{"id":836,"date":"2008-12-16T15:46:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T20:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taneya-kalonji.com\/martinco\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2019-06-17T03:01:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T03:01:38","slug":"intro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_County,_North_Carolina\">Martin County<\/a>, which is located in the northeastern part of North Carolina, is bounded on the north by the Roanoke River and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~ncbertie\/index.htm\">Bertie County<\/a>; on the west\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/edgecombe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edgecombe<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: none;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/pitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pitt<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/beaufort\/ncbeau.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beaufort<\/a> counties; and on the east by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214 alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Martin County Courthouse\" src=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/courthouse2.jpg\" alt=\"Martin County Courthouse\" width=\"346\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/courthouse2.jpg 494w, https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/courthouse2-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 85vw, 346px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Martin County, named in honor of the last Royal Governor of North Carolina,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josiah_Martin\">Josiah Martin<\/a>, was formed in 1774 from parts of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/halifax\/\">Halifax<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/tyrrell\/TYRRELL.HTM\">Tyrrell<\/a> counties. Native Americans of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuscarora_(tribe)\">Tuscarora tribe<\/a> originally lived in the region before English immigrants settled it. The site of the first county seat is unknown, but in 1779 Williamston, first called Squhawky and located on the Roanoke River, was established as the county seat and remains so to this day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We need your help and invite you to Volunteer<\/strong>! If you wish to make a contribution to this county, please contact the site coordinator, <strong>Taneya Koonce<\/strong>. <strong>This site relies on YOUR\u00a0contributions!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin County, which is located in the northeastern part of North Carolina, is bounded on the north by the Roanoke River and Bertie County; on the west\u00a0by\u00a0Edgecombe, Pitt and\u00a0Beaufort counties; and on the east by\u00a0Washington County. Martin County, named in honor of the last Royal Governor of North Carolina,\u00a0Josiah Martin, was formed in 1774 from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Intro&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-836","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/836\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}