6 in 1 History of MECKLENBURG County North Carolina NC

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6 BOOKS ON THIS CD !

(Over 1800 Pages)

1) The History of Mecklenburg County, From 1740-1900 -- 1902

2) History of Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte – From 1740-1903-- Volumes 1 and 2 --1903

3) Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical  --1877

4) Semi-Centennial of Mecklenburg Presbytery --1919

5) Reminiscences of the Past 60 Years--1908

6) Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of   Hopewell -- 1897

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The

History

 of

Mecklenburg County,

From 1740 to 1900

By:  J.B. Alexander

Charlotte, N.C.

Observer Printing House

1902

431 pages

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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INDEX

Map
  Early settlement
  Early recollections of Charlotte
  May 20, 1775
  The celebration of the 20th of May, 1775, in the year 1825, and what took place on that date
  A historical fact not generally known
  The War of 1812-1814
  The members of General Assembly from 1777 to 1902, inclusive, and time of service
  The county officers and the time they served
  Rev. Alexander Craighead
  Dr. D. T. Caldwell
  The lives and peculiarities of some of the signers of the Declaration of Independence of May 20, 1775
  Some of the bar one hundred years ago
  President James Knox Polk
  William Davidson
  Governor Nathaniel Alexander
  Maj. Green W. Caldwell
  The opinion of the ladies
  Matthew Wallace and George Wallace
  Adam Alexander
  Humphrey Hunter
  Hopewell Church and graveyard
  The part Mecklenburg took in the war with Mexico
  Banks and banking
  Some of the prominent citizens in the first half of the nineteenth century
  The champions of the northern and southern parts of the county
  Blind Dick
  Negroes before the War between the States
  The state laws in the first half of the nineteenth century
  Biographical sketches
  The Central Hotel
  The Charlotte Hotel
  Rufus Barringer, of Cabarrus and Mecklenburg
  The great commoner, Z. B. Vance
  Calvin Eli Grier
  Matthew Wallace and his family
  Captain John Randolph Erwin
  Hon. James W. Osborne
  Rev. John Hunter
  The Hunter Family
  The descendants of some of the famous men who fought in the Revolutionary War
  Many men who sustained a splendid reputation as ministers of the Gospel in the various years of the nineteenth century
  Two church sessions act as a unit
  Methodists in the county
  Roman Catholic Church
  The Associate Reformed Presbyterians
  The Lutheran Church
  The Baptist denomination
  Rock Springs burying ground
  Sugar Creek Church
  Steele Creek Church
  Providence Church
  Flowers now and one hundred years ago
  The old four-horse stage
  Lee Dunlap kills James Gleason
  Mint erected to accommodate those engaged in mining
  The town pump
  Public works in Charlotte fifty years ago
  Changes in Mecklenburg in the last century
  Healthfulness of Mecklenburg
  Snow on the 15th of April, 1849
  Aurora Borealis as seen in October, 1865
  "Stars fell" in the fall of 1833
  The passing of an Aerolite from west to east
  Earthquake shocks in 1886
  Progress
  Gentlemen and ladies before the Civil War
  Patrol in slavery
  Roster of the twenty-one companies furnished by Mecklenburg County, N.C., in the War of 1861-65
  Reconstruction times in Mecklenburg
  Last chapter of Mecklenburg history
  Appendix

Index to Illustrations.

The Author

Map of the County

Dr. D. T. Caldwell

Margaret Alexander Lowrie

Samuel J. Lowrie, Esq

Capt. John Walker

James Davis

Dr. Isaac Wilson

William Maxwell

Dr. Samuel B. Watson

Robert Davidson Alexander

Adam Brevard Davidson

W. F. Phifer

Col. Zeb Morris

Gen. W. H. Neal

Brawley Oates

Dr. David R. Dunlap

Rev. W. W. Pharr, D. D

Dr. W. A. Ardrey

Lieut. Gen. D. H. Hill

Dr. Robert Gibbon

Maj. Jennings B. Kerr

Gen. Rufus Barringer

Senator Z. B. Vance

Hon. James W. Osborne

Rev. A. W. Miller, D. D

Mecklenburg County Court House

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History of Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte

From 1740 to 1903

By D.A. Tompkins

Charlotte, N.C.

