Reproduction of materials relating to the history of Martin County, N.C., gathered in the 1850s by U.S. Sen. Asa Biggs, including a brief history of the county from its founding in 1774; description of local boundaries, courts, and taxation (including tax information through 1850s); extracts from commission appointing county justices of the peace, 1777; lists of local men who served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War.