The History of Mecklenburg County 1740-1900 (North Carolina)

By: J.B. Alexander Pub. 1902 Reprinted 2018 504 Pages New Index Hard Cover Isbn #0-89308-490-5. This Is An Excellent History For This County Which Was A Pathway Of Major Migration From Virginia Pennsylvania And New Jersey As The Scotch-Irish Came To This Area In Huge Numbers. Besides The Regular General History Of The County This Book Is Filled With Excellent Genealogical Sketches On Many Of These Settlers. Those For Whom Genealogical Sketches Are Given Are: Adrey Alexander Avery Balch Barringer Barry Beard Brevard Brown Bryce Caldwell Campbell Combs Craighead Cummings Davidson Downs Dulin Dunlop Dunn Elms Erwin Flennikin Foard Garrison Gibbon Graham Grier Happoldt Harris Harty Henderson Hill Hunter Irwin Jack Jetton Johnston Kennon Lafferty Lourie Lowrie Mccauley Mcclure Maxwell Miller Morris Morrison Neal Oates Orr Osborne Pharr Phifer Polk Reese Robinson Shipp Spratt Strong Todd Torrance Vance Walker Wallace Wallis Waring Watson Williamson Wilson Yates And Many Many More Pioneer Settlers. The Roster Of 21 Companies Furnished By Mecklenburg County In The War Of 1861-1865 Is Also Listed. The New Index That Was Produced For This Reprint Mentions Approximately 7000 Persons.