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	Rowan County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rowan County is a county located in the state of North Carolina.
		Rowan County is a member of the regional Centralina Council of Governments.
		In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rowan_County,_North_Carolina (601 words)

	Davie County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Davie County is a county located in the state of North Carolina.
		The county was formed in 1836 from Rowan County.
		In the county the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 29.40% from 25 to 44, 25.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Davie_County,_North_Carolina (433 words)

	North Carolina Part @ LocalColorArt.com (Local Color Art) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Estimated population figures for American Indian and Alaska Natives in North Carolina as of 2004 is 110,198, or 1.3% of the total North Carolina population.
		Today, North Carolina is home to Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville; it is the largest and most comprehensive military base in the United States and is the headquarters of the XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division, and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
		North Carolina is also home to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune which, when combined with nearby Marine bases MCAS Cherry Point, Camp Geiger, Camp Johnson, Stone Bay and Courthouse Bay, makes up the largest concentration of Marines and sailors in the world.
	www.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/North_Carolina (3028 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: North Carolina
		It is bounded on the north by Virginia, east and south-east by the Atlantic Ocean, south by South Carolina and Georgia, and west and north-west by Tennessee.
		The climate is generally equable, and North Carolina produces nearly all the crops grown in the United States with the exception of sub-tropical cane and fruits.
		North Carolina was originally inhabited by various tribes of Indians, the three principal ones being the Tuscaroras in the east, the Catawbas in the centre, and the Cherokees in the west.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11108a.htm (3228 words)

	The History of Rowan County, North Carolina,
		When Rowan County, North Carolina was formed in 1753 from Anson County, it covered the entire NW quadrant (27 present counties) and all of Tennessee.
		Salisbury (the county seat) was at the junction of the east-west Trading Path and the north-south Great Philadelphia Road where thousands passed thru.
		Although Rowan was not settled by Cavaliers or Huguenots, or by the aristocracy of old-world society, she has good reason to be proud of the early pioneers who laid here the foundations of their homes.
	users.owt.com /crook/Sources/NorthCarolina/RowanCountyHistory.html (625 words)

	Rowan County, North Carolina History and Genealogy
		Rowan county was formed in 1753 from Anson county.
		In 1770 Surry, and in 1777 Burke counties were severally taken off, previous to which separations Anson county comprehended most of the western portion of North Carolina and Tennessee.
		The early history of Rowan, and of her distinguished sons, affords of itself ample materials to fill an instructive volume.
	www.northcarolinagenealogy.org /rowan (303 words)

	Marriages of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1868 : Genealogical Publishing Company
		Rowan County at its formation in 1753 covered a large area, for it extended north to Virginia, and it had an indeterminate western boundary.
		It is their marriage records from 1753 to 1868 that form the basis of this work.
		The arrangement is alphabetical by the surname of the groom, and each entry has the name of the bride, the date of the marriage bond and, where recorded, the names of the minister, witnesses, and bondsmen.
	www.genealogical.com /index.php?main_page=product_info&ref=1458&item_number=2772 (202 words)

	Stephen Weavil & Caterena Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The records of Rowan County, North Carolina show that Stephen Weavil purchased 122 acres of land on the south fork of Abbott's Creek, in the Pilgrim community near present day Wallburg, NC, on May 8, 1772.
		(Rowan County was formed in 1753 and covered the entire northwest quarter of the state which included everything north of Cabarras County from Guilford county to the Tennessee line; Davidson County was not formed until 1822).
		If he was younger when he bought the land, say 22, he could have been born as late as 1750 and could have come directly through Philadelphia to North Carolina at age 18 or so.
	www.weavil.com /GedGen/grpf170.html (4489 words)

	ROWAN COUNTY
		Gowan of Salisbury, North Carolina was mentioned in a letter written by H. Helper of Mocksville, North Carolina August 28, 1883.
		She appeared in the 1850 census of McMinn County in the household of her parents, No. 2200-1518, as an eight-year-old born in Tennessee.
		She was married in McMinn County September 1, 1858, at age 15 to James Franklin Ratledge, who was born in Tennessee in 1840, according to McMinn County marriage records.
	bz.llano.net /gowen/manuscript/Gowenms097.htm (3608 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Rowan County, N.C.
		Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
		U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1803; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1807-09, 1814, 1819-20.
		Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/NC/RO.html (886 words)

