Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical / Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of It Never before Published

by C. L. Hunter

CHAPTER I.

MECKLENBURG COUNTY

The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence—A brief account of the
Mecklenburg Centennial—The Grand Procession—Exercises at the Fair
Grounds—James Belk, A Veteran Invited Guest—Signers of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence—Origin of the Alexander
Families of Mecklenburg county—Jack Family—Captain Charles Polk's
"Muster Roll,"—President James K. Polk—General William Davidson,
General George Graham—William Richardson Davie—Battle of the Hanging
Rock—General Michael McLeary—Major Thomas Alexander—Captain William
Alexander—Elijah Alexander—Captain Charles Alexander—Joseph Kerr,
"The Cripple Spy"—Robert Kerr—Henry Hunter—James Orr—Skirmish at
Charlotte; or, First attack of the "Hornets"—Surprise at McIntire's,
or, the "Hornets" at work—Judge Samuel Lowrie—The Ladies of the
Revolutionary Period—Mrs. Eleanor Wilson—Queen's Museum.