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	Clay County Webmaster--State Symbols of North Carolina
		North Carolina ranks 20th among dairy producing states in the nation with nearly 1,000 dairy farmers producing 179 million gallons of milk per year.
		North Carolina granite has been used for many magnificent edificies of government throughout the United States such as the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kitty Hawk, the gold depository at Fort Knox, the Arlington Memorial Bridge and numerous courthouses throughout the land.
		North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation harvesting over four billion pounds of the vegetable in 1989.
	www.main.nc.us /clay/ncarolina.html (4193 words)

	North Carolina - LoveToKnow 1911
		North Carolina has a climate which varies from that of the S.E. corner, which approaches the sub-tropical, to that of the Mountain Region, which is like the medium continental type, except that the summers are cooler and the rainfall is greater.
		The population 1 of North Carolina increased from 1,399,750 in 1880 to 1, 61 7,949 in 1890, or 15.6%; to 1,893,810 in 1900, a further increase of 17.1%; and to 2,206,287 in 1910, an increase of 16.5% since 1900.
		North Carolina is one of the few states to experiment with the inheritance tax, but the last law dealing with that subject was repealed in 1899.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /North_Carolina (9349 words)

	North Carolina History Project : Constitution of 1835
		The constitutional revisions of 1835 resulted in great part from North Carolina’s acceptance of Jacksonian democracy, a poltical movement that emphasized participation of the common man in the political process.
		By the 1830s, demands for reform came primarily from three quarters: westerners (at the time primarily from the Piedmont), who wanted equitable geographic representation in the General Assembly; Whig politicians, who disliked Democratic domination of state politics; and economic planners, who wanted to build internal improvements that easterners had prevented.
		The lower House of the General Assembly would be based on the federal census; no county would have less than one representative in the 120-member body.
	www.northcarolinahistory.org /encyclopedia/32/entry (822 words)

	North Carolina History Project : Marriage, History of
		Accordingly, the Assembly in Albemarle, in its 1669-1670 session, passed An Act Concerning Marriages, which provided that, in the absence of a minister, a couple could wed in the presence of “three or fower of their Neighbors” before the governor or a councilor.
		To “prevent clandestine and Unlawful Marriages,” the General Assembly at Edenton gave Justices of the Peace the authority to solemnize marriages in any parish that had no resident minister or in a county with a minister, with his consent.
		North Carolina historian William S. Powell estimates that “two-thirds of all marriages prior to 1868 were by banns, [for] they were quicker and cheaper than licenses.” Banns recorded in the churches were not public records.
	www.northcarolinahistory.org /encyclopedia/141/entry (1190 words)

	North Carolina Appellate Court Cases - Opinions of Court Case Law from NC - North Carolina Court - unoffical reports - ...
		The questions presented for review are whether the North Carolina common-law rule that custody of an illegitimate child presumptively vests in the mother has been abrogated by statutory and case law and whether that presumption violates the federal and state Constitutions.
		It is against this background that we consider the dispositive issue for which plaintiff appealed of right to this Court: Whether the North Carolina common-law rule that custody of an illegitimate child presumptively vests in the mother hasbeen abrogated by statutory and case law.
		Given the changes to our General Statutes discussed supra, the effects of acknowledging paternity, a judicial determination of paternity, and legitimation proceedings are similar: The illegitimate child is able to inherit by and through the father, the father is able to inherit from his child, and the father's consent is needed for adoption.
	www.romingerlegal.com /northcarolina/HTML/322-02-1.htm (6023 words)

	Merlefest North Carolina - Wilkesboro, North Carolina
		In 1799, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed a committee headed by Thomas Fields, a surveyor, to acquire 50 acres around the temporary courthouse to provide land for a permanent courthouse and other official county buildings and to organize the town.
		The Wilkes County court, chaired by General William Lenoir, a hero of the Battle of Kings Mountain, took the Fields committee deeds and divided the land into a grid of streets and lots with a public square in the middle for the courthouse and public facilities.
		In 1847, the town of Wilkesboro was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
	www.wilkesboronorthcarolina.com /history.asp (820 words)

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		The North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 met in three sessions in three locations in the years 1778 and 1779.
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		The North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 met in two sessions in New Bern, North Carolina, from April 7 to May 9,...
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	NC Museum of History: History Highlights - North Carolina Women's History Time Line
		Dorothea Dix spends three months in North Carolina studying the treatment of the unfortunate and lobbying the state government to build a hospital for the mentally ill. Her persistence and persuasion are rewarded in 1856, when the state legislature makes its first appropriation to a hospital for the insane.
		North Carolina is the only state to have a fl woman's temperance union, and by 1891 WCTU No. 2 will have 400 members in 19 chapters.
		The first petition to the North Carolina General Assembly for woman suffrage is referred to the committee on insane asylums.
	ncmuseumofhistory.org /nchh/womenshist.html (1276 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: North Carolina
		North Carolina produces nearly all the crops grown in the United States with the exception of sub-tropical cane and fruits.
		North Carolina ranked third among all the States, and tobacco, in which she ranked second.
		North Carolina in 1887, he was consecrated titular Bishop of Messene 1 July, 1888.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11108a.htm (3046 words)

