Dobbs County, North Carolina
Dobbs County, North Carolina was a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Dobbs County, North Carolina | |
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Former county | |
 Dobbs County from a 1775 map of North Carolina | |
| Etymology: Arthur Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina from 1754 to 1765 | |
| Established | 1758 |
| Extinct | 1791 |
| Seat | Walnut Creek, Kingston (now Kinston) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,893 (including 1,915 slaves; 1,790)[1] |
History
Dobbs County was formed in 1758 from Johnston County, though the legislative act that created it did not become effective until April 10, 1759. It was named for Arthur Dobbs, governor of North Carolina from 1754 until 1764. In 1779 the western part became Wayne County; the county seat was moved from its original location on Walnut Creek to the town of Kingston, which was renamed Kinston in 1784.[2] Dobbs went unrepresented in the 1788 Hillsboro Convention as the federalist delegation was elected without opposition as the anti-federalists abstented; they did so as in the previous election, federalists rioted after predicting Richard Caswell's loss, stealing the ballot box and assaulting the sheriff. Hertford County also experienced a federalist riot.[3] Because the name Dobbs reminded the population of the colonial past, in 1791 it was divided by the North Carolina legislature into Glasgow County (later renamed Greene County) and Lenoir County; it ceased to exist.[2]
References
- Newsome, Albert Ray; Holliday, Th.; Washington, John (1929). "Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811: Iii". The North Carolina Historical Review. 6 (2): 178. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR 23515197.
- Wegner, Ansley (2009). "Dobbs County". NCPedia. Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- Newsome, Albert Ray (1940). "North Carolina's Ratification of the Federal Constitution". The North Carolina Historical Review. 17 (4): 291–292. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR 23516601.
Further reading
- "Dobbs County, North Carolina". GenWeb Archives.
- "Dobbs County highway marker". Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- Powell, William S. (1963). Annals of Progress: The Story of Lenoir County and Kinston, North Carolina.
- Corbitt, David Leroy (1950). Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943.
- Walter Clark and William L. Saunders (ed.). Colonial Records of North Carolina and State Records of North Carolina (1886-1900).
- Mouzon, Henry (1775). "An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers, Shewing in a distinct manner all the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coasts, with The Roads and Indian Paths; as well as The Boundary or Provincial Lines, The Several Townships and other divisions of the Land in Both the Provinces; the whole from Actual Surveys by Henry Mouzon and Others". North Carolina Maps. London: Robt. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Print-Sellers.