Download or read book The Davidson Family of Rural Hill North Carolina written by Jim Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Davidson came to the North Carolina back country circa 1751 as a young man, with his sister and widowed mother. Typical of Scots-Irish settlers, they arrived with little more than basic farming tools, determined to make it on their own terms. Davidson worked hard, prospered, married well and built a plantation on the Catawba River he called Rural Hill. The Davidson's were loyal British citizens who paid their taxes and participated in colonial government. When the Crown's overbearing authority interfered, independence became paramount and Davidson and his neighbors became soldiers in the Revolutionary War. After the war Davidson managed his plantation, created shad fisheries, helped develop the local iron industry with his sons-in-law and was an early planter of cotton. His sons and grandsons, along with their slave families, continuously increased and improved the acreage and became early practitioners of scientific farming. Drawing on public documents, family papers and slave records, this history describes how a fiercely independent family grew their lands and fortunes into a lasting legacy.

Download or read book The True Image written by Daniel W. Patterson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thousand unique gravestones cluster around old Presbyterian churches in the piedmont of the two Carolinas and in central Pennsylvania. Most are the vulnerable legacy of three generations of the Bigham family, Scotch Irish stonecutters whose workshop near Charlotte created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. In The True Image, Daniel Patterson documents the craftsmanship of this group and the current appearance of the stones. In two hundred of his photographs, he records these stones for future generations and compares their iconography and inscriptions with those of other early monuments in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Combining his reading of the stones with historical records, previous scholarship, and rich oral lore, Patterson throws new light on the complex culture and experience of the Scotch Irish in America. In so doing, he explores the bright and the dark sides of how they coped with challenges such as backwoods conditions, religious upheavals, war, political conflicts, slavery, and land speculation. He shows that headstones, resting quietly in old graveyards, can reveal fresh insights into the character and history of an influential immigrant group.

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Download or read book Mecklenburg County North Carolina Court Minutes 1774 1780 written by Doris Futch Briscoe and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mecklenburg County was formed from Anson County, N.C. in 1762. It was a pathway of major migration from both Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the Scotch-Irish came to the area in huge numbers. Court minutes are considered some of the most important records on the county level. The reason researchers value court minutes so much is because they reflect many areas of activity in the county and the persons involved: estates being settled, persons assigned to jury duty or to work on the roads, lawsuits, wills, probated deeds recorded, apprentices indentured, orphans put under the care of the court, etc. Do not be surprised to find those surnames you have been searching for in other books on this county that you have had no luck with so far.

Download or read book Mecklenburg County North Carolina Abstracts of Early Wills 1763 1790 1749 1790 written by Brent Holcomb and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The will abstracts in this volume, 1749-1790, are based on the oldest Mecklenburg County wills of record, as well as upon the extant returns of wills and estates of the North Carolina Secretary of State. While the length and contents of these abstracts vary, most of them provide the name of the testator, date of the will, names and relationships of all heirs to the estate (sometimes with ages given or inferred), contents of the estate, names of executors, and, usually, the date of probate.

Download or read book The History of Mecklenburg County written by John Brevard Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Rowan County North Carolina 1763 1774 written by Jo White Linn and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sketches of Pitt County written by Henry Thomas King and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These sketches are the result of years of inquiry, research and compilation intended to give such traditions and facts as could be had from reliable sources and records. The demand for sketches of many of Pitt's prominent men made necessary the addition of a second part. Advertisements were necessary from a financial standpoint and are included in the back, separate and apart.

Download or read book The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut written by Dwight Loomis and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chronicles of the Cape Fear River 1660 1916 written by James Sprunt and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sketches of North Carolina written by William Henry Foote and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Colonial and State Political History of Hertford County N C written by Benjamin Brodie Winborne and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte written by Daniel Augustus Tompkins and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians written by John Hill Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Red Book written by Alice Eichholz and published by Ancestry Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.

Download or read book The Historical Records of North Carolina written by Historical Records Survey of North Carolina and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: