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247 results for "The North Carolina Booklet"
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22548
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Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church in Waxhaw, North Carolina is known for the contributions of its families to American liberty. Settled by Scotch-Irish families who immigrated to escape persecution, Waxhaw became a center of revolutionary soldiers and American political leaders.
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22549
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Kiffin Yates Rockwell, born to a Columbus County, North Carolina native, was born in Tennessee in 1892. Rockwell earned high marks at Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University before becoming well-known in advertising journalism. To champion his French roots, Rockwell joined the French army upon the breakout of World War I, where he became successful in aviation. Unfortunately, but honorably, Rockwell is the first North Carolinian and second American to give his life during World War I and is buried in Luxiul with the honors of a general.
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22516
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The nine regiments of North Carolina soldiers of the Continental Line during the American Revolution fought from the Battle of Brandywine through the Southern Campaign.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 3, January 1918,
p105-134
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22517
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Colonel Hardy Murfree of Hertford County fought in the American Revolution and lived both near Murfreesboro, NC and Murfreesboro, TN, the latter having been named for him. He was buried with full Masonic honors.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 3, January 1918,
p160-164
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22518
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The early stages of the Regulator Movement in Eastern North Carolina may have had its roots in the division of power between the royal governor and Lord Granville's agents. George Sims first summed up the grievances of the Regulator movement; his family roots in Granville County constitute an addendum to add detail to the little that is known of Sims' life and association.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 4, April 1918,
p171-186
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22519
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The Dram Tree, a staple of the geographic landscape in Edenton, was also a folk icon of the area where incoming sea captains to the port were to leave a bottle of rum within the giant cypress, but were also expected to replenish it with the same upon leaving. The first paragraph states that a recent winter storm destroyed this icon of Eastern North Carolina.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 4, April 1918,
p204-205
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22520
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According to several contemporary sources, Colonel Isaac Shelby and his backcountry soldiers helped turn the tide in favor of the patriots at the Battle of King's Mountain during the American Revolution.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 18 Issue 1, July 1918,
p3-56, il
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22521
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Eight North Carolina women made exceptional and brave contributions to the American cause during the Revolutionary War.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 18 Issue 1, July 1918,
p64-75
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22522
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The structure of the higher courts of North Carolina has changed considerably since their creation under Provincial government prior to the establishment of the State.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 18 Issue 2, October 1918,
p78-104, por
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22523
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William Bryan, son of Irish immigrants to America, was not killed at the Battle of Alamance as is commonly believed. Much respected in his community, Bryan was also a key figure in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 18 Issue 2, October 1918,
p105-115
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22524
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A great deal of misinformation, which has been debunked, exists on the county namesake; the real originator of Edgecombe County is still in question but likely leads back to the ancestors of the Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe of England.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 18 Issue 2, October 1918,
p116-119
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22525
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Lawyer, United States Congressman and member of the North Carolina General Assembly Archibald Henderson was a staunch Federalist in the early years of the American republic and participated in the controversies around the Judiciary Act of 1801 and the Alien and Sedition Acts. He was also a nominee to the Unites States Supreme Court in 1818.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 1, July 1917,
p2-38, il
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22526
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Many tribes of Indians, the two largest being the Cherokee and Tuscarora, have inhabited nearly every part of North Carolina and given many of the state's icons and places their names.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 1, July 1917,
p39-47
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22527
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The State Navy of North Carolina and her privateers during the American Revolution contributed significant resources to the cause, but records of their activities are scarce.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 1, July 1917,
p48-56
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22528
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This addendum to the earlier article of the same name in the July 1917 issue gives a more personal biography of Henderson as a lawyer in early North Carolina.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 2, October 1917,
p60-89, il
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