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of roads and bridges and ferries in the area of New Bern helped promote
economic growth.
The author writes, “ The abandonment of the commissioner system in 1758
greatly contributed to the effectiveness of road supervision in the county and
probably explained the increased number of roads that appeared in Craven County
during the Revolutionary era. Further additional roads necessitated accompanying
bridges and ferries. Led by LEVI MOORE, GEORGE LANE, and FREDERICK
FOY, twenty-one petitioners from New Berg and the southwest side of the Trent
River exemplified the demand for improved transportation when they memorialized
the county justices in 1801 for a road and ferry in order that they might obtain
better access to market.”
The final FOY mentioned in this book is CLAUDIUS E. FOY, whom we have
mentioned earlier in and who also lived in Craven County. On page 542 the
author is writing about banks in Craven County. He states that in 1867 New
Bern was the home of three of the twelve private banks in the state of North
Carolina at that time and claims that following the Civil War more than one
hundred private banking institutions were opened in North Carolina but few
endured more than ten years.
The author states, “R. H. Roundtree and COMPANY proved one of the exceptions,
finally closing in 1881. Four years later, THOMAS A. GREEN, C.E. FOY,
CLEMENT MANLY, and FURNIFOLD SIMMONS organized GREEN, FOY and
COMPANY which was chartered as the Citizens Bank of New Bern, a state bank,
in 1891.”
On page 544 the author is writing about expositions and fairs which were
popular in the country then and says, “On petition from CLAUDIUS E. FOY, the
county commissioners in 1891 agreed to fund displays at the Southern Exposition
in Chicago in 1893.”
On page 547 the author is writing about various political groups which were
formed in Craven County and says, “Meanwhile, legislation in 1879 created a
Board of Newbern Harbor Commissioners, a politically bipartisan, self-
perpetuating group consisting of JAMES A. BRYAN, GEORGE ALLEN,
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