1949, May 5 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article explains Cleveland County’s origins from Lincoln and Rutherford Counties in 1841, both of whom were formed from Tryon County in 1779. The article describes changes to boundary lines, Township Six, early settlement patterns of Scotch-Irish and Pennsylvania-Dutch settlers, and early communities such as Little Brittian and Westminster.

Publication Date

5-5-1949

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Cleveland County, Lincoln County, Tryon County, Rutherford County, Township Six, Little Brittian, Earl, Buffalo Creek

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1949, May 5 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1949). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 8.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/8