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	<title>Martin County, NC GenWeb</title>
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		<title>Bear Grass Civil Rights March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the online collection &#8220;Daily Reflector Image Collection&#8221; is this picture of a civil rights march December 16, 1963 in Bear Grass.


See more pictures here.
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		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/bear-grass-civil-rights-march</link>
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		<title>New Page for Directories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added a page for Directory information.  So far, it covers 1897-1916 but I hope to be able to add more as time goes on.  You can find the page here.
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		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/new-page-for-directories</link>
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		<title>Looking for a Will?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added a new page to the site, one that will focus on probate records.  Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of his estate to his heirs or creditors and the care of his dependents.  You can find can access the page [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/looking-for-a-will</link>
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		<title>New Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;ve chosen a new look for the Martin County NCGenWeb site.  I hope that the new design allows you to find information more easily.  I&#8217;ve moved the main navigation over to drop down menu in the sidebar.

Since on taking on responsibility for several other NCGenWeb counties: Jones, Onslow &#38; Washington, I&#8217;ve learned that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/new-design</link>
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		<title>Introducing Mavis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Mavis Jones is a genealogist with ties to Martin County and has recently added her surnames of interest &#8211; Ewell, Everett &#38; Jones to our Surnames page.
Mavis has two blogs, one of which she devotes to her research progress of her family from Martin County, Conversations With My Ancestors.  Visit Mavis&#8217; blog today!
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		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/introducing-mavis</link>
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		<title>Site Maintenance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently gone through and checked all URLs and have fixed any broken links.  Hopefully, this will make your browsing and searching experience on the site easier.
Also remember &#8211; if you have any data to contribute on your Martin County ancestors, please let me know.  Thanks!
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		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/site-maintenance</link>
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		<title>Death: Charles Chesson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the 17 Mar 1899 issue of the Roanoke Beacon, newspaper of Plymouth, Washington County, NC
Mr. Wilson CHESSON was called to Parmele Saturday on account of his father&#8217;s death, Mr. Charles CHESSON, who was an old resident of this community.  We extend our sympathies to the bereaved family.
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		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/death-charles-chesson</link>
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		<title>Petition of Ned Hyman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Schweninger, Loren, Marguerite Ross Howell, and Nicole Marcon Mazgaj. The Southern Debate Over Slavery / Edited by Loren Schweninger. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2001.
In the above-mentioned book appears a petition of Ned Hyman, a slave who was at that time living in Williamston, Martin County, filed in 1833. The petition is a great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/petition-of-ned-hyman</link>
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		<title>Case of the Deserted Wife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on Google Books, I located the following story of Ollie Roberson in a 1915 publication titled &#8220;The Lawyers Reports.&#8221; It is a listing of court cases from across the country.  The entire book is freely available and can be downloaded as a PDF.
On page 691 begins a description of Nevada vs. Ex Parte George [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/case-deserted-wife</link>
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		<title>Journal of General Jeremiah Slade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the books on Google Books,  Annual Publication of Historical Papers, has a series of writings attributed to General Jeremiah Slade.  This journal documents his travel from Williamston to Nashville, TN &#8211; a journey that began June 27, 1819.  It&#8217;s an interesting read.
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		<link>http://www.ncgenweb.us/martin/journal-of-general-jeremiah-slade</link>
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