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The act establishing Pitt County authorized the courts to be held at the home of John Hardy until a courthouse could be built. It also directed the justices to contract for the construction of the courthouse, prison and stocks on John Hardy's land on the south side of Tar River, near the Chapel known as Hardy's Chapel. In 1787 Martinsborough was changed to Greenville. Greenville is the county seat.
Pitt County was named in honor of William Pitt.
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