{"id":235,"date":"2009-08-14T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T21:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2015-03-08T01:20:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T07:20:43","slug":"formation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/formation\/","title":{"rendered":"Formation of Washington County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><strong>Creation of\u00c2\u00a0Washington County, North Carolina <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 75%;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; \">This map shows North Carolina as it existed in 1791, before the creation of Washington County. \u00c2\u00a0 Note the size and position of Washington&#8217;s parent, Tyrrell (Ty) County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-236 aligncenter\" title=\"nc1791xp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nc1791xp.gif\" alt=\"nc1791xp\" width=\"510\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nc1791xp.gif 638w, https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nc1791xp-300x215.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; \">This map shows Washington (Was) County in 1799, after it was created from Tyrell County.  This is approximately the shape of Washington County today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237 aligncenter\" title=\"nc1799xp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nc1799xp.gif\" alt=\"nc1799xp\" width=\"510\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nc1799xp.gif 638w, https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nc1799xp-300x215.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; \">\n<hr style=\"width: 75%;\" \/>These maps were supplied through the generosity of Gold Bug Historic Maps &amp; Software. Visit their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldbug.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.goldbug.com<\/a> for historic map reproductions, downloadable maps, product info &amp; demos, links to US and Canadian Geographic Servers and other interesting sites.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Art Lassagne for his help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creation of\u00c2\u00a0Washington County, North Carolina This map shows North Carolina as it existed in 1791, before the creation of Washington County. \u00c2\u00a0 Note the size and position of Washington&#8217;s parent, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/formation\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}