Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocosons
Literary usage of Pocosons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1914)
"Behind these belts of sand lie the stiff or clayey soils, the savannahs and pocosons.
The savannahs occupy about one-half the land area of the county. ..."
2. Historical Papers by Lynchburg Historical Society (1916)
"Along these swamps, pocosons and creeks lie some of the rich farming lands
characteristic of eastern Carolina; the people have no difficulty in producing a ..."
3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1897)
"Plaintiff's farm is between these two pocosons. The railroad crosses both pocosons,
running east and west. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1916)
"Davis has described conditions in the pocosons or swa'mps on the coastal plain
in North Carolina. But there are many peat deposits which did not originate ..."
5. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"... mud from the pocosons* and from the bed of the creek, into the scow; and the
carts, so soon as the manure for the corn and potatoes in 1800 is carried ..."
6. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"... the hammocks, the savannahs, pocosons, and swamps of Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana ! How many inhabitants are there to the square mile ? ..."
7. Letters and Recollections of George Washington: Being Letters to Tobias Lear by George Washington (1906)
"... for the purpose of cultivation (the swamps and pocosons on the Creek and River
excepted) nor a stick carried off the premises for any purpose whatsoever ..."
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