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19291
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Hunter was born in Ireland and came to America at age four with his widowed mother. They settled on a farm near Charlotte. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he joined the army and during the war was recognized as one of the state's outstanding soldiers. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister after the war in 1789 and in the same year married Jane Ross, the daughter of a physician. For the next thirty-eight years he established Presbyterian churches in the North Carolina Piedmont and also practiced his needed medical skills in the backcountry.
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19424
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Plank roads formed an interesting link in the progress of transportation in the state during the antebellum period and were the forerunner of the present good roads in North Carolina. This type of road was a Russian invention. Getting goods to eastern markets from the Piedmont region was hampered by a lack of good roads and railroad lines. Legislation passed in 1849 authorized construction of plank roads in which flat wooden planks were laid closely to make a firm roadbed.
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20359
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Inscription on ancient tombstones were of an entirely different type 150 years ago from what they are today. Study of these old monuments not only gives an insight into the way our ancestors thought and felt, but every now and then an oddity of some sort turns up which is interesting in itself. One of the largest of the old cemeteries is that of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church in Mecklenburg County. It covers four acres and the oldest marker dates back to 1760.
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20608
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Abernethy writes that some people are of the opinion that the city of Asheville is the only interesting place in Buncombe County. He describes a trip around the county that he feels will change peoples' minds.
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32686
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George Washington Ivey was an unassuming, unsophisticated, old-fashioned Methodist circuit rider, but his life’s work entitles him to be ranked as a truly great citizen of the state. Thirty years after his death, he is still remembered fondly for his eccentricities.
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