Download or read book Artisans in the North Carolina Backcountry written by Johanna Miller Lewis and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the quarter of a century before the thirteen colonies became a nation, the northwest quadrant of North Carolina had just begun to attract permanent settlers. This seemingly primitive area may not appear to be a likely source for attractive pottery and ornate silverware and furniture, much less for an audience to appreciate these refinements. Yet such crafts were not confined to urban centers, and artisans, like other colonists, were striving to create better lives for themselves as well as to practice their trades. As Johanna Miller Lewis shows in this pivotal study of colonial history and material culture, the growing population of Rowan County required not only blacksmiths, saddlers, and tanners but also a great variety of skilled craftsmen to help raise the standard of living. Rowan County's rapid expansion was in part the result of the planned settlements of the Moravian Church. Because the Moravians maintained careful records, historians have previously credited church artisans with greater skill and more economic awareness than non-church craftsmen. Through meticulous attention to court and private records, deeds, wills, and other sources, Lewis reveals the Moravian failure to keep up with the pace of development occurring elsewhere in the county. Challenging the traditional belief that southern backcountry life was primitive, Lewis shows that many artisans held public office and wielded power in the public sphere. She also examines women weavers and spinsters as an integral part of the population. All artisans—Moravian and non-Moravian, male and female—helped the local market economy expand to include coastal and trans-Atlantic trade. Lewis's book contributes meaningfully to the debate over self-sufficiency and capitalism in rural America.

Download or read book Troubled Ground written by Claude A. Clegg and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Searching for a Troubled Past -- 1. Bygones -- 2. Old Demons of the New South -- 3. The Reaping -- 4. Presumed Guilt -- 5. A Blot Upon the State -- 6. A Reckoning -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Cover 4.

Download or read book George Park d 1782 and Agness Nichols Park of Rowan Davidson County North Carolina and Some of Their Descendants written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Michael Hartman Dillow and Anna Margareth Holshouser Family Michael Sr 1755 1805 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of Michael Hartman Dillow. Michael was born ca. 1755 in Pennsylvania. He married Anna Margareth Holshouser ca. 1774 probably in North Carolina. He died ca. 1805 in Salisbury, North Carolina. They were the parents of seven known children.

Download or read book The Michael Hartman Dillow and Anna Margareth Holshouser Family Jacob Sr 1757 1826 2 v written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of Michael Hartman Dillow. Michael was born ca. 1755 in Pennsylvania. He married Anna Margareth Holshouser ca. 1774 probably in North Carolina. He died ca. 1805 in Salisbury, North Carolina. They were the parents of seven known children.

Download or read book John Templeton of Iredell Co N C written by Jay Norwalk and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Templeton was born before 1755. He married Martha and they moved to Iredell County, North Carolina. Their children included Obadiah, Elizabeth, John, James, Martha or Patsy and Polly or Mary. Ancestral surnames include Handly, Marks, Folk, Pilcher, Colyar, Bate, Beall, Winston, De Puy and Trabue.

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Download or read book The Vanderfords written by Cheryl Lynds Jensen and published by Aurora Publishing Incorporated. This book was released on 1992 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of various early branches of the Vanderford family in America. Michael Paul Vanderford (or Vandervoot) who was born ca. 1610 in Dermont, Flanders, Belgium was the first known Vanderford to immigrate to America sometime prior to the year 1640. He married Maria Rapalje 18 December 1640. They lived in New York and were the parents of nine children. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa and elsewhere.

Download or read book The Cagle Family in the South to 1850 written by John G. Cagle and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Cagle (perhaps Kagelmacher) immigrated about 1700 from Germany to Pennsylvania, and settled in the old Anson (now Lincoln) County, North Carolina. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and elsewhere. Includes other Cagle immigrants and some of their descendants. Includes genealogical data on Cagle individuals and families (chiefly from federal census).

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Download or read book Pierce Pace Hall Minton and Huie Families written by Virginia Copeland Jantz and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest proven ancestors of these families are John Pace and Elizabeth Newsome of Middlesex County, Virginia (married 1693); John and Margaret Hall of Maryland or Pennsylvania (married c1700); William Minton and Ann Scruggs of Virginia (married 1773); and James Huie of North Carolina (born in North Carolina between 1760 and 1770, wife's name unknown). Descendants and relatives have spread throughout the United States.

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