History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte - from 1740 to 1903 (1903) (14764706071)

Identifier: historyofmecklen01tomp (find matches)
Title: History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914
Subjects: Mecklenburg County (N.C.) -- History Charlotte (N.C.) -- History
Publisher: Charlotte, N.C. : Observer Print. House
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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n Sharpe were appointeda committee to investigate and report upon the advisabilityof building a new jail. They reported in favor of the newbuilding. Cowan resigned as standard keeper in the follow-ing year and William Davidson was appointed to the vacan-cy at the October court. The same court licensed John Beat-ty to keep a tavern in Charlotte, and sentenced Henry Priceto confinement for one-half an hour in the stocks for quar-reling, and fined Henry Emberson five dollars for a similaroffense. At the April term of court, in the following year, Gen.George Graham, Capt. William Davidson and Isaac Alexan-der were appointed commissioners to investigate the condi-tion of the public buildings and the finances of the county.Though they and the sheriff recommended that a new jailshould be built, all that was done was to appropriate tenpounds for repairs. John Black was appointed county sur-veyor. At this time the system of patrolling was in full rt i M t A * %\M> COTTON PLANT IN SEPTEMBER.
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COTTON PLANT IN NOVEMBER. FIRST YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 91 force, and six patrols were appointed for the Charlotte mili-tia district, and these patrols were of much service in pre-venting troubles among slaves and in apprehending the run-aways. In 1805, Nathaniel Alexander, of Mecklenburg,was elected Governor of North Carolina, and he occupiedthe office for one term. Charlottes charter was amended by the General Assemblyin 1807, and the commissioners appointed were William Da-vidson, Archibald Trice, Joseph Faires, William Allison andWilliam Carson. They were empowered to make all neces-sary rules and regulations for the government of the townand to enforce them. The body was also made self-perpetu-ating; they elected their own successors. The General Assembly, in 1806, provided for Superiorcourts, and divided the State into six judicial districts,Mecklenburg being in the sixth. The first Superior courtwas accordingly held by Judge Francis Locke in this countyin the following