Stokes County NcArchives News.....Proposal for Building Brick Jail 1838 ************************************************ 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 January 5, 2009, 12:08 pm Carolina Patriot 1838 Fri., Feb. 23, 1838 PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING A BRICK JAIL The County Court of Stokes having appointed the undersigned Commissioners to contract for the building of a jail, at the Court House in Germanton, will receive proposal for the creation of the said building until the 15th of March next. The building to be Thirty by Forty Feet, Two Stories high, built with brick, and vovered with Tin, with three rooms for the Jailor and one for the Debtors below and four cells above, for criminals. The plan of the building, together with the specifications and style of building can be seen by applying to either of the subscribers at Germanton. JEREMIAH GIBSON JOHN L. BETTING CONSTANTINE L. BANNER, Committee File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/stokes/newspapers/proposal499nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb