Record #:

22699

Author(s):

Adams, Lars C.

Abstract:

The brief Chowan River War which raged on the Virginia-North Carolina border from 1676-1677 had direct connections to both Bacon's Rebellion and Culpepper's rebellion. Despite the factionalism rampant among the English settlers, the power of the Chowanoke Indians in the area was broken.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 2, April 2013, p149-172, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Native Americans--North Carolina

Record #:

21717

Author(s):

Barth, Jonathan Edward

Abstract:

This article examines the society of the Albemarle Borderlands of North Carolina from its origins in 1663 to 1729. It looks at the population make up, presence of plantations, slavery, wildlife, agriculture, and historiography of the region.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 87 Issue 1, Jan 2010, p1-27 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Colonists--North Carolina, Eastern; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

21858

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

This article examines the county buildings of colonial North Carolina and the importance they played with the local community. Courthouses, jails, and warehouses were specially built by counties and were indicative of the county's responsiveness to public needs.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 82 Issue 4, Oct 2005, p427-463 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

21650

Author(s):

Maass, John R.

Abstract:

This article examines the role the colony of North Carolina had in the Seven Years' War. The colony legislature was not very helpful, providing only small amounts of money and 300 soldiers to help defend Fort Duquesne from a French assault in 1757. Militia from western North Carolina was involved in fending of Indian attacks in the western part of the state between 1760 and 1761.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 79 Issue 1, Jan 2002, p50-89 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Seven Years' War

Record #:

21652

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

This article examines counterfeit currency in colonial North Carolina, especially between the 1760s and 1770s. Like most of the colonies, North Carolina often suffered from a shortage of legal tender during this period, leading to counterfeiting of paper money. While the western part of the colony was particularly vulnerable to counterfeiting, it did not pose a significant threat to legitimate currency.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 79 Issue 2, Apr 2002, p182-197 , il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

28686

Author(s):

Marks, Arthur S.

Abstract:

Laurence Sterne’s eccentric novel, “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman,” was popular during colonial times. One of Sterne’s admirers was a physician, Dr. John Eustace of Wilmington, North Carolina. Letters exchanged between Eustace and Sterne reveal details about early connections between Sterne and Wilmington landmarks.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 45 Issue 1, Nov 2000, p1-8, il, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

24629

Author(s):

Lawson, John

Abstract:

The extract from ‘Lawson’s History of North Carolina’ discusses the colony’s first ‘historian,’ John Lawson (1674-1712), as he travels across North Carolina and learns about the various indigenous groups living in the region.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 28 Issue 3, July 1960, p11-12

Subject(s):

Lawson, John, 1674-1712; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

24695

Author(s):

Cummings, W.P.

Abstract:

The earliest developments in the Carolina region are obscure and uncertain. Some settlers bought land from Indians or received land from grants in Virginia prior to 1663. The author discusses some of the earliest settlements in the region.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 25, May 1955, p20-24, il, map

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonization; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

24681

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

Walser discusses John Lawson (1674-1712) and his contributions to the historical studies and exploration of North Carolina. Lawson wrote the famous ‘History of North Carolina,’ which was a mixture of facts, tall tales, and thrilling true adventures.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 15, December 1954, p15, 20, il

Subject(s):

Lawson, John, 1674-1712; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22476

Author(s):

Alexander, Violet G.

Abstract:

As early as 1737, Colonel John Selwyn was granted tracts of land in the Piedmont region of North Carolina by the British Crown. Neither Colonel Selwyn or his son George ever set foot on their land in Carolina, and with the death of George in 1791 the name all but disappeared in the region with the exception of a street named Selwyn in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p32-38 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22477

Author(s):

Knight, Edgar W.

Abstract:

Although North Carolina developed long before 1860, the educational growth of the region grew slowly during the colonial period due to the slow growth of populations. However, there is evidence of efforts to foster education through the poor law and apprenticeship system which granted guardianship and tuition to many poor and orphaned children.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p39-51 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; North Carolina--Education

Record #:

22427

Author(s):

Hinton, Mary Hillard

Abstract:

The art of heraldry served many public uses in colonial North Carolina. Several early North Carolina families also inherited the right to bear a coat of arms.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 1, July 1914, p3-27 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Heraldry

Record #:

22429

Author(s):

Haywood, Marshall Delancey

Abstract:

Sir Richard Everard served as governor of North Carolina from 1725 through 1731. Everard was succeeded by the man he replaced, former governor George Burrington, who had been removed by the Lords Proprietors. Everard and his family exerted much influence in the early colony and the family remained prominent in Virginia.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 1, July 1914, p50-61 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Everard, Richard, 1683-1733; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22297

Author(s):

Smith, Charles Lee

Abstract:

This article chronicles the establishment of schools and implementation of education in North Carolina between the late 17th century and the mid-18th century.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 8 Issue 4, April 1909, p316-324 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; North Carolina--Education

Record #:

22083

Author(s):

Grimes, J. Bryan

Abstract:

A history of colonial North Carolina from 1700-1750 that disputes the accepted historiography of the time, particularly the work of George Chalmers, and attempts to compensate for the lack of surviving historical commentary from the period. An article appendix includes details of the wills that demonstrates period conditions.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Oct 1905, p90-149, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775