8. Who was sent to capture the pirate? Describe the battle.
9. How did the engagement result?
10. What disposition was made of the captives?
11. What is said of the Atlantic coast during this period?
CHAPTER XVII.
GOVERNOR GABRIEL JOHNSTON.
A. D. 1722 TO 1748.
Upon the death of Governor Eden in 1722, Colonel Thomas Pollock, as President of His Majesty's Council for North Carolina, assumed the place of Governor, but he died in a short while and was succeeded by William Reed. That year Bertie precinct was erected west of Chowan River, and court houses were, for the first time, ordered to be built. Not only the General Assembly, but courts and all public affairs, up to this time, had been held in private houses.
2. North Carolina then comprised three counties. These were
Albemarle, Bath and Clarendon. Albemarle contained Currituck,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan and Bertie precincts. Bath and
Clarendon, though counties, were not subdivided at this time.
1724.