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Forsyth was formed in 1849 from Stokes. It was named
in honor of Colonel Benjamin Forsyth, a native of Stokes
County who fell on the northern
 frontier in the second
war with England. It is in the central section of the
State and is bounded by Guilford, Davidson, Davie,
Yadkin, and Stokes counties. The present land area is
409.60 square miles and the 2000 population was 306,067.
The act establishing the county ordered the first court
to be held at the town hall of Salem, at which time the
justices were to select a place for future courts until
a courthouse could be erected. Commissioners were named to select a place for the public buildings, acquire the
land,
 and lay out
a town. In 1851 an act was passed naming the county seat
Winston. In 1879 an act was passed authorizing that
Winston and Salem be combined, provided the people voted
for the same. In 1913 Winston and Salem were
incorporated as one town and Winston-Salem became the
county seat.
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Stokes
was formed in 1789 from Surry. It was named in honor of
Captain John Stokes, a soldier of the Revolution, who
was seriously wounded at the Waxhaw Massacre when
Colonel Buford's Regiment was cut to pieces by Tarlton.
After the war Washington appointed him a judge of the
United States District Court of North Carolina. It is in
the north
 central section of the State and is bounded by
Rockingham, Forsyth and Surry counties and the state of
Virginia. The present land area is 451.84 square miles
and the 2000 population was 44,711. When Stokes was
taken from Surry the old courthouse was ordered to be
sold, and the proceeds were to be equally divided
between Surry and Stokes and applied towards the
erection of new courthouses. The act ordered the first
court to be held at the home of Gray Bynum, and all
subsequent courts were to be held where the justices
designated until the courthouse could be
 erected.
Commissioners were named to select the site and have the
public building erected. In 1790 Germantown was laid out
on land deeded to the county from Michael and Henry Fry.
Germantown remained the county seat until 1849 when
Forsyth was taken from
Stokes. The act establishing Forsyth county directed
that the first court of Stokes after the passage of the
act be held at Germantown, at which time the justices
were to determine a location for the new courthouse and
jail. In 1851 Crawford was established as the county
seat. In 1852 Crawford was changed to Danbury. Danbury
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 Surry
was formed in 1771 from Rowan. The act became effective
April 1, 1771. It was named in honor of the county of
Surrey in England, birthplace of then Governor William
Tryon. It is in the north central section of the State
and is bounded by the state of Virginia and Stokes,
Yadkin, Wilkes and Alleghany counties. The present land
area is 536.52 square miles and the 2000 population was
71,219. The act erecting the county provided for the
court to be held "constantly" at Gideon Wright's until
the courthouse could be constructed. Commissioners were
named to select the place and have the courthouse,
prison and stocks erected. By 1774,
some of the commissioners were named to finish the
building. In 1779, the
courthouse was established at Richmond on land of
Colonel Martin Armstrong and William Sheppard. In 1789
Surry was divided and Stokes was formed from it. When
this was done the old courthouse was inconvenient for
either county.
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the act dividing the county specified that the court was
to be held at the home of Richard Horn until a
courthouse, prison and stocks could be erected at a
central place. Another act passed that year directed the
old courthouse to be sold and the money be equally
divided between Surry and Stokes. the proceeds to be
used on their respective courthouses. In 1790,
Rickford was established on fifty-three acres of land
deeded by Thomas and Moses Ayres for that purpose.
Commissioners were named to erect public buildings. In
1851, when Yadkin was formed from Surry, the act named
and directed commissioners to locate the center of the
county and fix the county seat. It also named
commissioners to acquire fifty acres of land by purchase
of donation and erect the courthouse. The law also
stipulated that the town was to be named Dobson. Dobson
is the county seat. |
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References:
North Carolina State Library Formation of Counties
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