Martin County (N.C.) Papers, . 1773-1857

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Martin County (N.C.) Papers, . 1773-1857

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/b/Biggs,Asa(Collector).html

Martin County, N.C., was established 14 March 1774. The collection contains materials relating to the history of Martin County gathered in the 1850s by United States Senator Asa Biggs, including a document establishing rates for tavern keepers, 1774; extracts from ordinances appointing county officers, 1776; lists of local men in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War; and a description of local courts, boundaries, and taxation, 1775-1780.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878

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Asa Biggs was born in Williamston, N.C., on 4 February 1811, and died in Norfolk, Va., on 6 March 1878. He attended the Williamston Academy, studied law, and passed the bar in 1831. Biggs served in the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835; the North Carolina House of Commons in 1840 and 1842; the state Senate in 1844 and 1854; the United States House of Representatives, 1845-1847; and the United States Senate, 1855-1858. Biggs also served as United States District Judge for North Car...