Record #:

22481

Author(s):

Clark, Walter

Abstract:

This address given at the presentation of the portrait of Major General Stephen D. Ramseur to the Memorial Association, was given by Chief Justice Walter McKenzie Clark. In the address, Clark recalls the day North Carolina declared independence from the Union and joined the Confederacy, and the presence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur, then a captain of artillery who within three years, rose to the rank of Major General and who died leading his men at Cedar Creek, Virginia.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 2, October 1916, p68-75, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Record #:

22482

Author(s):

Jones, Edmund

Abstract:

Colonel William Davenport was born in 1769 in Culpepper County, Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, Davenport's father moved his family to Burke County, North Carolina. Despite the remote location, Davenport excelled in subjects of mathematics and English, and later represented Burke County in the General Assembly and the district as State Senator. After his marriage to Mary Gordon, Davenport built the plantation, "The Fountain," located in Caldwell County, North Carolina.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 2, October 1916, p76-87, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Davenport, William, 1770-1859; Architecture; Senators (North Carolina)