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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.
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- Charlotte in Time of War
Table of rulers. (Note: The current numbering system established for the rulers of Mecklenburg is based in the following: the Mecklenburgian group (Mecklenburg, and then Schwerin, later Gustrow and Strelitz) form one group of a single numbering.
Created from parts of Anson County in 1762, Mecklenburg County contains the largest city in North Carolina and was the birthplace of the eleventh President of the United States, James K. Polk.
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William L. Saunders, Ed., The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. 23 (Goldsboro, NC, 1904 reprint Wilmington, NC 1944). Ellen Poteet, “Alexander Lewis: First Sheriff of Mecklenburg County” OMGS Quarterly Vol. 28 (2010) 2: 13. Cash receipt to the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County for taxes for the year 1763.
In Mecklenburg Colonel Polk acted by sending out notices instructing the citizens to elect two men from each militia district; the delegates were asked to assemble on May 19 at the court house in Charlotte. This they did with enthusiasm. On the day of the meeting little Charlottetown was crowded with back countrymen.
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 ...
Rural Beginnings 1730-1772. Rural Rebellion 1773-1775. Revolutionary War 1776-1781. Nation: America 1782-1819. Antebellum Days 1820-1852. Rural No More 1853-1860. U.S. Civil War 1861-1865. Reconstruction 1866-1878. Industrial South 1879-1913. World War I 1914-1918. Roaring Twenties 1919-1928. Great Depression 1929-1939. Before the Storm 1940-1941.
