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| | Duplin County, North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | At the commencement of the Revolution, the people in Duplin County were generally united, They formed committees, elected their officers, encouraged the recruiting service, trained the militia in the exercise of arms, held frequent meetings; sent delegates to the conventions at Newbern, Hilsborough and Halifax. |
 | | Thus two Brittish armies marched through Duplin County in the year 1781, and after they were gone, their trace was scarcely perceiveable, the inhabitants on their approach retired out of their way, and as soon as they had passed by, returned to their houses, which they frequently found plundered and their stock driven off. |
 | | In June 1784, the county of Duplin was divided by a line running from the head of Rockfish Creek, where the road crosses Bull Tail branch, nearly north, crossing Stewarts Creek at the bridge and Turkey near the old courthouse, and Goshen at the mouth of Youngs Swamp. |
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