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The City of Lumberton was created by an Act of the NC. General Assembly in 1787 and was named the County seat of Robeson County. Lumberton was founded the same year 39 of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia signed and sent to Congress the constitution of the United States.
The home of the Lumbee tribe and the Lumber River, Robeson County is the proud home of Native Americans who have resided there for centuries. Annexed in 1787 from Bladen County, Robeson’s county seat is Lumberton; it is named after the Lumber River.
Located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, Lumberton is located on the Lumber River. It was founded in 1787 by John Willis, an officer in the American Revolution. This was developed as a shipping point for lumber used by the Navy, and logs were guided downriver to Georgetown, South Carolina.
Robeson County ( / ˈrɒbɪsən / ROB-ih-sun) [1] is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina and is its largest county by land area. Its county seat and largest community is Lumberton.
Known as the founder of Lumberton, Willis, in 1787, petitioned the state legislature for a charter granting the town status as the county seat of the newly-formed Robeson County. The town's original lots were sold in 1787 and a building owned by Willis was deeded to the county to be used as a court house.
Lumberton was developed at a section known throughout that century as "Drowning Creek," a term still used for the headwater portions of the river. The first Robeson County courthouse was erected on land of the Red Bluff Plantation, donated for that purpose by Lumberton founder John Willis.
Founded in 1787 by John Willis, an officer in the American Revolution, the City of Lumberton was created by an ACT of the NC General Assembly that same year and was named the County Seat of Robeson County.
