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The first court of Haywood County was ordered to be held at Mount Prospect, at which time
the justices could decide on some other place for holding court until a
courthouse could be erected. In 1809 the justices of the peace were authorized
to appoint commissioners to erect the courthouse: "In the erection
of the public buildings at Mount Prospect there was laid the foundation
of the little city of Waynesville. In the record of the court of pleas and
quarter sessions the name of Waynesville occurs first in 1811." Waynesville
was confirmed as a town by legislative act in 1810.1
Haywood County was named in honor of John Haywood,
Treasurer of North Carolina, 1787-1827.1
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