Wake County, North Carolina
Location: Wake, North Carolina, United States
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https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_wake_county_regiment.html The American Revolution in North Carolina Wake County Regiment of Militia Date Established: Colonels: Original Officers: September 9, 1775 Col. John Hinton, Sr. Col. Michael Rogers Col. John Hinton, Jr. Col. James Hinton Col. John Hinton, Sr. Lt. Col. Theophilus Hunter 1st Maj. John Hinton, Jr. 2nd Maj. Thomas Hines Known Lt. Colonels: Known Majors: Known Adjutants: Lt. Col. Theophilus Hunter Lt. Col. James Hinton Lt. Col. William Hinton Lt. Col. Tignal Jones Lt. Col. John Lane Lt. Col. Michael Rogers Lt. Col. Hardy Sanders Lt. Col. Thomas Wooten 1st Maj. John Hinton, Jr. 2nd Maj. Thomas Hines 2nd Maj. Lodowick Alford, Jr. Maj. Tanner Alford Maj. Lewis Bledsoe Maj. Collier Maj. Thomas Criddle Maj. Graves Maj. James Hinton Maj. Henry Lane Maj. James Robinson Maj. Taylor Maj. Simon Turner None Known Miscellaneous Players: John Abernethie - Deputy Commissary - Solomon Terrell - Commissary Known Captains: Tanner Alford ? Beard Benjamin Blake ? Blakey John Bledsoe Lewis Bledsoe Samuel Blye Micajah Brown Cato Bryant Kedar Byars Drew Cade Quince Carrington William Chambers Matthew Collier John Williams Daniel Woodson Daniel Charles Edwards Gilbert Falls Lewis Fletcher Bullard Fowler James Frazier Thomas Gray Robert High Janus Hillsman ? Hinton James Hinton Etheldred Jones Francis Jones James Jones Tignal Jones Martin Lane Robert Lane John Rider Leigh Thomas Miles Jeremiah Mobley ? Montford Joseph Peoples Thomas Phillips ? Rains ? Ramsey John Rochelle Michael Rogers Daniel Sanders Zachariah Shaw Solomon Terrell Giles Thomas John Thompson John Trent John Walsh Willis Wilder ? Young Known Ensigns - Captain Unknown: - Etheldred Jones - Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers, etc. - Captain Unknown: John Allen John Atkins John Benton John Bledsoe John Brasfield James Carpenter Timothy Carrington William Ferrell William Grimes Samuel Holloway John Norris Isaac Nutt James Olive Jehu Orr John Phillips Sion Smith John Thompson John Turner - Arthur Wall - Brief History of the Regiment: On September 9, 1775, the Provincial Congress authorized thirty-five (35) existing county Militias to be organized. All officers were appointed and commissioned by the Provincial Congress.
The Wake County Regiment was active until the end of the war. Units of this regiment were known to have participated in the following known battles/skirmishes:
Date(s): Known Battles / Skirmishes: 2/27/1776 Moore's Creek Bridge 3/3/1779 Briar Creek (GA) 6/20/1779 Stono Ferry (SC) 3/28-5/12/1780 Siege of Charleston 1780 (SC) 8/11/1780 Little Lynches Creek (SC) 8/16/1780 Camden (SC) 2/1/1781 Cowan's Ford 2/1/1781 Tarrant's Tavern 3/15/1781 Guilford Court House 4/25/1781 Hobkirk's Hill (SC) 9/8/1781 Eutaw Springs (SC) 9/13/1781 Lindley's Mill 9/1781 Brown Marsh 10/15/1781 Raft Swamp
Formation Many political and administrative reasons led to the creation of Wake County in the year 1771.
The Regulator rebellion, which had only just been quelled in May 1771 with the Battle of Alamance, was fresh on the minds of lawmakers. The Regulator movement was strong in the backcountry where men protested unfair tax policy and wanted to self-government. Lawmakers felt that they could exercise more control over the backcountry in the future if they divided up the larger counties - previous strongholds of Regulator thought - into smaller ones.
However, new counties generally came about due simply to increased growth. The population in the Piedmont and western portions of the colony had expanded steadily, particularly from the 1760s and onwards. The new citizens there wanted greater representation in the General Assembly, and new political units would entitle them to additional members. Issues like long travel distances and lodging also played a significant roll in the creation of new county seats.
Some residents of future Wake as well as citizens further west communicated these reasons to the General Assembly in the form of petitions.
One of the Wake petitions argued that a new county seat would be more easily accessible from their scattered homes for attending “General Musters, Election of Burgesses and vestrymen (sic)” and at Court as witnesses and jurymen. Many had to travel as often as four times a year the “vast Distance” from their homes to the Orange county seat of “Hillsborough: for these purposes.” Inadequate roads and the difficulty of crossing “many Large Water Courses” not only put them to “very Considerable hardships and Inconvenances (sic)” but also often made them “Subject to have fines and fortitudes” for not attending the required military, voting, and court duties.
