World of toil and strife : community transformation in backcountry South Carolina, 1750-1805 / Peter N. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Peter N., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revivals.

History.

Catawba Indians--Social conditions.

Catawba Indians.

Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterians.

Scots-Irish.

Waxhaws (N.C. and S.C.)--History--18th century.

Waxhaws (N.C. and S.C.).

Waxhaws (N.C. and S.C.)--Social conditions--18th century.

Waxhaws (N.C. and S.C.)--Church history--18th century.

Scots-Irish--Waxhaws (N.C. and S.C.)--History--18th century.

Presbyterians--Waxhaws (N.C. and S.C.)--History--18th century.

Presbyterian Church--Waxhaws (N.C. and S.C.)--History--18th century.

Catawba Indians--History--18th century.

Catawba Indians--Social conditions--18th century.

Revivals--United States--History--19th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 175 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: William Richardson's World 1

Prologue: The Lower Catawba Valley, 1540-1750 11

Chapter 1 Communities, Colonists, and Conflict 18

Chapter 2 The Boundaries of Community 32

Chapter 3 Toil and Strife 44

Chapter 4 Home Front 60

Chapter 5 Beyond Competency: The Rise of the Slaveholding Class, 1785-1800 76

Chapter 6 New Light 90

Appendix 1 Population 111

Appendix 2 Kinship and Migration Networks 115

Appendix 3 Marriages and Church Affiliation, 1745-1808 119

Appendix 4 Church Membership and Adherence, 1801 123.

Notes:

Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Georgia, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-167) and index.

ISBN:

9781570036668

1570036667

OCLC:

73993028