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Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling

Record #:
10245
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Abstract:
Dr. Richard Gordon Gatling of Maney's Neck in Hertford County was born September 12, 1818. Gatling was world-famous for his agricultural inventions, and after the outbreak of the Civil War, he began work on a weapon that would bring him lasting fame - the Gatling Gun.
Source:
We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 8 Issue 4, Aug 1950, p6-7, por, bibl