Materials relating to the history of Martin County, N.C., gathered in the 1850s by U.S. Sen. 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.