"A History of Moore County North Carolina 1747-1847" by Blackwell P. Robinson, pub. by Moore County Historical Association, Southern Pines, NC (1956) p. 92: The year after the definitive peace, 1783, the General Assembly saw fit to creat thge new county of Moore . . . Thomas Matthews, John Robertson, WILLIS DICKERSON, Philip Alston, and John Jackson were appointed commissioners to erect a courthouse, prison, and stocks. In addition, Thomas Matthews and Ica Adkins were designated to run the dividing line.