The North Carolina Cities and Towns in Wilkes County The act
establishing the county stipulated that the first court was to
be held at the home of John Brown. Commissioners were named to
select a place centrally located for the construction of a
courthouse, prison, and stocks. The second court was held June
1, 1778, in the "bent of the Yadkin." The next day, it was held
at Mulberry Field Meeting House. One June 3, the commissioners
who were to select a site for the county seat reported, "We, the
commissioners appointed by act of Assembly to lay out and
appoint pillory and stocks of the said county, have met and
materially considered the same, do adjudge and appoint the place
where the Mulbury Meeting House stands as the most central,
suitable, and proper place whereon to locate public buildings."
In September, 1778, court was held at the courthouse in Wilkes.
In 1795, an act was passed naming new commissioners to select a
site for the erection of a courthouse, pillory, and stocks. It
also named commissioners