Abstracts from the Edenton Gazette and North Carolina General Advertiser Chowan County North Carolina 1813 and extant issues from 1814 1816-1819. (Volume #3)

<p><span style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1)>By: Raymond Parker Fouts Pub. 1993 reprinted 2024 178 pages Index 8 1/2 x 11 ISBN #978-1-63914-179-1. Edenton is a town located in Chowan County NC. which is in the northeastern portion of the state. It served as the second capitol of the state or Provience of NC as is was the first European settlement within the state. Settlers began arriving in the mid to late 1600's as adventurers leaving the Jamestown area started searching the wilderness for new lands and a natural bay on the northern shore of the Albemarle Sound was geographical and natural fit to solve this dilemma. Newspaper abstracts are a wonderful source of genealogical information. The author has included all pertinent genealogical information found within this newspaper such as: advertisements of articles for sale sheriff's sales grandy jury lists legal notices help wanted notices estate notices wanted notices marriage and death notices letters remaining in the local post office. These notices cover events etc. happening in and around Chowan County along with surrounding counties. This is a veritable goldmine of heretofore unavailable information is now at hand that may not be available in any other form. Also there are many scattered references to Virginians throughout these abstracts due to the proximity the area.  </span></p>