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Historical Raleigh. with Sketches of Wake County (From 1771) CHAS. E. JOHNSON, President C. B EDWARDS, Vice-President WALTERS DURHAM. Cashier CHAS. E. JOHNSON, JR., Asst. Cashier MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK INCORPORATED 1896 LET US HELP YOU SAVE WE PAY FOUR PER CENT INTEREST COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY DIRECTORS Thos. B. Crowder Thos. H. Briggs President Edward R. Pace J. \\iLi.iA>f Bailey A. R. D..Johnson John a. Kemi- Thos. B. Crowder Wm. B. Grimes W. W.Vass COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY ON DEPOSITS Historical Raleigh (enlarged and revised edition) WITH SKETCHES OF WAKE COUNTY (FROM 1771) AND ITS IMPORTANT TOWNS DESCRIPTIVE, BIOGRAPHICAL, EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL, RELIGIOUS ILLUSTRATED BT MOSES N. AMIS OF THB RALBKiH BAR AcTBOR Amiss North Carolina Criming CODR AND DIOKST Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1913. by Moses N. Amis, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington Commercial Printing Company pkintp:rs and binders raleigh, n. c. 1913 tZ(,f B. S. JERMAN, President E. B. CROW, Cashier A. A. THOMPSON, Vice-President A. P. BAUMAN, Assistant Cashier t i. BIO -"-ft-jiM;^ The Commercial National Bank Raleigh, N. C. The above is a roproduetion of the haiulsoine new ten-story, steel-const rnctod, bank and office buiUling now occiip-ed by Thk Commercial National Bank, corner llartin and Wihuington streets. J^,SO ©CI.A350808 . CONTENTS Page. Organization of Wake County 11 Joel Lane and Bloomsbury 23 Sittings of the General Assembly During the Revolution 29 Location of a Permanent Capital 31 Location of the County Seat 37 Plan of the City 41 First State-House, or Capitol 49 Erection of the Governor's "Palace," or Mansion 53 Burning of the State-House 55 Erection of a New Capitol 57 First City Government . 63 Death of George Washington 66 Early Settlers or Inhabitants, Their W^ork and Their Descendants 67 Early Newspapers and Their Publishers 83 Oldest Living Inhabitants 86 Fires. Fire-Engines and Waterworks in Raleigh's Early History. 88 Raleigh's First Street-Cars 90 First Steam Railway Entering the Capital 91 Raleigh's Original Market-House 94 Old-Time Public (or "Free") Schools 97 The Nat Turner Insurrection and Its Effect Upon the People of Raleigh 98 Religious 99 Early Hotels, or Taverns 103 The Birthplace of a President—Andrew Johnson 104 Educational 106 Early Lawyers . Ill Lawyers of Later Periods 112 General La Fayette's Visit to Raleigh 114 A Distinguished Visitor—Henry Clay 116 The Decade From 1850 to 1860 118 How the Military Boys Were Trapped by a Hotel Man 125 Conditions in ISOO 125 The Dawn of a Perilous Period 128 The Stars and Bars Unfurled 129 North Carolina Renounces Her Allegiance to the Federal Union. 131 Preparations For the "Irrepressible Conflict" 133 Stirring Events in Raleigh—1861-1865 136 Sacking of Newspaper Offices 139 Surrender of Raleigh to General Sherman 140 Assassination of President Lincoln 145 Confederate Veterans—L. O. B. Branch Camp, No. 515, U. C. V.. 148 Municipal Affairs After the War 148 Andrew Johnson's Visit to His Boyhood Home 150 Historical Scraps 152 5 6 contents Page. The Capital City of Half a Century Ago and the Metropolis OF To-Day : Raleigh's Enterprising, Public-Spirited Citizens and Successful Busines-s Men 154 The Capital City of To-Day 174 Historical Sketches : Apex, 213; Cardenas, 221; Cary, 224: Fuquay Springs, 287; Garner. 231 ; Holly Springs, 243 ; Morrisville, 252 ; Walie Forest. 253; Wakefield, 257; Wendell, 258; Zebulon, 266 Biographical Sketches : Alford, George Benton 247 Ball, Jesse Griffin 178 Boushall, Joseph Dozier 183 Broughton, Needhani Bryant ISO Broughton, Joseph Thomas 236 Brown. Joseph Gill 177 Bunn, Falcouer Elmo 276 Coltrane, Dr. Jesse Franklin 274 Cooper, William Alexander 187 Cox, Charles Frederick 210 Creech, Ransom Right 284 Daniel. Elbert Clifton 280 Dry, Marcus Baxter 225 GriflSn, Mallie Asa 262 Harrison, Robert Johnson 228 Holding, Henry Graham 256 Horton. Thomas Jackson 270 Johnson, Kemp Bethea 221 King, Oral Gentry 204 Litcbford. Henry Evans 201 Mial, Millard 207 Mills. John Allison 190 Montague, George Boston 240 Moser, Early Hampton 272 Nor\Aood. George Thomas 193 Park, John Alsey 107 Rand, Ilallie Delmo 233 Roberts, William Tilden 204 Rosengarten, Aleck 194 Sears, Lonnie Jefferson 219 Simpkins, William Aloii/.o 185 Thompson, Alfred Augustus 209 Utley. Williams Francis 216 Whitley. Joha .Mike 282 Wiggs, William Larkin 278 Woodall. Cliarles Leandrew 199 INTRODUCTION Mr. M. l!