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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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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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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.
One of the early leaders in this movement in North Carolina was Miss Carrie McLean, a member of the Mecklenburg delegation to the legislature in 1927. The trend toward consolidation began in Mecklenburg in 1929 when public library service became jointly financed.
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).
May 19, 2024 · Phone: 704-336-2443. Mecklenburg County Website. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1850 and land records from 1763. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1930.
The Mecklenburg Declaration – History. In early 1775 the 13 British Colonies in North American were in ferment. In the 12 years since the end of the French and Indian War the King and Parliament had attempted to increase their power over these independent minded citizens. These attempts such as the Stamp Act and the Tea Taxes were ...
