1887_public laws_250_3
CHAPTER 249 An act to be entitled an act to create and establish a free school district at Sharpsburg in the counties of Wilson, Edgecombe and Nash. . The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
G. W. Robbins, J. D. Dawes and D. L. Lancaster are hereby appointed and constituted a school committee for the whiterace. Peter Harris and Irwin Battle are hereby appointed and constituted a school committee for the colored race. The said committees shall held their office until their successors are elected and qualified: Provided, the county board of education of each of the counties of Wilson, Edgecombe and Nash shall elect one committeeman out of the residents of the school district that live in their respective counties.