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474 <br /> <br /> The Board of Cormnissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular <br />session on Monday, January 16, 1984, at 7:00 P.M. The meeting was <br />opened in the Old Cabarrus County Courthouse for a special observance <br />of the 191st year of Cabarrus County Government. Ail regular business <br />was conducted in the regular place of meeting. <br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz <br /> Commissioners: Archie Y. Barnhardt <br /> Marcelle Milloway <br /> J. Harold Nash <br /> Kenneth F. Payne <br /> The invocation was given by Reverend Larry E. Irvin, Sr., of the <br />Church of the Living Word of Concord, North Carolina. <br /> Dr. Douglas G. Kelling, President of Historic Cabarrus, Inc., welcomed <br />the members of the Board on behalf of Historic Cabarrus to the observation <br />of the anniversary of the beginning of government in Cabarrus County. He <br />expressed appreciation to the Board for the opportunities given the citizens <br />of Cabarrus County. <br /> Mrs. Jane Spainhour read the following letter from Stephen Cabarrus <br />to the people of Cabarrus County. <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br /> Permit me to convey to your county through the medium of <br />your standing committee the sentiment that I ever entertain for <br />the high honor I have received from the General Assembly of <br />this State in naming your respectable county after me. Such an <br />honor I did not expect and so great I value it that every step <br />of my future career shall be cautiously directed to preserve <br />it unviolated. I am about retiring to a private life, but be <br />assured that whatsoever situation I may be thrust in I shall <br />never cease to address my fervent prayers to our common father <br />for your welfare and happiness. <br /> <br /> I have been informed since my attendance here by your <br />representatives that an unfortunate contest has taken place <br />respecting the place to fix your courthouse. I had the <br />pleasure of conferring with your members and am to find that <br />my advice had some weight with them. I lament truly your <br />present disunion but sincerely hope that harmony and <br />friendship will soon be restored to your county. I have <br />taken the liberty to give you my opinion not as an indifferent <br />man, not as a prejudiced man, but as a true friend and <br />affectionate brother in Raleigh. May all your dissensions <br />soon cease. It is my most ardent wish let every man, every <br />party give up some point and I hope to see you soon reunited. <br />Nothing could give me more pleasure as I am well assured that <br />alone you will give to your county that dignity to which it is <br />so well entitled. <br /> <br />With the greatest respect and affection, <br />I am <br /> Gentlemen <br /> Your most humble <br /> servant and true friend. <br /> <br /> S. Cabarrus <br /> Fayetteville <br /> January 7, 1794 <br /> <br /> Commissioner Harold Nash read from the minutes of the first meeting <br />of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held on the third Monday of <br />January, 1793, in a private home in Cabarrus County. <br /> Mr. John Sharpe Hartsell read from the minutes of October 2, 1876, <br />listing the juror summons for the first court session to be held in the <br />Old Courthouse Building. He also read from the minutes of the first <br />meeting of the Board of Commissioners in the Old Courthouse on <br />December 4, 1876, and the first meeting of the Board in the present <br />Cabarrus County Courthouse on October 9, 1975. <br /> The meeting recessed at 7:12 P.M. and was reconvened in the Commissioners' <br />Meeting Room of the Cabarrus County Courthouse at 7:15 P.M. <br /> <br /> <br />