Onslow County NcArchives Court.....Election, Writ Of 1769 ************************************************ 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: Rosie H. Guthrie n/a October 8, 2009, 1:59 pm Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina Written: 1769 Writ of election for Onslow County George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 May 18, 1769 Volume 08, Page 40 [From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.] North Carolina祐s. George the Third by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith &c. To the 覧 Sheriff of Onslow 覧 County. We Command You to Summon and warn the Freeholders within our County 覧 of Onslow 覧 to meet at the Court House in the said County 覧 on the eighteenth Day of July next, then and there to choose and Elect Two 覧 Representatives duly qualified to sit and Vote in the General Assembly of our said Province, to be held at New Bern, on the nineteenth Day of October next 覧 then and there to consult on the weighty and Arduous Affairs of Government. Herein you are not to fail; and have you then and there this Writ, with your doings thereupon. Witness our Trusty and well-beloved William Tryon Esquire, our Captain General and Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over our said Province, at Wilmington the eighteenth 覧 Day of May, in the Ninth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Anno Domini 1769. Wm. TRYON. By His Excellency's Command Benja Heron Sec. Onslow County. Pursuant to this writt I did warn the Freeholders of Onslow and they mett on the day at the Court House & Voted according to Law預nd on closing the Poll, Will Cray and Richd Ward were duly Elected憂uly 18th 1769. LEWIS WILLIAMS Sheriff. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/onslow/court/election1198wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb