Robeson County NcArchives News.....Marl Beds on James McGirt Land 1869
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September 18, 1869 - Wilmington [NC] Morning Star 1869
Marl.  A friend who resides in Robeson County informs us of several recent 
discoveries of marl beds in that county.  They were found on the lands of Jas. 
McGirt, Jas. Bracy and John McKellar, in the vicinity of Alfordsville, about four 
miles from the South Carolina line.  It is said to be a very superior quality of 
marl, and the gentleman who gave us the information has specimens of it, which he 
will present for inspection to Prof. Kerr, the State Geologist.  [Marl is a 
mixture of clays, carbonates of calcium and magnesium forming a loam used as 
fertilizer.  The land belonged to James McGirt, son of Duncan McGirt and Elizabeth 
McLean]


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