Richard Moore began accumulating property across Granville and Vance counties in 1989.

Today, his 856.9 acre farm is worth approximately $707,132.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate's initial purchase was a 4.31 acre property that included a house from Angier and Mary Ellen Duke. Since then, he has made nine purchases from 12 neighbors to expand the size of his property.

He receives a tobacco allotment from the Farm Service Agency on the land.

Moore also owns a 3,570 square foot home in Raleigh. The house, built in 1931, was remodeled in 1985. It has three full baths and two outdoor porches. He purchased the home from Frank and Mildred Liggett in 2003. That home is valued at $983,535.

He shares his parent's Oxford farm with his siblings. He received his 14.5 percent share of the farm on Salem Road on Sept. 30, 1993.

Robert Potter was kicked out of the state House over a card game.

The Granville County lawyer served in the state House in 1826 and 1827, and then was elected to Congress in 1828. He had to step down, however, after he was convicted of assaulting two Methodist ministers.

During his three years in jail, Potter launched another campaign, and he was elected to the state House again in 1834, according to a Nov. 18, 1939, article in The State magazine.

His career didn't last long:

On Christmas night, 1834, Potter engaged in a game of cards with Carney Cotton, member of the House of Commons from Chatham County, and after suffering heavy losses he seized all the money on the table and covering Cotton with a pistol, got away with it.

Potter was expelled by a vote of 62-42 on Jan. 2, 1835. He moved to Texas, where he served as secretary of the Texas Navy and signed the state's constitution.

He was later killed by an armed mob that showed up at his house one night, but that's another state's history.

Hat Tip: Lamara Hackett