Smallpox in North CarolinaBy Jeannette Holland Austin
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington suspected that the British were using the smallpox disease as a form of "biological warfare"by placing disease infested people into the American encampment. The reason was that smallpox was considered more of threat to the Americans than the British. Later on, the British admitted that their commanders ordered the smallpox operations. Some interesting truths help to sustain this fact in some of the last wills and testaments in the State of North Carolina. During the spring of 1781, there was an epidemic in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. A number of wills were headed up "New York" and mentioned that the testator died of smallpox. On May 10, 1775, Fort Ticonderaga was captured from the British and the State of New York was under British occupation until the war ended in 1783. The content of the wills emphasize the importance of reading them. Especially, if your ancestors were named. Not only does reading old wills represent a true history of the past, but they provide critical data to tracing the lineage of our ancestors; a much too good a resource to overlook! Images of the Tyrrell County Wills are available to members of North Carolina Pioneers
Tyrrell County Wills and Estates
Tyrrell County was formed in 1729 as Tyrrell Precinct of Albemarle
County, from parts of Bertie Precinct, Chowan Precinct, Currituck
Precinct, and Pasquotank Precinct. It was named for Sir John Tyrrell,
one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.In 1774 the western part of
Tyrrell County was combined with part of Halifax County to form Martin
County. In 1799 the western third of what was left of Tyrrell County
became Washington County. In 1870 the half of Tyrrell County east of the
Alligator River was combined with parts of Currituck County and Hyde
County to form Dare County.
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