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.

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Military Actions in Western North Carolina

Biographical Sketches of Western North Carolina

Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties of Burke, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, and Wilkes. The biographies have been extracted from this manuscript and presented here as part of our larger biographies collection. As with most historical manuscripts, these biographies should provide a glimpse into the genealogy of the leading men and the occasional women of the western North Carolina area.

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  1. I’m looking for any information about Abraham Beanblossom. On 21 Dec 1801 he received a land grant of 100 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina, “on the waters of Jacobs Creek”.

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