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.

History of North Carolina

• Chronological Table of North Carolina
• The Cherokee Indians
• The Catawba Indians
• Original Settlements in North Carolina and Character of the People
• Charter of Albemarle
• Arthur Dobbs Appointed Governor
• The Stamp Act of 1765

Military Actions in Western North Carolina

• Burke County
  • Battle of the Cowpens
• Cleveland County
  • Battle of King’s Mountain
• Lincoln County
  • Battle of Ramsour’s Mill
  • British Army’s March through Lincoln County
  • Incidents of the Battle
• Mecklenburg County
  • Battle of Hanging Rock
  • Skirmish at Charlotte or First Attack of the Hornets
  • Surprise at McIntyre’s or the Hornets at Work
• Rowan County
  • British Army’s March through Rowan and Mecklenburg County
  • Struggle of the Regulators

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.

• Burke County North Carolina Biographies
• Cabarrus County, North Carolina Biographies
• Cleveland County, North Carolina Biographies
• Gaston County, North Carolina Biographies
• Iredell County, North Carolina Biographies
• Lincoln County, North Carolina Biographies
• Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Biographies
• Rowan County, North Carolina Biographies
• Wilkes County, North Carolina Biographies