Various County officials lined up to shake hands with a man and woman. Ben Weaver, Commissioner, Brenda Swingler, Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Paul Paes, Register of Wills are the only identifiable officials.
Surveyor's compass, marked John Vogler, Salem, N.C. John Vogeler (1783-1881) served his apprenticeship under Christoph Vogeler, his uncle, and is known to have made guns. He called himself a silversmith and a watchmaker. He opened his shop in Salem about 1806. Courtesy Old Salem, Inc.
Swage of iron with an eagle engraved in the survace, and a small terminal tab which overlapped the bowl of the spoon. By laying the blank of silver with excess provided for the tab, or in other cases the rat tail, the desired shape could be hammered into the bottom survace of the spoon.
