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MATTHIAS E. MANLY,JR.,SYLVESTER H. GRAY, CLAUDIUS E. FOY, A.
OAKSMITH, JOHN PATTERSON, A.B. DENNISON and WILLIAM J. CLARKE.
The board was charged with surveying the harbor and channel approaches,
licensing pilots, developing and improving the harbor, fixing the bulkhead and pier
lines for New Bern, acquiring equipment, and borrowing money for necessary
expenses.”
That our line of FOYs lived and thrived in Craven County, North Carolina in
the 1700s and later is well established and all the FOYs mentioned in this history
book about Craven County could have been our kin.
Ch. 7 Pg. 8