	Free Blacks in Antebellum North Carolina
		In looking at court cases and county records in North Carolina, not all laws, especially those in the 1800’s, were created as results of current problems facing the state, but rather reactions to problems facing neighboring states, particularly Virginia.
		In 1776, the state constitution of North Carolina gave back the right to vote to free fls until a new constitution was written in 1835.
		As a result, the General Assembly of North Carolina passed an act requiring the registration of free people of color who resided in the towns of previously stated, as well as free fls who were visiting these four cities for three days or more.
	www.genealogyforum.org /monthlytopic/february/ncfreeaa.php (4319 words)

	NC Museum of History: History Highlights - Eighteenth-Century North Carolina
		Assembly delegates choose New Bern as the colonial capital and vote for equal representation among the counties.
		The North Carolina Assembly appropriates £5,000 for the construction of a governor’s mansion in New Bern.
		North Carolina recognizes settlements in what is now Tennessee as Washington County, and in 1783 Davidson County, including present-day Nashville, is formed in the Cumberland River valley.
	www.ncmuseumofhistory.org /nchh/eighteenth.html (6670 words)

	The Avalon Project : Constitution of South Carolina - March 19, 1778
		The clerk of the privy council shall keep a regular journal of all their proceedings, in which shall be entered the yeas and nays on every question, and the opinion, with the reasons at large, of anv member who desires it; which journal shall be laid before the legislature when required by either house.
		This constitution was framed by the general assembly of South Carolina, by which it was passed as an " act " March 19, 1778, although it did not go into effect until November, 1778.
		It was soon afterwards declared by the supreme court of South Carolina that both the constitution of 1776 and the constitution of 1778 were simply acts of the general assembly, which that body could repeal or amend at pleasure.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/states/sc02.htm (1899 words)

	North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 met in three sessions in three locations in the years 1778 and 1779.
		The first session was held in New Bern from April 14 to May 2, 1778; the second session in Hillsborough, from August 8 to August 19, 1778; the third and final session in Halifax, from January 19 to February 13, 1779.
		Each North Carolina county elected one Senator and two members of the House of Commons; 6 borough towns also elected one House member each.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly_of_1778 (641 words)

	The Carolina Colony
		In 1704 an act that would have required members of the colonial assembly to adhere to the rites of the Church of England was defeated.
		Despite its leadership in the Revolution, NORTH CAROLINA was the next to last of the 13 original states to ratify the federal Constitution (November 1789).
		South Carolina was the eighth state to ratify the federal Constitution, on May 23, 1788.
	www.sandersweb.net /nc/carolinacolony.htm (763 words)

	North Carolina General Assembly information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina.
		It is made up of the North Carolina House of Representatives (formerly the North Carolina House of Commons) and the North Carolina Senate, which have 120 and 50 members, respectively.
		The General Assembly meets in the state capital of Raleigh, North Carolina.
	www.search.com /reference/North_Carolina_General_Assembly (178 words)

	North Carolina General Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina.
		The General Assembly is a bicameral legislature, consisting of the North Carolina House of Representatives (formerly the North Carolina House of Commons) and the North Carolina Senate.
		The British colony of Carolina (under the control of the “Lords Proprietors” before becoming a royal province in 1729) had a unicameral legislature from approximately 1666 to 1697, consisting of the Governor, his council, and representatives of various precincts and towns, elected by male freeholders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly (1432 words)

	Gaston County Web
		It is bounded on the east by the Catawba River and Mecklenburg County, on the west by Cleveland County, on the north by Lincoln County and on the south by York County, South Carolina.
		Gaston County was created on December 21, 1846, by the North Carolina State General Assembly to promote the public health, safety and welfare and to secure the peace and dignity of the County.
		Under the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the Board of County Commissioners replaced the justices of the peace as the governing body of the county.
	www.co.gaston.nc.us /CountyProfile.htm (2246 words)

	Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests - About Us
		Andrew Pickens is the namesake for the mountain district of the Sumter National Forest in the northwest corner of South Carolina.
		In the spring of 1778, he was appointed colonel of the Regiment of Ninety Six South Carolina Militia.
		The General Pickens District began with land acquired in 1914 in what was called the Savannah Purchase Unit under the authority of the 1911 Weeks Act.
	www.fs.fed.us /r8/fms/forest/about/andrewpickens.shtml (1133 words)

	Official State Symbols of North Carolina
		The gray squirrel is a common inhabitant of most areas of North Carolina from "the swamps of eastern North Carolina to the upland hardwood forests of the piedmont and western counties." The squirrel feels more at home in an "untouched wilderness" environment, although many squirrels inhabit city parks and suburbs.
		The General Assembly of 1893 adopted the words "Esse Quam Videri" as the State's motto and directed that these words with the date "20 May, 1775," be placed with our Coat of Arms upon the Great Seal of the State (Session Laws 1893, c.
		The Carolina colony was divided in 1710, when the Lords Proprietors appointed Edward Hyde to be "...Governour for North Carolina Independent of the Governour of South Carolina." The southern part was called South Carolina and the older, northern settlement North Carolina.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/symbols/symbols.htm (5440 words)

