Excerpt from A Historical Sketch of New Hope Church, in Orange County, N. CAbout two hundred years ago the middle section of N orth Carolina was one wild and extensive wilderness, inhabe ited by savages and the wild beasts and birds of the forest. It was about the year 1685 that spotwood describes the en tire State as being Without any form of government. The few settlers, chie¿y in the eastern portion of the State, did What was right in their own eyes, pay ing tribute neither to God nor Caesar. Mr. Bancroft, says: There was no fixed minister in the land till 1703, no church erected till 1705, no separate building for a court house til11722, no printing press ti111754. Careless of religious sects, or colleges or lawyers or absolute laws, the early settlers enjoyed liberty of conscience and per sonal independence, freedom of the forest and river. The children of nature listened to the inspirations of nature. 9.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.