Record #:

22468

Author(s):

Alexander, Violet G.

Abstract:

The Spratt burying-ground in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is one of the oldest burying places in the state. Many of the inscriptions on tombstones found in the graveyard pre-date the American Revolution.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 3, January 1916, p152-157 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gravestones; Mecklenburg County--History; Cemeteries

Record #:

34555

Author(s):

Craven, Bruce

Abstract:

President Andrew Jackson was raised in South Carolina; however his birthplace may have been North Carolina. Jackson’s parents settled near the North Carolina/South Carolina border and Jackson himself claimed he was born south of the border. The author uses oral histories and land tract data to argue that the McKemey household where Jackson was born fell within the North Carolina boundary in Mecklenberg County.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 9 Issue 4, April 1910, p232-235 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Mecklenburg County--History

Record #:

40656

Author(s):

Jameson, Tonya

Abstract:

The Wheelhouse Foundation uses immersive technology to help recreate local current and historical events that entertain, educate, and instill empathy. Productions like “Routine” and “Trail of History” uses virtual and augmented reality to help viewers vicariously experience the 2016 Charlotte Uprising and Mecklenburg County’s Declaration of Independence in 1775.

Source:

Charlotte Magazine (NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 24 Issue 11, November 2019, p15-17 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Immersive technologies--virtual reality; Immersive technologies--augmented reality; The Wheelhouse Foundation--nonprofits--Charlotte; Mecklenburg County--History; Charlotte--History; Veterans Issues; Veterans, Disabled; Purple Heart Homes (Statesville); Nonprofit organizations--Charlotte; Charlotte--history--2016 Uprising ; Professional opera companies--Charlotte--Opera Carolina; Art galleries--Charlotte--Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art; Little Sugar Creek Greenway

Record #:

12787

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Settled around 1750, the residents of Mecklenburg County have enjoyed a lucrative and varied history. Sustained through a variety of agricultural and eventually, commercial ventures, residents of Mecklenburg initially relied heavily upon cotton. Joining in the American dream of finding gold, Mecklenburgers first discovered the rare mineral in 1799. Dubbed by Cornwallis as the \"hornet's nest of stubborn revolutionaries,\" Mecklenburgers experienced the War of Sugar Creek, instigated a military campaign against a group of South Carolinian Tories, known as Scoffelites, and wrote their own Declaration of Independence. Mecklenburgers additionally participated in the Civil War, furnishing some 2,700 men to the cause, or one sixth of the county population.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 30 Issue 23, Apr 1963, p12-13, 31-37, il, por

Subject(s):

Mecklenburg County--Economic conditions; Mecklenburg County--History

Record #:

24626

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

This article presents the history of Mecklenburg County, from the early days of its settlement to the origination of the county’s name.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 30 Issue 24, April 1963, p12-13, 31, il, por

Subject(s):

Mecklenburg County--Description and travel; Mecklenburg County--History; Mecklenburg County--Industry and agriculture