Western North Carolina Duo - History & Genealogy

Description: Western North Carolina DuoBook #1 Western North CarolinaA History 1730-1913By John Preston Arthur, 1914; 730 pages, indexed Book #2Sketches of Western NCHistorical and BiographicalIllustrating PrincipallyThe Revolutionary PeriodofMecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties,Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information,Much of it Never Published By C. L. Hunter, 1877; 370 pages, searchable Book #3Lindsey's Guide Book Western North Carolina By Kerr Printing Co., 189; 166 pages, illustrated searchable *****************************************************************************************Digital CD Requires PDF reader to viewautoboot menu for easy pc acces; manually open on mac********************************************************************************** Western North Carolina lies between the Blue Ridge on the East and the Iron, Great Smoky and Unaka mountains on the West. It varies in width from about forty miles at the Virginia line to about seventy-five when it reaches Georgia on the Southerly side. Running Northeast and Southwest it borders the State of Tennessee on the West for about two hundred and thirty miles, following the meanderings of the mountain tops, and embraces approximately eight thousand square miles. Nowhere within that entire area is there a tract of level land one thousand acres in extent; for the mountains are everywhere, except in places where a limpid stream has, after ages of erosion, eaten out of the hills a narrow valley. Between the Grandfather on the east and the Roan on the west, the distance in a straight line is less than twenty miles, while from Melrose mountain, just west of Try on, to the corner of North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, is over one hundred and fifty miles. In the colonial era, the mountain ranges served as a barrier to westward expansion. Roads were possible only through gaps in the ridges. Even then, they were mostly rough, primitive affairs not conducive to the movement of people or commerce. The most efficient form of transportation in the 18th century was waterborne. Again, mountainous areas were at a disadvantage with their shallow, rocky, un-navigable streams. Book #1 CONTENTS.Chapter I — Introductory 7 Chapter II — Boundaries 18 Chapter III — Colonial Days 60 Chapter IV — Daniel Boone 79 Chapter V — Revolutionary Days 96 Chapter VI— The State of Franklin 113 Chapter VII — Grants and Litigation 131 Chapter VIII — County History 143 Chapter IX — Pioneer Preachers 215 Chapter X — Roads, Stage Coaches and Taverns 229 Chapter XI — Manners and Customs 248 Chapter XII — Extraordinary Events 292 Chapter XIII — Humorous and Romantic 327 Chapter XIV— Duels 356 Chapter XV — Bench and Bar 373 Chapter XVI — Notable Cases and Decisions 407 Chapter XVII — Schools and Colleges 420 Chapter XVIII — Newspapers 449 Chapter XIX — Swepson and Littlefield 457 Chapter XX — Railroads 469 Chapter XXI — Notable Resorts and Improvements 491 Chapter XXII — Flora and Fauna 512 Chapter XXIII — Physical Peculiarities 528 Chapter XXIV — Mineralogy and Geology 542 Chapter XXV — Mines and Mining 552 Chapter XXVI— The Cherokees 566 Chapter XXVII— The Civil War Period 600 Chapter XXVIII— Political 628 Appendix 652 Index 659 Book #2 CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE. CHAPTER I.MECKLENBURG COUNTYThe Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence--A brief account of theMecklenburg Centennial--The Grand Procession--Exercises at the FairGrounds--James Belk, A Veteran Invited Guest--Signers of theMecklenburg Declaration of Independence--Origin of the AlexanderFamilies of Mecklenburg county--Jack Family--Captain Charles Polk's"Muster Roll,"--President James K. Polk--General William Davidson,General George Graham--William Richardson Davie--Battle of the HangingRock--General Michael McLeary--Major Thomas Alexander--Captain WilliamAlexander--Elijah Alexander--Captain Charles Alexander--Joseph Kerr,"The Cripple Spy"--Robert Kerr--Henry Hunter--James Orr--Skirmish atCharlotte; or, First attack of the "Hornets"--Surprise at McIntire's,or, the "Hornets" at work--Judge Samuel Lowrie--The Ladies of theRevolutionary Period--Mrs. Eleanor Wilson--Queen's Museum. CHAPTER II.CABARRUS COUNTYThe "Black Boys" of Cabarrus--Dr. Charles Harris--Captain ThomasCaldwell. CHAPTER III. ROWAN COUNTYRoute of the British Army through Mecklenburg and Rowan Counties--General Griffith Rutherford--Locke Family--Hon. Archibald Henderson--Richard Pearson--Mrs Elizabeth Steele. CHAPTER IV.IREDELL COUNTYCol. Alexander Osborn--Captain William Sharpe--Major William Gill--Captain Andrew Carson, and others--Captain Alexander Davidson--CaptainJames Houston--Captain James Houston's Muster Roll--Rev. James Hall--Hon. Hugh Lawson White. CHAPTER V.LINCOLN COUNTYBattle of Ramseur's Mill--Route of the British Army through Lincolncounty--Gen. Joseph Graham--Brevard Family--Col. James Johnston--Genealogy of Col. James Johnston--Jacob Forney, Sr.--Gen. PeterForney--Major Abram Forney--Remarks--Genealogy of the Forney Family. CHAPTER VI.GASTON COUNTYRev. Humphrey Hunter--Dr. William McLean--Major William Chronicle--Captain Samuel Martin--Captain Samuel Caldwell--Captain John Mattocks--William Rankin--General John Moore--Elisha Withers. CHAPTER VII.CLEAVELAND COUNTYBattle of King's Mountain--Colonel William Campbell--Colonel IsaacShelby--Colonel James D. Williams--Colonel William Graham--Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Hambrigh. CHAPTER VIII.BURKE COUNTYBattle of the Cowpens--General Daniel Morgan--General Charles McDowelland Brothers. CHAPTER IX.WILKES COUNTYColonel Benjamin Cleaveland--Colonel John Sevier--General WilliamLenoir. CHAPTER X.MISCELLANEOUSLord Cornwallis--Colonel Tarleton--Cherokee Indians--Conclusion. Just insert the CD into your Windows computer and use the menu to open your book(s), and to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. If your system security prevents the CD from auto loading, just double-left click the Autorun file on the CD. For MAC (or Windows) manually open the PDF file for your book. 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