Wayne County, NC – Wayne County Militia - Act to Regulate

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1819-22, Chapter LIII - An Act further regulating the Militia of Wayne 
County. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, 
That a Battalion Muster shall hereafter be held at the plantation of 
Joseph Martin, in Wayne county, at which all the Militia residing on 
the north side of Naughuntea, in Wayne county, shall attend; and a 
Battalion Muster shall also be held at the Mills heretofore called 
Blackman's Mills, on the south side of Neuse river, in Wayne County, at 
which all the Militia residing on the south side of Neuse river, in 
Wayne county, shall attend; and the said Militia, attending the Battalion 
Musters by this act established, shall be exempt from attendance at the 
Musters at Waynesborough, except at General Reviews. II. Be it further 
enacted, That the Field Officers of the Militia of Wayne county shall 
attend the Battalion Musters of said county, and shall be liable to the 
same penalties for neglect as are by law now prescribed for failing to 
attend General Musters. III. Be it further enacted, That the Battalion 
and Regimental Courts Martial shall be held at the Court-House in said 
county; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina

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