FRANKLIN COUNTY, NC - MISCELLANEOUS, Notes from James Auld Diary (1765-1789) ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Lisa Graham LisaGraham32@aol.com ==================================================================== Dairy & Notebook of James Auld (1765-1789) This notebook was found in the William Papers, Box 32 in the manuscript Dept., William R. Perkins Library at Duke University. The diary is said to be made by JAMES AULD in his own handwriting & is now part of the collection at Duke University. James Auld was a prominent Lawyer. He migrated from Maryland to Halifax NC. A bonus item is in this diary. A collection of fees for marriage license in 1765-1766 in Halifax Co and the recording of the names of the bride & grooms & dates. May 5, 1766 Marr. Lysence Thomas Wiggins & Francis Brown March 20, 1766 James Drake & Hartwell Davis Sept. 17, 1765 Richard Burt & Eliza Williams Sept. 9, 1765 Elisha Hunter & Ann Edwards May 8 blank Edward Barrett & Priscilla Marshall May 20, 1766 Edward Jones & Elizabeth Smith June 11, 1766 Elias Hilliard & Lydia Pope no date Arthur Whitehurst & Frances Fawsett Aug.12 1766 John Williamson & Abbe Whitehead Jan. 15, 1766 Benjamin Barron & Lin Williams James Auld's Dairy has a note handwritten by someone else that says James Auld d. 8 May 1782 wf Rosanna d. 11 Nov. 1792 Anson C.