert O. Burton, Jr. 
Chapter XXXV. William T. Shaw, Jr.
Others Who Have Wrought

Surnames Listed in Index

Allen, Alston, Alston, Ashe, Baker, Barrow, Blount, Bradford, Branch, Burgess, Burke, Burton, Bynmn,

Campbell, Caswell, Champion, Clark, Collins, Conigland, Cox, Crawley, Crowell, Daniel, Davie, Davis,

Dawson, Day, Dewey, Drew, Dunn, Eaton, Elliott, Emery, Geddy, Glasgow, Green, Hamilton, Harnett, Haynes, Haywood, Hewes, Hill, Hodge, Hogan, Hooper, Ivedell, Irwin, Johnston, Jones, Joyner, Kinchin, Kitchin, Leech, London, Long, Lynch, Lowe, McCullough, Martin, Miller, Milner, Montford, Moore, Munday, Nash, Noblin, Parker, Parsons, Pearce, Penn, Peterson, Potter, Quarles, Rice, Scurlock, Sevier, Shaw, Simmons, Smith, Spaight, Starkey, Sumner, Tyron, Webb, William, Weldon, Wheaton, Whitaker, Whitefield, Willis, Williams, Williamson,