^. Amis, the author and publisher of Historical Raleigh, with Sketches of Wake County and Its Im- portant Towns, is rendering to the present and future gen- erations a most valuable contribution. To do this he has given days, weeks, and months of patient and persistent re- search. There may be some casual reader who will think it an easv task to run down and dig out the information herein con- tained, but certainly no person that has ever undertaken the task of collecting history will fail to see the time, care, and labor Mr, Amis has bestowed upon this work, when the matter has been examined. We bespeak for the author the gratitude of our people, and wish for him the gTeat success in the publication that he so richly deserves. !N^EEDHAM B. BrOUGHTON. Raleigh, N. C, July 24, 1913. J o p E T W O M Twentieth Century E E Store Service T L Sometimes there may arise in your affairs complications which will require the ser- vices of a watchmaker or jeweler. R We hope our well known service will E force you to appreciate just such a per- I fected general jewelry business as we oti'er you. It embraces everything in the trade, con- S R taining features of which either single ser- vice might well be the pride of any store. T S Jolly & Wynne Jewelry Co. S 128 FAYETTEVILLE STREET ; AUTHOR'S PREFACE The cordial welcome and good will which Histokical Raleigh, published ten years ago, received from a kind and indulgent public, is the author's apology for this work. The present effort, as the title indicates, is of broader scope than its predecessor, the design of the author being to include in this work sketches of the principal towns of Wake County and brief biographies of some of their prominent citizens. Only in rare instances has mention been made in the work of any individuals except of those who, in their respective spheres of usefulness, have been contributors to the well being, either moral, intellectual or industrial, of their communities but as to these, however modest their station and limited their sphere, a proper regard for the true purpose of history has prompted favorable mention. In the preparation of the work the author's desire has been to make it not only interesting to the reader of the present generation, but that it should sen^e also as a repository of the matter herein found, and thus prove valuable to those who are to come after us in future time. ^,^, H^^ Raleigh, N. C, .July 24, 1913. Stetson Shoes Stetson Hats Crawford Shoes Roeloff's Hats LATEST STYLES RELIABLE GOODS The Home of Good Clothes HIGH-CLASS TAILORING . AT POPULAR PRICES JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMPANY 122 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, N. C. COAL, WOOD, ICE, BRICK 10 : — : ORGANIZATION OF WAKE COUNTY "As he is a bad man who is ashamed of an honest parentage be- cause it was poor and humble, so he is no better who is ashamed of his country because its history records few or none of the bloody triumphs of ambition, but tells the simple story of a people's imob- trusive progress in civilization and homely comfort. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, North Carolina's famous historian. The County of Wake, in which the capital of North Carolina is situate, was formed in 1771, from portions of Cumberland, Orange and Johnston—chiefly from the latter. The act of the Colonial Assembly authorizing the establishment of the new county was ratified in 1770, but was not to take effect, however, until March 12, 1771. The first term of court began June 4th of that year. The first sheriff was Michael Rogers, maternal great-grand- father of the late Dr. F. J. Haywood. The first sheriff after the organization of the City of Raleigh (1792) was Richard Banks. The population of the county by the census of 1790 was 10,192; of 1910, 63,229. The following is the text of the act organizing the county "Act for the Erection of Wahe County and St. Margaret's Parish. "Whereas, the large extent of said counties of Johnston, Cum- berland and Orange renders it grievous and burthensome to many of the inhabitants thereof to attend the courts, general musters, and other public meetings therein "Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Assembly, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the twelfth day of March next after the passing of this act, the said counties of Johnston, Cumberland and Orange be divided by the follow- ing lines—that is to say, beginning at Edgecombe line on Moco- sin Swamp, a mile above James Lea's Plantation, running a direct line to ISTeuse River, at the upper end of John Bedding- field's Plantation ; then to David Mimm's mill and Tanner's old 11 12 HISTORICAL RALEIGH A. E. GLENN J. R. WILLIAMS Glenn & Williams RALEIGH, N. C. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS GRAINING AND ENAMELING A SPECIALTY Estimates Furnished and Work Done Anywhere in the State Office 121 S. Salisbury Street : SKETCHES OF WAKE COrNTY 13 mill; then the same course continued to the ridge which divides Cumherland and Johnston counties ; then a straight line to Orange line, at the lower end of Richard Hill's Plantation, on Buckhorn ; then the same course continued five miles ; then to the corner of Johnston County, on Granville line; then with the same line and Bute line to Edgecombe line, and along Edge- combe line to the beginning; be thenceforth erected into a dis- tinct county and parish b};- the name of Wake County and St.
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