Guilford Courthouse Administrative History

CHAPTER 4:
Endnotes

1 Copies of deeds 4-10 are found in Master Deed List, Guilford Courthouse NMP Library, microfiche. A 1928 survey indicated that the original 125 acre grant that formed the park's nucleus was in error. Performed by a local civil engineer, this survey put the park's area at 110.46 acres, an apparent error of 14.54 acres. No subsequent general survey has been performed, so it is possible that all modern listings of park property holdings are in error. R.G. Trogdon, Engineer, "Guilford Courthouse NMP Map, July 16, 1928," Guilford Courthouse NMP map cabinet.

2 James G.W. MacClamroch to Rep. Carl T. Durham, 16 July 1940, Carl T. Durham Papers, SHC.

3 A conveniently synthesized source for material regarding Greensboro's growth in this period is Gayle H. Fripp, Greensboro: A Chosen Center (Woodland Hills, California: Windsor Publications, 1982), pp. 91-99. Fripp makes liberal use of Ethel S. Arnett, Greensboro, North Carolina: The County Seat of Guilford (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1955).

4 David Schenck, "Report To The Stockholders Of The Guilford Battle Ground Company, March 15, 1890." Schenck Books, XV, SHC.

5 Arnett, Greensboro . . ., pp. 369-370. The Country Park consisted of 120 acres. Information obtained in telephone interview by the author with James Sykes, City of Greensboro Department of Parks and Recreation, 3 January 1994.

6 Earl Cornwallis to Lord George Germain, 17 March 1781, in Banastre Tarleton, A History Of The Campaigns Of 1780 And 1781, In The Southern Provinces Of North America (London: 1787) pp. 303-307. The cemetery area covered 220 acres, more or less. Information obtained in telephone interview by the author with Thomas Ravenel, Cemetery Division, City of Greensboro, 3 January 1994.

7 Elbert Cox to Verne E. Chatelain, 29 December 1933, 602-01 GUCO, RG 79, National Archives, microfilm. Cox went on to have a distinguished NPS career as Superintendent of Colonial NHP and Morristown NHP, and as Assistant Regional Director and Regional Director of the Southeast Region. See: Historic Listing of National Park Service Officials (Washington: NPS, 1991) pp.18, 19, 82, 144.