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14916
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Ten women, out of the many influential females in the state, are highlighted for their distinguished service to North Carolina. The ten include: Dolly Madison, Flora MacDonald, Cornelia Spencer, Francis Fisher Tiernan, Susan Dimock, Elizabeth Ann Macrae, Katherine Shipp, Fannie E. S. Heck, Delia Dixon-Carroll. These women were selected because of affiliation with advances in education, literature, medicine, politics, warfare from the colonial period to the 1940s.
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14581
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Lawrence details a selection of court cases that he considers landmarks of the law in the legal history of North Carolina. These cases include Hoke v. Henderson which involved the title to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Lincoln County; State v. Will was a case of a slave and self defense; the Josiah Turner Episode; State v. Harrison in the elimination of wife beating.
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18172
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Lawrence recounts the achievements of Braxton Craven, of Randolph County--educator, Methodist minister, Confederate soldier, and president of Trinity College.
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14506
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Histories of the United States give prominent place to the Boston Tea Party, and to the patriots who boarded the British ships and dumped tea into the bay. But the national histories are silent concerning much earlier demonstrations against royal misrule that occurred in North Carolina.
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Archibald Johnson of Scotland County was a great editor, a great worker, and a great crusader who championed many causes. Almost his entire career was as an editor, starting in 1892 with the LAURINBURG EXCHANGE and later the RED SPRINGS CITIZEN. In 1895, his writing attracted the attention of Baptist leaders and they called him to Thomasville to become editor of CHARITY AND CHILDREN. He held that position until his death forty years later.
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In the history of the Cape Fear Region there is no name more illustrious than George Davis, one of the state's truly great citizens. He served as Attorney General of the Confederacy, railroad counsel of the Wilmington and Weldon line, and held other important positions. Wilmington erected a statue to his memory in 1911.
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The office of the Attorney General is one of the most important in North Carolina government. Lawrence presents a list with some information of the men who have served in this capacity since North Carolina became a state in its own right.
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18286
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Lawrence recounts the life of Augustus Merrimon, of Transylvania County, who was a lawyer, U.S. Senator, and Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Lawrence brings out some new details in connection with one of the best-known stories dealing with the early settlement of North Carolina and the Croatan Indians.
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Moore was a native of Halifax County, a lawyer, and a member of the General Assembly. Lawrence writes that \"he was the recognized leader of the North Carolina bar for an entire generation and was prominent in many matters pertaining to the welfare of the state as a whole.\"
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The Battle of Moore's Creek preceded the Declaration of Independence and is considered as marking a considerable victory for the Patriots in their efforts against the Tories.
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18226
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Bedford Brown was born January 17, 1825, in Caswell County. He studied medicine at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and spent several years in Virginia building a fine reputation as a physician before moving back to Yanceyville. In 1861, he became chief surgeon for the Confederate States training camp at Weldon and was appointed inspector of hospitals and camps in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he returned to Alexandria, VA, where he was a distinguished member of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association.
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Benjamin Williams was four times Governor of North Carolina. He represented three counties in the Legislature, and he rendered valiant service as a solider during the Revolutionary War.
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18693
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After Daniel Boone, North Carolina's most famous mountain man was Big Tom Wilson, who was a noted guide, tracker, bear hunter, and master story teller who lived in Yancey County. When Dr. Elisha Mitchell, in seeking to prove the height of a mountain later named for him, disappeared, it was Tom Wilson who lead a search party to find Mitchell's body in 1857 that brought him nationwide fame.
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Leo Haid was a great leader not only in religious work, but he was also a leader in education, civic affairs, and business. In 1885, he was elected abbot of Maryhelp Abbey, later Belmont, in Gaston County. Over the next seven years he added new buildings, 200 acres, and increased the number of clergy, staff, and students. In 1889, Pope Pius X consecrated him Bishop of Messene and Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina. He is buried in the monastic cemetery at Belmont.
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