JONES COUNTY Fact & Folklore 200 Years - 1779 - 1979

Henderson, Surena B., editor

Published by Surena B. Henderson, 1979

About this Item

1st edition thus, 1979. A Good+ copy. 4to., 96 pp., bound in publishers illustrated white stiff wraps. Some soiling and fading to wraps with a small closed tear on front cover. Text appears to be unmarked. A SCARCE title. The area eventually encompassing Jones County was inhabited by Tuscarora Native Americans before the arrival of German and Swiss settlers in the early 1700s. The county was formed in 1779 from the southwestern part of Craven County. It was named for Willie Jones, a planter, slaveholder, Revolutionary leader, and president of the North Carolina Committee of Safety during the war. He opposed state ratification of the United States Constitution and did not attend the Fayetteville Convention, which voted to ratified it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JONES COUNTY Fact & Folklore 200 Years - 1779 - 1979
• Publisher: Surena B. Henderson
• Publication Date: 1979
• Binding: Wraps
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Good+
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