	Parker Family Genealogy - North Carolina
		Peter Parker retained the farm in Rowan County, North Carolina until the 30th day of December of the year of 1830 and then sold it to George Miller the father-in-law of Lemuel Bingham the former editor of the Western Carolinian at Salisbury, North Carolina.
		The beauty and fertility of the rolling County side of Western Tennessee lured Daniel Parker the oldest son of Edward Parker to leave the Parker plantation and settle in Sumner County, Tennessee.
		Records in the Sumner County Registry show that in less than seven years after Daniel Parker left North Carolina he was the owner of several hundred acres of valuable land in the state of Tennessee.
	members.tripod.com /~jack0204/gen/parker/edward_parker.html (2369 words)

	Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Rowan County > Surnames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Genealogy of Cunningham of Guilford County, North Carolina
		Enoch Graham of Rowan County, North Carolina and Garrard County, Kentucky
		Geneaology of Sheek/Schick Family of Rowan and Davie Counties, North Carolina
	www.linkpendium.com /genealogy/USA/NC/Rowan/sur (672 words)

	Godfrey Ridge of Old Rowan County, North Carolina
		Godfrey was born between 1741 and 1743, as estimated from the guardian records in Rowan County.
		Godfrey Ridge's land on Jackson Creek in Randolph County was referenced in one survey in preparation for the resale of the confiscated land to a John Clarke (15).
		The Fuller families of Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia, and of Granville and Randolph Counties, North Carolina, were descendants of Ezekial Fuller (born 1650-1723) and Deborah Spivey of Isle of Wight County, Virginia (19).
	www.mindspring.com /~baumbach/cody/ridge/godfrey2.htm (7616 words)

	Edward Parker Family of Davie County, NC formerly Salisbury District, Rowan County, North Carolina
		The only pre-1800 Rowan County, North Carolina land record using the name Pettypool was a 1778 land entry (15).
		Two related Pettypool estates were probated in Salisbury District, Rowan County, North Carolina in 1795 and 1796, one of which was Stephen's (16).
		In 1785 William Cole, Justice of the County Court, had been appointed the guardian of the orphans of a George Parke and his wife, Agnes Nichols (Rowan County marriage bond dated 5 February 1762, Jacob Nichols and Henry Lively, bondsmen.) (18).
	jack0204.tripod.com /gen/parker/edward_parker_pettypool.html (1074 words)

	Notes
		The weatherboarded log house built by Silas Phifer was dismantled in 1977 and rebuilt elsewhere in the county; the log outbuildings were also taken down, moved, and re-erected elsewhere.
		Black members of the Phifer Family eventually settled in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century near each other some three to four miles to the south on old US 70 in an area that came to be known as Phifertown.
		It is the family's understanding that Henry Phifer intended for the family furnishings to pass with the home place to Paul Franklin Phifer; however, an error in the language of the will resulted in the sale of the household furnishings by the order of the deceased's attorney and executor two weeks after Henry Phifer's death.
	www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us /HistoryRoom/NatlReg/Phifer/notes.html (893 words)

	History and Development of the Jersey Settlement, NC
		An Episcopal priest was sent to Burlington County to establish- "Hopewell Chappel Church" (St. Mary 's Episcopal, Ewing.) A year before the cornerstone was laid (March 25, 1703) some Hopewell residents who were Quakers and Baptists rushed down to Ewing to have their adult children baptized as Anglicans to protect their inheritance rights.
		At the time of the formation of Rowan County in 1753, two of the Yadkin settlers, Col. George Smith and Jonathan Hunt, were important enough that the Assembly would not approve the bill for the formation of Rowan County until the names of George Smith Col., and Jonathan Hunt, Capt. were re-inserted.
		Greene, was the agent of the province of North Carolina in December and was commended for good conduct (Col. Rec., Vol.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm (7551 words)

