county seat

“And he took me to an office in what I now know had to be the county seat of Jones County.”

Oral History Interview with Viola Turner, April 15, 1979. Interview C-0015. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

“BAILEY presented a petition from sundry citizens of McDowell, relating to the location of the county seat of that county; which was ordered to be referred to the committee of propositions and grievances.”

Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861.

“After Menard County was formed out of a portion of Sangamon County, and the county seat established at Petersburg, Mr. Lincoln was a regular attendant at the courts.”

The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln

“In the fall of 1838, I commenced the study of law in the office of N.M. Taliaferro, Esq., an eminent lawyer residing at the county seat of my native county, who some years afterward became a judge of the General Court of Virginia.”

Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C.S.A. : autobiographical sketch and narrative of the War between the States,

“Doing the chores in the morning, he would walk to Booneville, the county seat of Warwick County, seventeen miles away, then home in time to do the chores at night, repeating this day after day.”

The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln

“Mankato, is the name of the county seat of Blue Earth County.”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

“At that time, people went to the railroad to get on the train to go to the county seat or wherenot.”

Oral History Interview with Orlin P. Shuping, June 15, 1975. Interview H-0290. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

“The town of Humboldt is the county seat for Sherburne county.”

Minnesota and Dacotah: in letters descriptive of a tour through the North-west, in the autumn of 1856. With information relative to public lands,

“Juana, we haven't been in touch with any government above the county seat since those-aliens started shooting.”

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