1951, May 3 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article describes Cleveland County’s establishment of wardens to care for the poor, the creation of the county poorhouse and farm in 1847, and the practice of “binding out” orphaned or dependent children as apprentices. Later sections compare past and present (1950s) approaches to welfare, funerals, and household customs, including coffin-making, food preparation, and health beliefs.

Publication Date

5-3-1951

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

David Warlick, Lawson Snipe, Henderson Borders, William Covington, Jacob Anthony, Lewis Corbett, John Bally, Prior McEntire, B. Bridges, John R. Logan, T. P. Grigg, Jacob Fulenwider, John M. Tucker, William Forbis, J. G. Mauney, Mary Burns Parker, Virginia Ann Elliott, Frank Stockton, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Wardens of the Poor, County Home, Poorhouse, County Farm, Cleveland County Fair Grounds, Prison Camp, Buffalo Creek, Post Road, Polkville

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1951, May 3 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1951). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 35.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/35