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| | Sheriff's Office of Cabarrus County |
 | | The county of Cabarrus was formed on December 29, 1792, and seven justices were named by Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight to serve the new county: the Robert Harrises, Senior and Junior, took the oath of office along with William Scott, John Allison, Edward Giles, David Jarrett, and Joseph Shinn. |
 | | The county seat, then only a village, was filled with the excitement of jurors from all parts of the county, merchants hawking their wares, and those who merely came to enjoy the spectacle. |
 | | In the sparse minutes of this first governing body for Cabarrus County we find a record of steady growth as new roads were laid off and carefully maintained, and bridges were erected at the old fords. |
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