Near the end of 1881, a smallpox outbreak occurred, and Mayor W.C. Jackson issued the following proclamation Dec. 29, 1881, as printed in the Jan. 5, 1882, issue of the Fayetteville Weekly Democrat: WHEREAS, The contagions disease of Smallpox exists in the town ot Fayetteville, and in view of preventing the spread of the disease, … More Smallpox Proclamation