BURGESS, Dempsey (d. 1800)

DIED — In Camden county, on the 13th ult, Dempsey BURGESS, Esq., and for many years, Member of Congress for that district.

Source: Raleigh Register and Weekly Advertiser,4 February 1800, pg 3.

THOMAS, Jordan and LONG, Nancy – (m. 1800)

MARRIED — On the 22nd ult., Mr. Jordan THOMAS to Miss Nancy LONG, all of Franklin county.

Source: Raleigh Register,4 February 1800, pg 3.

McLEMORE, Robert and WILLIAMS, Barbara – (m. 1800)

MARRIED — On the 16th ult., Mr. Robert McLEMORE to Miss Barbara WILLIAMS, all of Franklin county.

Source: Raleigh Register,4 February 1800, pg 3.

Richard KENNON Appointed Speaker (1800)

Col. Richard KENNON, of Mecklenburg county, is elected Speaker of the Senate of Virginia, in the place of Archibald STUART, Esq., appointed to the Judiciary.

Source: Raleigh Register,4 February 1800, pg 2.

Advertisement — Committed to the Gaol in Smithfield (1800)

A Negro Man, about thirty years of age, five feet six or eight inches high, in Negro cotton clothing. He says his name is Issac, that he formerly belonged to Colonel DICKERSON, of Granville County; but is now the property of William HILLIARD of said County. The Owner is desired to prove his property, pay charges, and take him away, otherwise he will be found agreeable to Law. – –John Arthur BRYAN, Dep. Sheriff — Johnston County, January 20, 1800.

Source: Raleigh Register,4 February 1800, pg 2.

Editorial Note: “Gaol” is a spelling variant of jail.

FELBANK, Elizabeth (Mrs.) (d. 1800)

DIED — At Halifax, Mrs. Elizabeth FELBANK, an aged and respectable inhabitant of that town.

Source: Raleigh Register, 28 January 1800, pg 3.