Wayne County NcArchives History .....Wayne Agricultural Society 1849 ************************************************ 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: James H. Everett n/a February 27, 2015, 10:54 pm From the James H. Everett File, Kennedy-Bridgers-Flowers Papers in the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina. Posted with permission from the library. At the Academy at Everettsville on the first Monday in April 1849 the following gentlemen met to form the Wayne Agricultural Society to promote better farming methods, to improve breeding and racing stock, and to hold a county fair each fall. Rooms were reserved at the Academy and fees set at $5.00 per annum. William D. Cobb was elected president, John Kennedy vice president, Jas. H. Everett secretary and Richard Washington treasurer. Twenty were elected to a board of stewards: Council Best Council Bizzell Wm. Carraway Lewis Cogdell Olin Coor David B. Everett Jno. Exum Samuel Flowers Wm. B.F. Fort Dr. Buckner L. Hill Jno. T. Kennedy Joseph Kornegay Wm. K. Lane Jno. W. Sasser Jno. C. Slocumb Wm. Smith Waitman Thompson Zadock Thompson John W.S. West Wm. Whitfield Etheldred Yelverton Members: Samuel A. Andrews Jesse J. Baker Jno. E. Becton Council Best Theopilus Best Council Bizzell Elijah Bizzell Jno. Carraway Wm. Carraway Wm. D. Cobb David Cogdell Lewis Cogdell Redin Coley Geo. W. Collier Olin Coor Jno. Cox Jno. Cox Jr. Sanders P. Cox Silas Cox Wm. Cox Dr. Jas. M. Davis Rigdon Dees Wm. B. Edmundson Jno. G. Elliot David B. Everett James H. Everett Jno. Everett Jno. Exum Asher Flowers John K. Flowers Robert B. Flowers Samuel Flowers Wm. B.F. Fort Wm. H. Gardner Hiram Grantham Kenan Grantham Jno. A. Green Jas. Griswold Thomas Hadley Willis Hall Haywood Ham Dr. Buckner L. Hill Jas. M. Hines Richard Hodges Ezekiel Holloman Wm. Hollowell Daniel Hood Rev. Curtis Hooks F.H. Hooks Jacob Hooks Robert Hunter Furney Jernigan Jas. Kelly Jno. Kennedy Jno. T. Kennedy Thomas Kennedy Jas. F. Kornegay Jno. A. Kornegay Joseph Kornegay Welean Kornegay Wm. Kornegay Wm. K. Lane Wm. Lewis Samuel Loftin Barnaby McKinne Edward Marshall Aaron F. Moses Peter L. Peacock Robert Peel Elisha Pipkin Henry Ruffin Jno. W. Sasser Lewis Sasser Wm. Sauls Wm. Sherard Jno. C. Slocumb Dr. Daniel Smith Ezekiel Smith Jno. Smith Samuel Smith Wm. Smith Wright Smith Bright Thompson Gard Thompson Geo. W. Thompson Waitman Thompson Wm. Thompson Zadock Thompson Jno. M. Uzzell Joshua Uzzell Thomas Uzzell Richard Washington Jno. W.S. West Needham Whitfield Wm. Whitfield Mac Williams Stephen Woodard Jno. Wright Etheldred Yelverton Geo. B. Yelverton Hardy Yelverton Jno. Yelverton File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/history/other/wayneagr154ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb