ANNEXATION OF MONTGOMERY CO., NC TO RICHMOND CO., NC

In 1788, WELCOME (1-1-2-2), PETER (1-1-2-5), DAVID (?), and JAMES USSERY (?), as well as brother-in-law ISAAC ARMSTRONG (m. Elizabeth USSERY 1-1-2-8) petitioned the General Assembly to allow part of the inhabitants of Montgomery county to be annexed by the neighboring county of Richmond. It seems that many of Montgomery’s citizens were having to travel some forty miles, as well as cross the PeeDee River which was sometimes impassable, in order to travel to court. They asked that the land be annexed from Coleson’s ferry landing on PeeDee river direct to the head of Drowning Creek and all that part of Montgomery county east of said line. On Nov 10, 1788 the House of Commons passed a bill allowing Richmond County to annex that portion of Montgomery. JAMES USSERY was chosen as one of the Commissioners to run the dividing line.


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