610 WILKES COUNTY. 



whose names appear on the presentments of the grand jury 

 on page 611. 



Distinguished Persons. — Wilkes has produced a host of 

 men, who would have done honour to any country. Gen. Elijah 

 Clarke, Hon. Matthew Talbot, Rev. Jesse Mercer, Hon. Ben- 

 jamin Taliaferro, Gen. David Meriwether, Hon. Peter Early, 

 Col. John Dooly, Col. Duncan G. Campbell, Dr. Joel Abbot, 

 and if space allowed other illustrious names might be inserted. 

 Gov. Towns is a native of this county. 



Here is a proper place to introduce the name of Mrs. Hill- 

 house, one among the most extraordinary women of her age. 

 Upon the death of her husband, Mr. David Hillhouse, in 1804, 

 she took charge of his newspaper, called the " Monitor and 

 Impartial Observer," and conducted it for several years. The 

 journal of the House of Representatives was printed in her 

 office, and sent to Louisville, then the seat of government. 



Remarkable Places. — Kettle creek is famous as the 

 battle ground where Clarke, Dooly and Pickens, distinguished 

 themselves in the war of the Revolution. 



On the spot where Washington is now located, a fort was 

 built in 1774, and near it the American army encamped, after 

 the engagement at Kettle creek. 



Miscellaneous Notices. — We have examined the old re- 

 cords in the offices of the clerks of the courts in Wilkes, and 

 made the following extracts for the amusement of our readers. 



November, 22d, 1786, Superior Court, Wilkes county, 

 held at Washington. 



On petition of Joseph Wilson, Ordered, that he be per- 

 mitted to take out a license to keep tavern, agreeable to law. 



Tavern Rates. 



s. d. 



For every warm dinner, , . . . • . 16 



« breakfast, 10 



" " supper, 10 



" cold dinner, 10 



" " breakfast 8 



" " supper, 8 



Lodgings per night, 4 



For corn or oats per quart, 2 



For stabling for every horse per night, finding in fodder 



or hay, , 10 



For good pasturing twenty-four hours, . . 8 