	Moores Creek National Battlefield: Administrative History (Chapter 1)
		After numerous failed attempts by Europeans to colonize North Carolina in the first half of the seventeenth century, English settlers moving south from Virginia finally established a firm foothold during the 1650s.
		North Carolinians were generally split among three groups-those who remained loyal to King George and Great Britain, those who supported rebellion, and those who stayed out of the controversy altogether.
		During this time, peace in the region was interrupted by the 1776-1777 Cherokee War, the 1778 British capture of Savannah in Georgia, and the unsuccessful 1779 attempt by Patriot and French forces to retake Savannah.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/mocr/adhi_1.htm (1417 words)

	Official site of Wes Lane, Real Estate Agent, Wake County, North Carolina, Triangle North Carolina Real Estate, Wake ...
		North Carolina real estate agent, Wes Lane, is ready to help you find the home or condo of your dreams in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Holly Springs, Wake Forest, Apex, Garner, Pittsboro, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Fuquay Farina or anywhere in North Carolina.
		Cotton mills and tobacco warehouses, North Carolina staples, fed the economy of Wake County for decades.
		Though it values its rich history, the capital city is now a modern metropolis complete with high-powered college sports at North Carolina State University and a major professional sports franchise in the Carolina Hurricanes NHL club.
	www.weslane.info (411 words)

	* Cherokee County Webmaster *
		Both berries are grown throughout the state and consumers can pick their own berries at farms from one end of North Carolina to the other, The NC Department of Agriculture provides a list of pick-your-own farms at NC Farm Fresh.
		The General Assembly of 2005 adopted Clogging as the official folk dance, and Shagging as the official popular dance.
		North Carolina granite has been used for many magnificent edifices of government throughout the United States such as the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kitty Hawk, the gold depository at Fort Knox, the Arlington Memorial Bridge and numerous courthouses throughout the land.
	www.main.nc.us /cherokee/ncarolina.html (5505 words)

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		And whereas the Senate and Assembly of this State of New York, in Legislature convened, have separately taken the said Articles of Confederation into their respective most deliberate and mature consideration, and by their several and respective resolutions, deliberately made and entered into for the purpose, have fully and entirely approved of the same.
		The representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general Assembly met, to the Hon Benjamin Franklin, Doctor of Laws, Robert Morris, Esq.
		Sir: The two houses of the general Assembly have taken into consideration the Confederacy proposed to the United States by the Continental Congress, and have Unanimously acceded thereto, and request your Excellency will be pleased to inform the president of the Continental Congress thereof by the earliest opportunity.
	gunshowonthenet.com /2ALEGAL/Origins/ContCongress06271778.html (3587 words)

	Delegates to the Constitutional Convention - National Constitution Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was ambitious, bold, an excellent speaker, and a key member of the nationalist caucus, although his inflated claims that he had submitted a draft of a plan for the government that was the real basis for the Constitution are unfounded.
		Pinckney returned to America in 1798 and was appointed a major general in command of U.S. forces in the South until the threat of war ended in 1800.
		He was a charter member of the board of trustees of South Carolina College (later the University of South Carolina), head of the Charleston Library Society, and a prominent member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
	www.constitutioncenter.org /explore/FoundingFathers/SouthCarolina.shtml (1432 words)

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		General Howe’s military strategy was one of winning the surrender of opposing forces, rather than destroying them; this tactic failed to nip the rebellion in the bud.
		General Washington’s strategy was to draw the British away from the seacoast, extending their lines of supply and draining their morale.
		General Burgoyne’s troops were forced to surrender to General Horatio Gates and his men at Saratoga, New York.
	www.uvm.edu /~jmoore/us/chapter6.ppt (2207 words)

	State Capitol / Visitor Services: North Carolina Office of Archives & History
		The legislature met in various towns throughout the state until 1792, when land was purchased from Col. Joel Lane, and Raleigh was established as the permanent capital of North Carolina.
		The marble steps in front (later moved to the north side) came from Cherokee County, and oak and heart pine were shipped from all across North Carolina for use in building the house.
		He is the sixty-seventh person to hold this office in North Carolina since the end of the American Revolution.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hs/capitol/EXEC/Exectour.htm (783 words)

	Constitution of South Carolina, 1778
		If a member of tile privy council shall die or depart this State during the recess of the general assembly, the privy council shall choose another to act in his room, until a nomination by the senate and house of representatives shall take place.
		To person whatsoever shall speak anything in their religious assembly irreverently or seditiously of the government of this State.
		This constitution was framed by the general assembly of South Carolina, by which it was passed as an " act " March 19, 1778, although it did not go into effect until November, 1778.
	www.nhinet.org /ccs/docs/sc-1778.htm (1878 words)

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