Jones County is the fourth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Trenton. There are only three incorporated towns in Jones County: Pollocksville, Trenton, and Maysville. The area eventually encompassing Jones County was inhabited by Tuscarora Native Americans before the arrival of German and Swiss settlers in the early 1700s. The county was …
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Journey through Montgomery County
The first inhabitants of the area eventually comprising Montgomery County were Keyauwee and Cheraw Native Americans. And the first European settlers were German and Scottish. Montgomery County was created in 1779 out of Anson County. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture …
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