Chapter I 13
Immigrants from Virginia — Early Indian troubles — Town Creek settled 1720 — Tar River expedition 1722 — Economic conditions of settlers — Precinct established — Political controversy 1733-1742 — Period of immigration — Commercial expansion — Halifax town 1744 — Erection of new counties — Tarboro incorporated — Account of Spanish War and incidents.
Chapter II 41 Colonial Government
English policy — Precinct courts — Oyer and Terminer courts — Courts of Justice — Superior Court in Enfield — Political representation contested — Function of local courts — Quit rent controversy — Taxation — Riot and rebellion — Corbin seized — Martin visits Tarboro — Political significance — War of Regulation — Tyron's appeal to the people — County representation.
Chapter III 73 Resolution
Pre-Revolutionary controversies — War preparations — Leaders and response to the cause — Troops in the revolution — Members in the Provincial Congress — Military organizations — Temporary government — War incidents in Tarboro— Tory uprisings — Martin plans negro insurrection — Economic conditions — Power of imprisonment suspended — Deserters in Edgecombe — Battles of Swift and Fishing Creeks — Wilmington aided — Close of hostilities.
Chapter IV 104
General Washington's visit — Rise of parties — Edgecombe and Federal convention — Delegates to the Continental Congress — County courts organized — ^County government — Inferior courts and Quarter Sessions — Convention of 1835 — Organization of parties — Henry Clay's visit 1845 — Political effect— Political leaders — Whig agitation — Democratic controversy — War with Mexico — Edgecombe volunteers — Military leaders — Coalition of parties — Southern Rights movement — Campaign of 1860.
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