	Ancestors of Johannes Paulus Biffle
		He and his wife were buried near their cabin and grist mill next to Lake Louise (formerly called Lake Juanita), Weaverville, North Carolina.
		Many settlers who had been involved in the Regulator Movement in North Carolina against the British had been forced to swear allegiance to King George following their defeat at the hand of Governor Tyron.
		He was granted 600 acres of land in Rowan County, North Carolina, October 10, 1783.
	www.biffle.org /paulus.html (2014 words)

	Robert Simon brings knowledge to Rowan County
		His work in Rowan County is a world away from his first experiences with farming.
		Simon was aware of North Carolina’s reputation in agriculture and conservation.
		Bruce Rider, conservationist with the Rowan District, points out that although the number of farms is shrinking, the job of the conservationist is increasing.
	www.salisburypost.com /2001nov/111201d.htm (781 words)

	Rowan County, North Carolina
		On March 10, 1810, Jesse Tatum and Leah Owen, daughter of Elijah and Hannah Owen (Owings) of Rowan county were granted a marriage license (bond) in Rowan County.
		He father Elijah had sold his land in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1766 and removed to Rowan County where he purchased on Sept. 26, 1766, 520 acres of land on No creek in what is now Davie county.
		One plot of 50 acres included the Smoot homeplace on the north bank of the South Yadkin River between Williams and Joseph Hall at the road and down to the ford of the river.
	www.rootsquest.com /~ranlewis/NC_Rowan.html (1177 words)

	Rowan County, North Carolina Genealogical Records Information
		North Carolina and U.S. Censuses, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Court and Probate Records, Land Records, Military Records, Church and Cemetery Records, Tax Records, Immigration Records, Historical Newspapers, Family Trees, Family & Local Histories
		It was named in honor of Matthew Rowan who was a prominent leader before the Revolution and who for a short time after the death of Governor Gabriel Johnston was acting governor.
		It is in the central section of the State and is bounded by Davidson, Stanly, Cabarrus, Iredell and Davie counties.
	www.mynorthcarolinagenealogy.com /nc_county/rwn.htm (908 words)

	1830 Census, Rowan County, North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Journal of The Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina.
		The contrary view is that most of the records for the family in this time frame were in Pittsylvania County, Virginia rather than in North Carolina.
		However, Pittsylvania County is located next to the North Carolina state line.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /c24m48/census/nc/rowan/1830.html (257 words)

	Rowan County, NCGenWeb Page
		For information about the North Carolina state project, go to the NCGenWeb.
		If you have records that you would like to contribute to any of the databases please feel free to send it in to w6uyf@earthlink.net.
		Records contributed to the Rowan County, NCGenWeb site will be added to the NCGenWeb Archives unless you specify otherwise.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ncrowan (235 words)

	Ancestors of Catharina Apollonia Haan
		She sold property at 3rd Jumping Run of Grant's Creek, in Rowan County, North Carolina, August 7, 1777.
		He bought property in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Sullivan C, Tenn.), south side of the Holston River, July 29, 1779.
		A Valentine Buffel sold land September 6, 1816 in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Sullivan C, Tenn.), it is not known whether it was this Valentine Biffle.
	www.biffle.org /pauluswife.html (1096 words)

	Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Rowan County, North Carolina. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis downloaded the Rowan County digital soils survey from the NRCS public ftp site, projected the file to NAD83, NC State Plane, Meters; changed one attribute name; added an attribute identifying A and B hydric soil types; and an arc type attribute.
		This county was released in NAD83, State Plane, meters.
		Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
	cgia.cgia.state.nc.us /cgdb/rwcodsl.html (3793 words)

	Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Rowan County, North Carolina. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The soil map units are linked to attributes in the Map Unit Interpretations Record relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.
		The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
		Rowan County, North Carolina, had a previously published soil survey, 1915, at 1:63,360 scale.
	cgia.cgia.state.nc.us /cgdb/rwcodslf.html (4061 words)

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