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History by Time Period - Pre-1841

Showing 16-30 of 31 items
ID Thumbnail Title Description Year Keywords/Links
260 PDF How Cowpens Won the War
A detailed article that makes the case that because of the battle at Cowpens the war was won
1781 People: Notable Figures, Document: History/Article, Cowpens, Morgan, Daniel Morgan, Cowpens
679 TXT Indian Trail Was First County Road
P. Cleveland Gardner wrote the first Cleveland County road in a 1935 article about Cleveland County history.
Document: Tidbits, Newspaper Article, History/Article, road, Indian trail, Indian
188 TXT Iron
Iron deposits and furnaces
Agriculture/Minerals: Mining, Highlight: Firsts, Little-Known Facts, Document: History/Article, iron, furnace
225 PDF Isaac Shelby
Isaac Shelby : revolutionary patriot and border hero by Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963
Town: Shelby, People: Notable Figures, Biography, Document: Book, revolutionary war, Issac shelby, heros
220 PDF 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.
1881 Town: Kings Mountain, People: Notable Figures, Document: Book, heroes, battle of kings mountain,
316 TXT Mt. Harmony Methodist
Mt. Harmony Methodist
Town: Polkville, Institution: Church
681 PDF 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.
Document: History/Article, Cherokee, Catawba, Seneca, Broad River, Cleveland County, Native American, hunting grounds, tribal boundary, and Eswau Huppeday
169 PDF Sketches of Broad River and Kings Mountain Baprist Assoc
History of Broad River and Kings Mountain Baptist Associations. Written by Deacon John L Logan
1800-1882 People: Founders, Notable Figures, Religious Leaders, Document: Book, baptist, church, preachers,
675 PDF 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.
Document: History/Article, Boundary, South Carolina, survey, Catawba,
671 PDF 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
1780-1781 Document: History/Article, Revolutionary War, Ramseur's Mill, Kings Mountain, Cowpens
261 PDF The Day After The Battle of Cowpens
A detailed account of what happened after the Battle of Cowpens January 17–18, 1781
1781 People: Notable Figures, Document: History/Article, Cowpens, Daniel Morgan, Morgan, Tarleton, Cornwallis
191 TXT The First Baptist Church in Cleveland County
The first Baptist church in the county was Sandy Run Baptist Church. Probably established in the 1780s
Institution: Church, Highlight: Little-Known Facts, Document: History/Article, Sandy Run, first, church
171 PDF 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
Document: History/Article, great wagon road,
208 MP4 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)
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 MP4 The story of the founding of Cleveland County and Shelby NC
The story of the founding of Cleveland County and Shelby NC
1835-1841 Town: Shelby, Mineral Spring: Cleveland Springs, Highlight: Firsts, People: Founders, Notable Figures, Politicians, Document: Audio/Videos, Founding, Cleveland Springs, James Love