Observer Printing House

Volumes 1 and 2

1903

413 Pages

Volume 1

Chapter I. The colonists 
Chapter II. Indians on the section. (1752 to 1763.) 
Chapter III. Early settlers. (1740 to 1762.) 
Chapter IV. Industries and customs. (1745 to 1762.) 
Chapter V. Formation of the country. (1762.) 
Chapter VI. Beginning of Charlotte. (1762 to 1772.) 
Chapter VII. Early troubles and regulators. (1762 to 1772.) 
Chapter VIII. The approaching storm. (1772 to 1775.) 
Chapter IX. Declaration of Independence; May 20, 1775 
Chapter X. Government by the committee. (1775 to 1776.) 
Chapter XI. The revolution. (1776 to 1780.) 
Chapter XII. The hornets' nest. (1780 to 1782.) 
Chapter XIII. Close of the Eighteenth Century 
Chapter XIV. Education before 1800 
Chapter XV. Religion and churches from 1748 to 1800 
Chapter XVI. Doctors and medicines before 1800 
Chapter XVII. Slavery before 1800 
Chapter XVIII. First years of the Nineteenth Century. (1800 to 1825.) 
Chapter XIX. Introduction of the cotton industry. (1790-1825.) 
Chapter XX. Effect of slavery on industries 
Chapter XXI. Life in the old south 
Chapter XXII. Churches before the Civil War 
Chapter XXIII. Education before 1860 
Chapter XXIV. Growth and development from 1825 to 1860 
Chapter XXV. Railroads and industries from 1830 to 1860 
Chapter XXVI. Mining and the mint before 1860 
Chapter XXVII. Slavery, politics and secession. (1825 to 1861.) 
Chapter XXVIII. Civil War. (1861 to 1865.) 
Chapter XXIX. Reconstruction. (1865 to 1875.) 
Chapter XXX. First decade without slavery (1865 to 1875.) 
Chapter XXXI. Independence Centennial Celebration. (May 20,1875.) 
Chapter XXXII. Last quarter of the century. (1875 to 1900.) 
Chapter XXXIII. The churches from 1860 to 1903 
Chapter XXXIV. Education from 1860 to 1903 
Chapter XXXV. Mining, banking and the assay office. (1860 to 1903.) 
Chapter XXXVI. Road building from 1880 to 1903 
Chapter XXXVII. Development of manufactures. (1865 to 1900.) 
Chapter XXXVIII. Mecklenburg and Charlotte in 1903 
Chapter XXXIX. Mecklenburg's great citizens 
Chapter XL. Summary 
Index

Volume 2

Sketches

 Of

 Western

 North Carolina,

Historical and Biographical

 Illustrating Principally

The Revolutionary Period

Of

Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of it Never Before Published

By C.L. Hunter

Raleigh

The Raleigh News Stream Job Print.

1877

357 Pages

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

Mecklenburg County,

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 Mclntire's ; or, the " Hornets " at work,

Judge Samuel Lowrie,

The Ladies of the Revolutionary Period,

Mrs. Eleanor Wilson,

Queen's Museum,

CHAPTER II.

€abarrus County,

The "Black Boys" of Cabarrus,

Dr. Charles Harris,

Captain Thomas Caldwell,

CHAPTER III.

Rowan County,

Route 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 County,

Col. 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,

Hon. Hugh Lawson White,

CHAPTER V.

Lincoln County,

Battle of Ramseur's Mill,

Route of the British Army through Lincoln County,

Gen. Joseph Graham,

Brevard Family

Col, 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 McLean,

Major William Chronicle,

Captain Samuel Martin,

Captain Samuel Caldwell,

Captain John Mattocks,

William Rankin,

General 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,

General Charles McDowell and Brothers,

CHAPTER IX.

Wilkes County,

Colonel Benjamin Cleaveland,

Colonel John Sevier,

General William Lenoir,

CHAPTER X.

Miscellaneous,

Lord Cornwallis,

Colonel Tarleton,

Cherokee Indians,

Conclusion,

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The

Semi-Centennial

Of

Mecklenburg

Presbytery

1869-1919

Held In

Steele Creek Church

Mecklenburg County, N.C.

September 17, 1919

1919

60 pages

CONTENTS

Order Taken for the Celebration of the Semi-Centennial of the Presbytery at Mallard Creek Church, September 18, 1918

The Semi-Centennial of the Presbytery

of Mecklenburg, 1869-1919

The Presbytery of Mecklenburg and Synod's Evangelistic Work

Mecklenburg Presbytery and Its Country Churches

The Evangelistic Work in Union County

Mecklenburg and Her Two New Presbyteries—Asheville and Kings Mountain

The Policy of the Presbytery

The Presbytery and the Orphans' Home

The Presbytery of Mecklenburg and Davidson College

The Presbytery of Mecklenburg and Queen's College

The Presbytery of Mecklenburg and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

Reminiscences

of the Past Sixty Years

By J.B. Alexander

Presses of
Ray Printing

Charlotte, N.C.

1908

510 Pages

Biographical Sketches

of the

Early Settlers

of the

Hopewell Section

Reminiscences of the Pioneers and their Descendants by Families, with some Historical. Facts and Incidents of the Times in Which They Lived.

By J.B. Alexander

1897

Charlotte, N.C.

Observer Printing and Publishing House

104 Pages

Contents:

  Chapter I. - Early settlers in Hopewell congregation
  Chapter II - Untitled
  Chapter III - Untitled
  Chapter IV - Untitled
  Chapter V - Untitled
  Chapter VI. - Barry Family
  Chapter VII. - Baker's graveyard
  Chapter VIII. - Andrew Moore's Family
  Chapter IX - Untitled
  Chapter X - Untitled
  Chapter XI. - McCoy Family
  Chapter XII. -  McKnight Family
  Chapter XIII. -  Peoples Family
  Chapter XIV. -  George Davis
  Chapter XV. -  Elliot Family
  Chapter XVI. -  Blythe Family
  Chapter XVII. -  The Torrance Family
  Chapter XVIII. -  Winslow Family
  Chapter XIX. - Samuel Wilson Family
  Chapter XX. - Cathy Family
  Chapter XXI. - Personal difficulties
  Chapter XXII. -  Hopewell graveyard
  Chapter XXIV. -  Bethel church
  Chapter XXIII. -  Rev. John Williamson
  Chapter XXV. -  Gilead church
  Chapter XXVI. -  Manners, habits and customs
  Chapter XXVII - Untitled
  Chapter XXVIII. - A mark of peculiar interest
  Chapter XXIX. - Assassination of Ben Wilson