Carolina Cradle Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762 / [by] Robert W. Ramsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsey, Robert Wayne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--United States.

Migration, Internal.

Land settlement--North Carolina--Rowan County.

Land settlement.

Rowan County (N.C.)--History.

Rowan County (N.C.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1964]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762

Contents:

Introduction; Preface; Contents; List of Illustrations; Chapter I. THE SETTING; Chapter II. GENERAL CAUSES OF THE SOUTHWARD MIGRATION; Chapter III. THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS, 1747-1751; Chapter IV. GROWTH OF THE WESTERN SETTLEMENT, 1750-1751; Chapter V. MARCH 25, 1752; Chapter VI. IN THE FORKS OF THE YADKIN, 1752-1762; Chapter VII. THE GERMANS OF PRESENT ROWAN COUNTY; Chapter VIII. THE WESTERN SETTLEMENTS, 1752-1762; Chapter IX. THE TRADING CAMP SETTLEMENT, 1750-1762; Chapter X. GROWTH OF THE IRISH SETTLEMENT, 1752-1762; Chapter XI. QUAKERS AND BAPTISTS ON THE NORTHWEST FRONTIER

Chapter XII. THE SCOTCH-IRISH MIGRATIONChapter XIII. THE GERMAN MIGRATION; Chapter XIV. ESTABLISHMENT OF SALISBURY; Chapter XV. THE ECONOMIC ORDER; Chapter XVI. LIFE OF THE PEOPLE; Chapter XVII. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR; Chapter XVIII. CONCLUSION; Appendices; A-Prominent Officials of Rowan County, 1753-1762; B-Partial List of Quakers Appearing in the Records of Monthly Meetings, 1675-1747; C-Partial List of Quakers Arriving in Philadelphia, 1682-1792; D-From Index to Philadelphia Wills; E-Occupations of Settlers on the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762

F-German Settlers on the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762G-Settlers on the Northwest Carolina Frontier Whose Names Indicate French Origin; H-Origins of Non-German Settlers on the Northwest Carolina Frontier; I-Elders and Tax Assessors in Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1713-1753; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. [219]-238.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908725-3-1

979-88-9313-122-2

1-4696-1680-7

1-4696-1679-3

OCLC:

875819029