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The arms have been adopted by the County of Harnett on February 17, 1986. | The arms have been adopted by the County of Harnett on February 17, 1986. | ||
The | The county is named after Cornelius Harnett an American merchant, farmer, and statesman from Wilmington, North Carolina. He was a leading American Revolutionary statesman in the Cape Fear region, and a delegate for North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779. Being from a farmer's background his family did not bear arms. The county therefore uses the arms of a certain Harnett family outlined in John Burke’s “Encyclopaedia of Heraldry”, 1847. It is described as “Argent a pale sable surmounted by a saltire gules a chief azure. Crest - A hornet fly, wings elevated, proper." There is most likely no relation between Cornelius Harnett and the family that used the arms. | ||
The county, however, uses a chief silver instead of blue and the crest is shown in black and white, not proper. The proper colours are shown below: | The county, however, uses a chief silver instead of blue and the crest is shown in black and white, not proper. The proper colours are shown below based on Burke: | ||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||