A Birth Date Shared with Three Other Counties The General Assembly therefore created four new counties: Chatham, Guilford and Surry and Wake. The act creating Wake County was to take effect on March 12, 1771, the earliest of the effective dates of the new counties. Similar wording in the four acts explained that the older counties were so large as to “render it grievous and Burdensome” as well as “extremely Difficult and expensive” for many inhabitants living great distances from their county seats to “do Public duties,” that is to attend the “Courts, General Musters and other Public Meeting therein.”
Joel Lane as Introducer of the Bill The bill to establish Wake County was introduced in the House of Commons on December 17, 1770, by the representative from the western area of Johnston County, Joel Lane. Prior to presenting the bill, Lane read to the House of Commons a petition “from Sundry Inhabitants of Johnston County therein Praying a Division of the said County be made.” Successful in securing an affirmative vote on first reading in the House, the bill’s introducer, Joel Lane, along with Representative Walter Gibson from Cumberland County, walked from the meeting of the House to the grand new council chamber in the palace (Tryon Palace) to deliver the bill to the upper house. On January 2, 1771, after some amendments and many trips between the two meeting places, the Council completed the third reading, passed the bill, and ordered it to be engrossed. The bill was returned to the House of Commons where it had originated, and was given its final reading there on January 5. It received the governor’s approval on Tuesday, January 15, 1771.
https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/wake ee also: Joel Lane House; Meredith College; North Carolina Museum of Art; North Carolina Museum of History; North Carolina State University; Raleigh; Research Triangle Park; Saint Augustine's College; State Capitol.
Wake County, located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from Johnston, Cumberland, and Orange Counties and named for Margaret Wake Tryon, the wife of royal governor William Tryon. Early inhabitants of the area included the Sissipahaw and Occaneechi Indians; English and Scotch-Irish settlers later populated the region. Raleigh was established as the county seat in 1771 under the name Wake County Courthouse; the name was changed to Raleigh, in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, when the city became the capital of North Carolina in 1792. Other Wake County cities and towns, all within what is fast becoming a solid ring of urban and suburban development surrounding Raleigh, include Cary, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Apex, Morrisville, Wake Forest, Zebulon, Wendell, and Knightdale. Notable bodies of water within the county include the Neuse River, Wake Forest Reservoir, Falls, Wheeler, Crabtree, and Bass Lakes, and Swift, Sycamore, and Hominy Creeks.
Wake County is one of North Carolina's most urbanized counties, with an estimated population of nearly 724,000 in 2004. It is dominated by the state government and its ancillary institutions, multiple large businesses and corporations located in Research Triangle Park (which straddles the line between Wake and Durham Counties) and other locales around Raleigh, and its outstanding colleges and universities-North Carolina State University (1887), Peace College (1857), Shaw University (1865), Saint Augustine's College (1867), and Meredith College (1891). Important cultural and historical landmarks and institutions abound in Raleigh and vicinity and include the State Capitol (1833-40); the Governor's Mansion (1891); the State Legislative Building (1961); the Joel Lane House (1760s), the oldest house in Raleigh; Mordecai Historic Park (1785); and the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Important institutions and attractions include the North Carolina Museum of History, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh Ensemble Players, Exploris, Raleigh Little Theatre and Rose Garden, the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina State University Crafts Center Gallery, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, the North Carolina State Archives, and the Wendell Post Office Museum. William B. Umstead State Park is one of Wake County's many recreational areas. The county hosts popular festivals and annual events such as the North Carolina State Fair, Saint Patrick's Day Parade, the state Special Olympics Summer Games, the International Festival, Executive Mansion Christmas, the Today and Yesteryear Festival, and Rolesville Fireman's Day.
Wake County farmers continue to produce agricultural goods such as nursery and landscape plants, vegetables, and tobacco. Manufactured products include high-tech items such as digital electronics, telecommunications equipment, measuring devices, and pharmaceuticals. Also produced are electric switch gears, flooring, and refrigeration equipment. Minerals such as soapstone, corundum, beryl, graphite, kyanite, pyrite, and magnesite are mined in the county.
Early history
Wake County was formed in 1770 from parts of Cumberland County, Johnston County, and Orange County. The first courthouse was built at a village originally called Wake Courthouse, now known as Bloomsbury. In 1771, the first elections and court were held, and the first militia units were organized. [1]
When other counties began to be formed, this caused Wake County to lose part of its territory. 1787 Part of Wake went to be Franklin County. Again in 1881, some of Wake County land became Durham County. Again more went into Durham County in 1911. [1]
Colonial period of North Carolina, New Bern became the state capital and afterward Bern. During the American Revolution, there was no capital. At this time the general Assembly held meetings in differing locations. [1]
1786, 1789, 1790, and 1793 - Fayetteville was the state capital there was no capital, and the General Assembly met in various locations. [1]
1792 a commission selected a site to build a permanent North Carolina state capital. It was to be Raleigh. This was Joel Lane's land. This occurred after the committee was treated to food and spirits at Joel Lane's home. [1]
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1794 Raleigh became the state capital permanently.
