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The act establishing Sampson County directed that the first court be held at the home of James Myhand, at which place the justices were to decide where all subsequent courts were to be held until a courthouse could be erected. Commissioners were named to select a central location, purchase land, and erect the public buildings. It is probable that the courthouse was called Sampson Court House on the public lands of the county.1
Samspon County was named after Col. John Sampson, who died in 1784. He was a member of the House of Commons and the Governor's Council under Royal Governors Dodds, Tryon and Martin. 2
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