1949, April 7 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article describes the early history of the Cleveland County region before permanent settlement, when the Cherokee and Catawba tribes lived in the area. It traces changing colonial boundaries from Bath County (1729) through Bladen, Anson, Mecklenburg, and Tryon counties, explaining how the region was governed before Cleveland County was formed in 1841. The piece discusses early courts, taxation, uprisings, and frontier life.

Publication Date

4-7-1949

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Otho Cline, Pat McBrayer, C. C. Roberts, William Tryon, Charles McLean, George Blanton, George Lamkin, Christian Mauney, Cherokee Nation, Catawba Nation, Buffalo Creek, Muddy Fork, Cleveland Springs

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1949, April 7 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1949). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 16.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/16