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First Watauga Court Held in Barn Amid Hogs and Fleas
The 1849 first term of the court of pleas and quarter sessions in Watauga was held in a Boone area barn atop a hog-filled floor. Judge Dudley Farthing presided as bushwhacker raids, Civil War tolls, and pioneer life are recounted alongside the Farthing family’s public service and the old mill that still grinds during peaceful times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Gillett
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Ga County
Henry Hardin
Boone
Joseph Hardin
Dudley Farthing
Farthing
Frank A. Linney
Watauga
William Watkins Farthing
Wake County
Dudley, Farthing
Virginia
North Carolina
Bethel Church
Beaver Dam
Cove Creek
Dudley
Ashe County
Abram Vanderpool
Watauga County
Dudley Greene
Fredericksburg
Othe
Young Farthing
Dave Farthing
Dave
Young
Beaver Dam Creek
Tom Farthing
Tennessee