Tryon County Records in NC State Archives

Archives Database	Database Source SC	Database Source SC	Database Source State Records A
Description	John Williams (1731-1799) Papers	Peter Thompson (d. 1823) Papers	Bond of Andrew Neel, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Tryon County. October 28 Title: Bond of Andrew Neel, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Tryon County. October 28
Group	Title: John Williams (1731-1799) Papers	Title: Peter Thompson (d. 1823) Papers	Colonial Governors' Papers Record Group
Series			Josiah Martin (23 April 1737 -- 13 April 1786) Papers
Box
Years	1772-1784	1745-1960	1772
Creator			Governor, Office of the
Call #	PC.176	PC.1377	CGP 8
Location	3B	3B	3A.473
MARS ID	685 (Group)	1887 (Group)	308.11.1.33.1 (Item)
Genres/Form	Correspondence Quantity: 22 Item(s) Scope / Contents: Correspondence of Col. John Williams, Granville Co. lawyer, legislator, delegate to Continental Congress (1778-1779), judge, Revolutionary officer, and proprietor of the Transylvania Company. Letters concern family and business matters such as lawsuits and horse racing; suspension of the courts (1773); need for paymaster of troops (1777); the 1778 General Assembly; Tryon Co. loyalists; Transylvania Company's claim before the Virginia Assembly (1778); Williams's resignation from Congress; need to provide the Virginia- North Carolina Boundary Commission with militia protection against the Cherokee (1779); and the illegitimate daughter of Gen. Francis Nash. Among the correspondents are Robert Burton, Isaac Edwards, Richard Henderson, Robert Morris, Francis Nash, and William B. Smith	Accounts, Legal documents, Lists, Land grants, Deeds, Bills of sale, Wills, Letters, Instructions, Charts, Oaths Quantity: 200 Item(s) Scope / Contents: Papers of family of Peter Thompson of Burke (later Caldwell) Co., including land grant, deeds, bonds, and slave bill of sale (1784-1870); copies of Thompson wills from Pennsylvania (1745) and South Carolina (1773); and Tryon, Burke, and Caldwell county estate papers of Moses, Peter, and Mary Thompson. There are assorted accounts and legal papers; and letters from relatives in Tennessee (1811-1833, 1885). Also church letter from session in Bershaba, S.C. (1773); oath of allegiance (1778); undated list of Capt. William Lenoir's company; instructions for tanning hides; and Thompson genealogical charts.	Materials: Bonds (legal records), Document Signed; Proclamations; Petitions; Depositions; Receipts; Bonds (legal records); Lists; Instructions; Accounts; Commissions; Quantity: 1 Sheet(s) Scope / Contents: Cosigned by John Ritzhaupt and Tho[ma]s Neel; witnessed by Robert Blackburn.
Geographic Names	Granville County Tryon County	Burke County Caldwell County Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Bershaba (S. C.)	Tryon County
Subjects	Lawyers; Generals; Legislators; Cherokee Indians; Indians; Delegates American Loyalists; Family; Lawsuits Actions and Defenses; Horse Racing American Revolution, 1775-1783 Troops; Paymasters; Legislative Bodies; Claims; Resignation from Office; Illegitimate Children; Continental Officers; Continental Soldiers	Land; Slaves; Blacks; Churches; Captains; Meetings; Allegiance; Troops; Soldiers; Church Polity; Tanning; Hides and Skins; Administration of Estates
Personal Names	Williams, John Nash, Francis Burton, Robert Edwards, Isaac Henderson, Richard Morris, Robert Smith, William B.	Thompson, Peter Thompson Family Thompson, Moses Thompson, Mary Lenoir, William	Neel, Andrew Ritzhaupt, John Neel, Thomas Note: Published in NORTH CAROLINA COLONIAL RECORDS, IX, pp. 345-346.
Corporate Names	Transylvania Company Virginia Assembly Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Commission United States Congress Continental Congress General Assembly		Clerks of the Inferior Court