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1843

He was the first register elected by the Magistrate Court at the first court assembled at Mathias Barringer's - in March 1843, and served in that capacity for a number of years and also the successor of G. P. Shuford as superintentent of the free school system for Catawba county.

1848

P. C. Henkel about the year 1848 which position he held for many years until he died and was buried at Grace church.

1855

It covers over 32,000 acres of water with 520 miles of shoreline making it the largest man-made fresh water lake in North Carolina. Its county seat, Newton, was founded in 1855, and it took its name from Isaac Newton Wilson, a North Carolina legislator who proposed the formation of Catawba County.

1857

He connected himself to the Lutheran congregation at Grace church about 1857.

1860

He came to this section about 1860 from Davidson county, N. C., and bought the Cany Leonard farm which was a part of the Andrew Leonard tract.

1868

It wasn’t until 1868 that becoming a Register was left up to the voters and became an elected office which is still in effect today.

1900

S. T. Wilfong represented Catawba County in the Legislature about 1900.He is one of the present Elders in the German Reformed congregation at Grace Church.

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