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From: MS LOUISE T OVERTON< >
Subject: [NCORANGE-L] #2 William/James FEW Orange Co. NC
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 19:58:03, -0500

Then it was that I commenced the occupation of farmer. An axe was put in
my hands and I was introduced to a hickory tree about 12 or 15 inches
diameter and was ordered to cut it down and cut off all the branches. There
was a novelty in the business which I was first pleased with, and
cheerfully began the operation but soon found myself extremely fatigued. My
hands blistered, and the business progressed very slowly. I thought my
situation most deplorable for I dared not to resist the order I had
received to cut down the tree. I was oblidged to proceed, and found that
practise every day made the labor more agreeable, and I was gradually
instructed in the arts of agriculture; for that was all I had to learn.
Colonel William FEW
Autobiography

The FEW Portrait: ca 1810
Hangs in the BURWELL School in Hillsborough, NC

Orange Co. NC
Deed Book 2
Page 591
12 Nov 1766

William FEW of Orange to John SCARLETT of same, thirty pounds, 186 acres on
SW side of Eno River, plantation whereon Joseph REED now lives, begin at
James FEW Sr. corner red oak on bank of Eno River, his line W to his corner
in William FEW's back line, S to Stoney Branch down branch to Eno River up
river to first station.
Signed William FEW
Wit: James SCARLETT, John WOODS, Joseph REED
proved by REED January Term 1770.

Sources:
Orange Co. NC Deeds
Orange Co. NC Original Land Grants Map. By Allan Bryon Markham
Research on Eno River Grist Mills. By Hugh Conway Browning
Research on the Browning Walker, Few, Cabe, Cain, Latta and Scarlett
families. By Hugh Conway Browning.

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