History by Time Period - Pre-1841
Showing 16-30 of 31 items
| ID | Thumbnail | Title | Description | Year | Keywords/Links |
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How Cowpens Won the War | A detailed article that makes the case that because of the battle at Cowpens the war was won
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1781 | People: Notable Figures, Document: History/Article, Cowpens, Morgan, Daniel Morgan, Cowpens |
| 679 |
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Indian Trail Was First County Road | P. Cleveland Gardner wrote the first Cleveland County road in a 1935 article about Cleveland County history.
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Document: Tidbits, Newspaper Article, History/Article, road, Indian trail, Indian | |
| 188 |
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Iron | Iron deposits and furnaces
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Agriculture/Minerals: Mining, Highlight: Firsts, Little-Known Facts, Document: History/Article, iron, furnace | |
| 225 |
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Isaac Shelby | Isaac Shelby : revolutionary patriot and border hero by Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963
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Town: Shelby, People: Notable Figures, Biography, Document: Book, revolutionary war, Issac shelby, heros | |
| 220 |
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Kings Mountain and It's Heroes A history | 1881 KING's MOUNTAIN AND ITS HEROES: HISTORY OF THE Battle of King's Mountain, OCTOBER 7TH, 1780,AND THE EVENTS WHICH LED TO IT, BY LYMAN C. DRAPER, LL. D.,
You are able to copy text from this PDF file.
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1881 | Town: Kings Mountain, People: Notable Figures, Document: Book, heroes, battle of kings mountain, |
| 316 |
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Mt. Harmony Methodist | Mt. Harmony Methodist
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Town: Polkville, Institution: Church | |
| 681 |
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Native American Tribes Cleveland County | The Cherokee and Catawba claimed the Broad River as their mutual boundary, making present-day Cleveland County a contested borderland and shared hunting ground. Seneca, Shawnee, and Lenape war parties also passed through the region.
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Document: History/Article, Cherokee, Catawba, Seneca, Broad River, Cleveland County, Native American, hunting grounds, tribal boundary, and Eswau Huppeday | |
| 169 |
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Sketches of Broad River and Kings Mountain Baprist Assoc | History of Broad River and Kings Mountain Baptist Associations. Written by Deacon John L Logan
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1800-1882 | People: Founders, Notable Figures, Religious Leaders, Document: Book, baptist, church, preachers, |
| 675 |
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THE CAROLINA BOUNDARY DISPUTE OF 1772 | Historical account of the 1772 North Carolina-South Carolina boundary dispute, explaining how an 11-mile surveying error, the Catawba Reservation, and Governor Tryon's territorial claims created the "New Acquisition" that became York County and shaped the Revolutionary War in the Carolina backcountry.
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Document: History/Article, Boundary, South Carolina, survey, Catawba, | |
| 671 |
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TWO EVENTS AT RAMSEUR'S MILL And How the War Was Won in Our Backyard | Tracing the connected chain of battles and decisions in the Carolina backcountry—from Ramseur's Mill and Kings Mountain through Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse—that ultimately led to Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown
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1780-1781 | Document: History/Article, Revolutionary War, Ramseur's Mill, Kings Mountain, Cowpens |
| 261 |
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The Day After The Battle of Cowpens | A detailed account of what happened after the Battle of Cowpens January 17–18, 1781
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1781 | People: Notable Figures, Document: History/Article, Cowpens, Daniel Morgan, Morgan, Tarleton, Cornwallis |
| 191 |
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The First Baptist Church in Cleveland County | The first Baptist church in the county was Sandy Run Baptist Church. Probably established in the 1780s
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Institution: Church, Highlight: Little-Known Facts, Document: History/Article, Sandy Run, first, church | |
| 171 |
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The Great Wagon Road of the Carolinas | A Thesis Presented to
The Faculty of the Department of History
The College of William and Mary in Virginia
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Document: History/Article, great wagon road, | |
| 208 |
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The Wilson Springs Accord | Song and video by Larry Simpson about how Cleveland County and Shelby came to be and why Shelby's location. The importance of Cleveland Springs (formally Wilson Springs)
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1835-1841 | Town: Shelby, Mineral Spring: Cleveland Springs, Highlight: Historical Ballads, People: Founders, Document: Audio/Videos, Founding, Wilson springs, James Love, Larry Simpson, Cleveland County |
| 207 |
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The story of the founding of Cleveland County and Shelby NC | The story of the founding of Cleveland County and Shelby NC
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1835-1841 | Town: Shelby, Mineral Spring: Cleveland Springs, Highlight: Firsts, People: Founders, Notable Figures, Politicians, Document: Audio/Videos, Founding, Cleveland Springs, James Love |