State Archives of NC: Gen. Assembly Records – John Anderson, Moses Looney, John King be and are hereby appointed Commissioners for erecting and building a Gaol [jail] and Stocks on said land. And for the purpose of Contracting… Read More
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![A Bill to impower [empower] the Commissioners therein mentioned to erect and build a Goal [jail] & Stocks on the Lands of John Yancey whereon the Court House now stands, in Sullivan County. Whereas the plantation of the said John Yancey is found by experience very suitable and convenient for the holding of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said County of Sullivan and Whereas the said John Yancey has at his own Cost & Charge built a good and sufficient Court House on the Land aforesaid and as there is no provision yet made, to defray the expense of building a prison & stocks in said County. Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of North Carolina and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the same, that John Anderson, Moses Looney, John King be and are hereby appointed Commissioners for erecting and building a Gaol and Stocks on said land. And for the purpose of Contracting and agreeing with proper persons to complete the said prison and stocks, in such manner as they shall deem sufficient. And be it inacted [enacted] by the authority aforesaid, that a tax of six pence specie in every hundred pounds be laid on all taxable property in the said County of Sullivan and a Poll Tax of six pence specie on every person](https://tennquest.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1783-02-06-Sullivan-County-gaol-and-stocks-1-650x1024.jpg)
