Randolph County, NC - New-Market Town - Act to Establish, 1813

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An Act to establish and lay off a town on the lands of Shubal Gardner
in the county of Randolph

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Alexander
Gray, Benjamin Marman, Robert Walker, John Moss and Benjamin Elliot,
be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay off a town on
the lands of Shubal Gardner in Randolph county, to be called and known
by the name of New-Market, and that the aforesaid commissioners or a
majority of them shall be, and they are hereby authorised to lay off
forty acres of land into acre and half acre lots, with convenient
streets or alleys, as to them shall appear most advisable; and the
said lots when so laid off shall be for the sole benefit and free
disposal of the said Shubal Gardner.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1813
Chapter CXI
Page 40

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