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Vol. IX. No. 44
April 4, 1942
Davie County
It lisis ninny now nnil beautiful
places anil also some exception¬
ally interesting old houses.
Judge Pearson had a law school
and Marshall \ey is saiil to have
taught school there.
JERUSALEM - Kphcaua — Jer¬
icho — Joppa — Bethlehem.
You'll find them nil within the
borders of Davie County.
Bong time ago, when people were
giving names to the little eomimuii-
ties that were springing up in Davie,
somebody selected the name of Jeru¬
salem. Not to
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outdone, the people
in another section of the county
picked out the name of Bethlehem.
And then along came Ephesus, Jeri¬
cho and Joppa. After that the folks
in Davie either got tired of the habit
of naming their places of residence
for towns in the Bible or else they
didn't know any more Biblical names:
at any rate, the practice was aban¬
doned and was never resumed.
IIavik County is in the west-central
part of the stato and is bounded on
the north by Yadkin, on I ho east by
Forsyth and Davidson, oii the south
by Bowan and on the west by Ire¬
dell. It was formed in 1836 from
Rowan and was name-1 in honor of
General William R. Davie, father of
The University of North Carolina.
It is a county of unusually fine farms.
The countryside is rolling and well
timbered and when you’re riding
along some of the ridges you can see
for miles and miles.
Mocksville is the county seat and
was named for the Mock family, early
settlers in that section. When we ar¬
rived there on our recent trip up in
that part of the stale, we called upon
Air. Turner Grant, well known law¬
yer and legislator, and asked him who.
in his opinion, could give us the most
information about Davie County.
*Go and see Tom Caudell, the
mayor,” he told ns. "He's well in¬
formed and can give you all the data
you need.”
The monument and tombstone over
the graves of Squire Boone and his
wife, Sara. They were the parents
of Dan'l Boone. The old headstones
are embodied in the monument.
The mayor’s office is located only
a short distance from that of Mr.
Grant. He said he’d he glad to go
with u> and. pointing to another man
in the office, remarked : “That’s II. C.
Mcronoy. lie’s one of the old-timers
around here and I'd suggest we take
him along with ii-."
Mr. Mcronoy said he had the time
to spare, so the three of us lit out.
"First place I suggest you go is
Joppa graveyard." said Mr. Caudell.
so to Joppa we went. It is probably
the oldest graveyard in Davie and is
located about a mile and a half from
Mocksville. The most interesting
thing al">ut the place is that it con¬
tains tlm graves of S-piire and Sara
Boone, parents of Daniel, the b'ar
hunter. The original headstones, with
their 18th-century lettering and spell-
ing remain, but have ben encased in
a monument. Mr. Caudell and Mr.
Mctonoy told us that visitors had
chipned off quite a bit of the stone
ami bad taken the chips as souvenirs.
They said it was a darned shame, and
we *aid it was too.
T"*- biggest industry in Davie
County is the Erwin Cotton Mills,
located at Cooleemee, on the South
Fork of the Yadkin River in the
On the left — Mr. Caudell. On the extreme southern pint of the county
right, Mr. Meroney. Approximately 1,500 |>eoplc are om
