PERSONAL AND NEWS NOTES.
After Thirty Five Years. On his retreat from Boone's Mil[l] in 1863 Col. Spears with his regiment of cavalry took some mules and other perso[n]al property from Dorsey S. Deloatch, and burned hi[s] mill at Creeksville, now own[e]d by Hicks & Lassiter. A claim has been pending before Congress [for] years for the amount of proper[ty] us[e]d and destroyed by [the] Uni[o]n soldiers at that time. After 35 years the Congress that adjourned las[t] Saturday appropriated $308 to pay the claim for the personal property. The h[eir]s expect t[o] recover for the real estate (mill house) burned at the [s]ame [time.]
"The Patron and Gleaner", Andrew J. Conner, ed., Rich Square, Northampton County, N.C.
Thursday, March 9, 1899 [Vol. 8, No. 10]
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