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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE. CHAPTER I. MECKLENBURG COUNTY

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The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence—A brief account of the

Mecklenburg Centennial—The Grand Procession—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—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 McIntire's,

or, the "Hornets" at work—Judge Samuel Lowrie—The Ladies of the

Revolutionary Period—Mrs. Eleanor Wilson—Queen's Museum.

Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical

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