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	{{Adoption NCGenWeb}} '''Pelham County''' was never erected, nor used by any residents of North Carolina. It existed only in the minds of map makers attempting to curry favor with a secretary in the British government. <br><br>		{{Adoption NCGenWeb}} '''Pelham County''' was never erected, nor used by any residents of North Carolina. It existed only in the minds of map makers attempting to curry favor with a secretary in the British government. <br><br>

−	James Wimble created the first map with the fictional county in 1738. The myth of Pelham County was dragged out because of maps published up to the 1790s on which the non-existent county persisted. On these maps it appeared about where modern [[Sampson County, North Carolina\|Sampson County]] would be today.<ref>"Pelham County, North Carolina" in ''Counties of North Carolina'' at http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/pelham_county_nc.html (accessed 3 January 2011).</ref><br>	+	James Wimble created the first map with the fictional county in 1738. The myth of Pelham County was dragged out because of copycat maps published up to the 1790s on which the non-existent county persisted. On these maps Pelham appeared about where modern [[Sampson County, North Carolina\|Sampson County]] would be today.<ref>"Pelham County, North Carolina" in ''Counties of North Carolina'' at http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/pelham_county_nc.html (accessed 3 January 2011).</ref><br>

	No one has ever resided in, nor done business with, and there have never been records of the so-called '''Pelham County''' except on maps.		No one has ever resided in, nor done business with, and there have never been records of the so-called '''Pelham County''' except on maps.

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''[[United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[North Carolina]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Pelham_County,_North_Carolina|Pelham County]]''

{{Adoption NCGenWeb}} '''Pelham County''' was never erected, nor used by any residents of North Carolina. It existed only in the minds of map makers attempting to curry favor with a secretary in the British government. <br><br>

James Wimble created the first map with the fictional county in 1738. The myth of Pelham County was dragged out because of maps published up to the 1790s on which the non-existent county persisted. On these maps it appeared about where modern [[Sampson County, North Carolina|Sampson County]] would be today.<ref>"Pelham County, North Carolina" in ''Counties of North Carolina'' at http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/pelham_county_nc.html (accessed 3 January 2011).</ref><br>

No one has ever resided in, nor done business with, and there have never been records of the so-called '''Pelham County''' except on maps.

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[[Category:Sampson_County,_North_Carolina]]

Pelham County, North Carolina - Revision history

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