Lane named Wake County in honor of Margaret Wake Tryon, wife of colonial Governor William Tryon. Raleigh was named for Sir Walter Raleigh, and established in 1792 on 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) purchased from Lane. NOTE Sir Walter Raleigh never was on North Carolina land. However Raleigh did arrange for the first English Colony in North America to be established on Roanoke Island in 1585
The city of Raleigh became both the state capital and the new seat of Wake County.
Civil War Main article: Battle of Morrisville The Battle at Morrisville Station was fought April 13–15, 1865, in Morrisville, North Carolina, during the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the last official battle of the Civil War between the armies of Major General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston. General Judson Kilpatrick, commanding officer of the Union cavalry advance, compelled Confederate forces under the command of Generals Wade Hampton III and Joseph Wheeler to withdraw in haste. They had been frantically trying to transport their remaining supplies and wounded by rail westward toward the final Confederate encampment in Greensboro. Kilpatrick used artillery on the heights overlooking Morrisville Station and cavalry charges to push the Confederates out of the small village, leaving many needed supplies behind. However, the trains were able to withdraw with wounded from the Battle of Bentonville and the Battle of Averasboro. Later, General Johnston sent a courier to the federal encampments at Morrisville with a message for Major General Sherman requesting a conference to discuss an armistice. Several days later, the two generals met at Bennett Place near Durham on April 17, 1865, to begin discussing the terms of what would become the largest surrender of the war.
In November 2017, commissioners of Wake and Harnett Counties discussed the possibility of redrawing the line between the counties using the latest technology. This could affect 27 homeowners, who would end up in a different county or have their property divided between the two.
Wake County, located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from Johnston, Cumberland, and Orange Counties and named for Margaret Wake Tryon, the wife of royal governor William Tryon. Early inhabitants of the area included the Sissipahaw and Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Native Americans; English and Scotch-Irish settlers later populated the region. Raleigh was established as the county seat in 1771 under the name Wake County Courthouse; the name was changed to Raleigh, in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, when the city became the capital of North Carolina in 1792.
Government
The first courthouse was built at a village originally called Wake Courthouse, now known as Bloomsbury.
Courthouse #2 A county courthouse was built in 1915.
By 1960 - Soon space for the offices of county government in the building became inadequate
1970 Another courthouse was built.
Wake County Categories
The following categories have been created for Wake County:
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Demographics
As of the 2020 census, Wake County population was 1,129,410; This made Wake County the most populous county of North Carolina. It also was the 9th fastest growing county, From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake County was the 9th-fastest growing county in the United States. Cary and Raleigh were the 8th- and 15th. Raleigh is the county seat is Raleigh as well as being the state capital.
Eleven other municipalities are located in Wake County. The largest of these is Cary. Cary is the third-most populous city of the Research Triangle region and the seventh-most populous city/town of North Carolina.
The Wake County Board of commissioners govern this county. The Wake county Public School System governs the schools. The Wake County Sheriff's Dept. is in charge of maintaining the law. Regional planning is done by the Triangle J Council of Governments.
In the 20th century, the average per capita income for the county was of $54,988, and the median income for a family was of $67,149. In the same period, the per capita income decreased from $44,472 to $31,579, especially for women. About 7.80% of the population was below the federal poverty line.
21st century In August 2014, the county population surpassed 1,000,000 people.
Census Data
Populated Places
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Buckhorn Cary Cedar Fork Holly Springs House Creek Leesville Little River Marks Creek Meredith Middle Creek Neuse New Light Panther Branch Raleigh St. Mary's St. Matthew's Swift Creek Wake Forest White Oak |
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Apex Cary (most) Fuquay-Varina Garner Holly Springs Knightdale Morrisville (most) Rolesville Wake Forest (most) Wendell Zebulon |
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Bonsal Carpenter Chestnut Hills Clegg Eagle Rock Falls Feltonville Forestville Green Level Kennebec Lizard Lick McCullers Crossroads Neuse New Hill Riley Hill Shotwell Stony Hill Swift Creek Willow Spring |
Genealogy Sources
- Wake County on Wikipedia
- County Website
- NCPEDIA: WakeCounty
- Wake County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Wake County on FamilySearch.org
- Wake County Churches
- Wake County on Find a Grave Cemeteries
- Wake County on Internet Archives
- Wake County on NCGenWeb
- History of Wake County, Link, by Hope Summerel Chamberlain, 1922
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County, North Carolina
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina#:~:text=Wake%20County%20was%20formed%20in,first%20militia%20units%20were%20organized.
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