In photography, I wish to single out Duane Amburn, official photographer of the Centennial, Melvin Turlington of Lillington, and Alex McArtan of Linden, who traces his roots back to Harnett. Viola Thornton, Bill Eaton and all the long suffering courthouse officials of Cumberland and Harnett Counties. McDonald, James Spence, Senator Robert Morgan, Lois Byrd, L. Particularly, do I wish to mention others for their help in preparing the manuscript for publication: Mrs. But they were such wonderfully fascinating stories to a little boy! Actually, the above figures should be reversed in the light of modern research. I would like to offer them my humble apologies for thinking what they told me was 90% fiction, coupled with 10% fact. There are some others I would like to thank in person for their help: Albert Johnson, Bryant Allen Morgan, Sandy Colville, to name a few, but they long ago Passed This Way. Out of the greatness of their hearts, they took time to instill in a little country boy a love for history that has resulted in this book. Particularly, do I want to give heart-felt thanks to two lovely ladies of Dunn, Miss Jessie Smith and Miss Flora McQueen. In its writing, I have had help from a lot of mighty fine folks. Lore and legend, admittedly have been given a rightful place a wealth of material has been drawn from conversations with the living and with those who since have passed on.īut there is more-a lifetime of love for Harnett County, twenty years of exhaustive search of land grants, deeds, personal papers, graveyards scrutiny of library collections dealing with people, events or places in this county countless steps in which I have retraced many of the paths of those who have PASSED THIS WAY. I have tried to make this a readable, narrative story of the men and women who made Harnett County what it is today by PASSING THIS WAY. This is not a definitive history of Harnett County. Harnett County in the War Between the States