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C. L. Hunter. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical
Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE. CHAPTER I. MECKLENBURG COUNTY
CHAPTER II. CABARRUS COUNTY
CHAPTER III. ROWAN COUNTY
CHAPTER IV. IREDELL COUNTY
CHAPTER V. LINCOLN COUNTY
CHAPTER VI. GASTON COUNTY
CHAPTER VII. CLEAVELAND COUNTY
CHAPTER VIII. BURKE COUNTY
CHAPTER IX. WILKES COUNTY
CHAPTER X. MISCELLANEOUS
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
DATE EVENTS
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE
SKETCHES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CHAPTER I
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE MECKLENBURG CENTENNIAL
EXERCISES AT THE FAIR GROUNDS
JAMES BELK—A VETERAN INVITED GUEST
SIGNERS OF THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
ORIGIN OF THE ALEXANDER FAMILIES OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY
JACK FAMILY
GENEALOGY OF SAMUEL WILSON, SEN
CAPTAIN CHARLES POLK'S "MUSTER ROLL."
PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK
GENERAL WILLIAM DAVIDSON
GENERAL GEORGE GRAHAM
WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE
BATTLE OF THE HANGING ROCK
GENERAL MICHAEL MCLEARY
MAJOR THOMAS ALEXANDER
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ALEXANDER
ELIJAH ALEXANDER
CAPTAIN CHARLES ALEXANDER
JOSEPH KERR—"THE CRIPPLE SPY."
ROBERT KERR
HENRY HUNTER
JAMES ORR
SKIRMISH AT CHARLOTTE; OR, FIRST ATTACK OF THE "HORNETS."
SURPRISE AT M'INTYRE'S; OR, THE "HORNETS" AT WORK
JUDGE SAMUEL LOWRIE
THE LADIES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
MRS. ELEANOR WILSON
QUEEN'S MUSEUM
CHAPTER II
CABARRUS COUNTY
THE "BLACK BOYS" OP CABARRUS
DR. CHARLES HARRIS
CAPT. THOMAS CALDWELL
CHAPTER III
ROWAN COUNTY
ROUTE OF THE BRITISH ARMY THROUGH MECKLENBURG AND ROWAN COUNTIES
GENERAL GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD
LOCKE FAMILY
HON. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
RICHMOND PEARSON
MRS. ELIZABETH STEELE
CHAPTER IV
IREDELL COUNTY
COLONEL ALEXANDER OSBORN
CAPTAIN WILLIAM SHARPE
MAJOR WILLIAM GILL, CAPTAIN ANDREW CARSON, AND OTHERS
CAPTAIN ALEXANDER DAVIDSON
CAPTAIN JAMES HOUSTON
CAPTAIN JAMES HOUSTON'S MUSTER ROLL
REV. JAMES HALL, D.D
HUGH LAWSON WHITE
CHAPTER V
LINCOLN COUNTY
BATTLE OF RAMSOUR'S MILL
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE
ROUTE OF THE BRITISH ARMY THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY
GEN. JOSEPH GRAHAM
BREVARD FAMILY
COLONEL JAMES JOHNSTON
GENEALOGY OF COL. JAMES JOHNSTON
JACOB FORNEY, SR
GEN. PETER FORNEY
MAJOR ABRAM FORNEY
REMARKS
GENEALOGY OF THE FORNEY FAMILY
CHAPTER VI
GASTON COUNTY
REV. HUMPHREY HUNTER
DR. WILLIAM M'LEAN
MAJOR WILLIAM CHRONICLE
CAPTAIN SAMUEL MARTIN
CAPTAIN SAMUEL CALDWELL
CAPTAIN JOHN MATTOCKS
WILLIAM RANKIN
GEN. JOHN MOORE
ELISHA WITHERS
CHAPTER VII
CLEAVELAND COUNTY
BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN
COLONEL WILLIAM CAMPBELL
COLONEL ISAAC SHELBY
COLONEL JAMES D. WILLIAMS
COLONEL WILLIAM GRAHAM
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FREDERICK HAMBRIGHT
CHAPTER VIII
BURKE COUNTY
BATTLE OF THE COWPENS
GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN
COLONEL CHARLES M'DOWELL AND BROTHERS
CHAPTER IX
WILKES COUNTY
COLONEL BENJAMIN CLEAVELAND
COLONEL JOHN SEVIER
GENERAL WILLIAM LENOIR
CHAPTER X
MISCELLANEOUS. LORD CORNWALLIS
COLONEL TARLETON
THE CHEROKEE INDIANS
CONCLUSION
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