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  1. Except for marauding groups from hostile tribes, which now and ten terrorized colonists during the 1740's, 1750's and 1760's, the only Indians in Mecklenburg county were the Catawbas. They were members of an important tribe of Siouan stock of the north. The name Catawba is probably derived from the Choctaw word meaning "divided" or "separated ...

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  2. The rulers of Mecklenburg were styled Duke of (from 1815 Grand Duke of) Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, and Count of Schwerin, Lord of the Lands of Rostock and Stargard (Herzog zu / Großherzog von Mecklenburg, Fürst zu Wenden, Schwerin und Ratzeburg, auch Graf zu Schwerin, der Lande Rostock und Stargard Herr).

  3. 1763 - Chief of the Catawbans. 1763 - Native Land Deals. 1764 - Slave Trade. 1766 - The First Mecklenburg County Courthouse. 1766 - Colonial Physicians. 1767 - A President Born. 1767 - Land Grants. 1768 - Creating New Counties. 1768 - Charlotte Chartered.

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  5. In 1762, the residents of Anson County asked the Assembly to divide Anson and form a new county named Mecklenburg. In the Colonial Assembly meeting in New Bern from 3 November to 11 December 1762, a bill was introduced to divide Anson County. It was read three times, passed, and sent to the council, which approved and sent it on to the Governor.

  6. In December of 1866 he published the following "Sketch of Mecklenburg County," which included a narration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: The Land We Love, A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Literature, Military History and Agriculture , Charlotte, N. C., Published by Hill, Irwin & Co. Volume II, no.2 (December, 1866), pp. 129-133

  7. Feb 27, 2015 · The task was assigned to the county surveyor, Thomas J. Orr. Thomas Jefferson Orr was born near Matthews, NC on 9 October 1855. He spent his early life on his father’s farm but was listed as working as a surveyor in the 1880 Federal Census.

  8. May 7, 2009 · Mecklenburg County (N.C.) -- History, Charlotte (N.C.) -- History Publisher Charlotte, N.C. : Observer Print. House Collection nchist; unclibraries; americana Contributor University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Language English Volume v.1

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