. Sketches of Pitt County, a brief history of the county, 1704-1910; illustrations and maps . ation, demanding thediscovery and effectual prosecution of all persons who shallbe guilty of drunkenness, blasphemy, profane swearing andcursing, lewdness, profanation of the Lords day, or otherdissolute, immoral or disorderly practices. Despite all ef-forts to stop oppression, it continued and the people weregrowing more and more in opposition to the royal govern-ment. x\. list of the officers for Pitt County at this time showsthat Edward Salter was clerk of the court; John Simpson,register, and also
. Sketches of Pitt County, a brief history of the county, 1704-1910; illustrations and maps . ation, demanding thediscovery and effectual prosecution of all persons who shallbe guilty of drunkenness, blasphemy, profane swearing andcursing, lewdness, profanation of the Lords day, or otherdissolute, immoral or disorderly practices. Despite all ef-forts to stop oppression, it continued and the people weregrowing more and more in opposition to the royal govern-ment. x\. list of the officers for Pitt County at this time showsthat Edward Salter was clerk of the court; John Simpson,register, and also colonel of the militia; Dempsey Grimes,coroner. In 1769 John Simpsons schooner, the John and Eliza-beth, sailed from Port Royal, Jamaica, for home, with avaluable cargo. Bad weather drove it to Vera Cruz, Mexico,where it was seized by the Spaniards and held until February6th, 1772. when it was ordered to leave. Reaching Havana,the crew embarked on another ship, the sloop Sally, forNorth Carolina, arriving in Pasquotank in April. Theytold a tale of suffering, imprisonment and robbery, and. SKETCHES OF PITT COUXTT. 53 Simpson asked the governor to have these wrongs crew seems to have returned with ninch money and thataroused suspicion. Ebenezer Fuller, the master of theschooner, soon left the Colony. Ichabod Simpson, brother toJohn Simpson, was mate. The result of the investigationwas an incrimination of the crew and Simpson never recov-ered any damages. A report to the Assembly at JSTew Bern, March 5th, 1773,showed that S02 pounds and 18 shillings were still due fromthe sheriffs of Pitt County on the public taxes, as follows:George Move, 61 pounds, 7 shillings and 9 pence; WilliamMoore, 333 pounds and 8 shillings; Robert Salter, 498pounds, 2 shillings and 3 pence. These, in a measure, showthe opposition of the people to the burdensome taxes of thosetimes. The Eeceiver Generals, (John Rutherford) reportshowed that Pitt County had paid no quit iients, arrears ofquit
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