Montgomery County NcArchives News.....Delamothe House Burned November 9, 1809 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com November 10, 2008, 11:35 pm Thurs., Nov. 9, 1809, Raleigh Minerva November 9, 1809 ARSON Whereas, in the night of the 4th of October, a house belonging to HENRY DELAMOTHE, situated in Henderson, Montgomery County, was set on fire by some vile incendiary and burnt down together with about five or 600 pounds worth of property in it, and it is suspected that two Negro fellows belonging to CLAYBORNE HARRISS, ESQ., committed the above deed; a reward of two hundred dollars will be given to any person or persons who can give such information as will bring the offender, if a white person, to justice and punishment. Nov. 9 M. DELAMOTHE File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/montgomery/newspapers/delamoth497gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb