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FORSYTH COUNTY, NC. ATTRACTIVE VIGNETTED 1850'S TAX AND POOR TAX CERTIFICATES
$ 23.76
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POOR TAX CERTIFICATES, FORSYTH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
1850-52, 2 certificates resemblng checks in size 3”x 7” with two dfferent vignettes, blue paper paid by William Naughten for the years 1850-51, pa
ying his County and POOR taxes
signed by the Sher. William Flynt. . Poor Taxes were used for relief of the poor in the County.
William Flynt was elected the first sheriff of Forsyth County in 1848. William was the son of "Sally" Hauser Flynt, the daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel George Hauser, Jr. (Sandy and Sanford, twins, were the first born of William and Elizabeth Ballard Flynt's eleven children). Young William served as sher. of Forsyth County for several years.
. The Flynt family was a founding family of Forsyth County, NC, Both VG light fold stains.