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Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [ 14 ] 1779 [ 14 ] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.
The known plantations during the period of the Province of North Carolina (1712–1776) are listed in the table below. Built in 1729 (circa). Built in 1735. Owner: Roger Moore (1694-1751) [ 7 ] Built in 1742 (circa). Built in 1740. Built in 1750–1799. Built in 1752, 1840.
1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 ... Map all coordinates in ... Donnie D. "Slavery in Microcosm: Onslow County, North Carolina." Journal of Negro History 62.4 ...
The earliest English attempt at colonization was the Roanoke Colony in 1585, the famed "Lost Colony" of Sir Walter Raleigh. The Province of Carolina would come about in 1629, however it was not an official province until 1663. It would later split in 1712, helping form the Province of North Carolina.
Carteret County (/ ˌ k ɑːr. t ə ˈ r ɛ t / KAR-tuh-REHT or / ˌ k ɑːr. t ɜːr ˈ ɛ t / KAR-tur-ET) [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,686. [3] Its county seat is Beaufort. [4] The county was created in 1722 as Carteret Precinct and gained county status in 1739. [5]
The county is bordered by two states: Virginia on the north; and Tennessee to the west. The county is located entirely within the Appalachian Mountains region of North Carolina. Most of the county is located atop a rolling plateau that ranges from 2,500 to 3,000 feet (760 to 910 m) above sea level. On the county's southeastern border the land ...
Website. www.cumberlandcountync.gov. Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 334,728, [ 1 ] making it the fifth-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Fayetteville. [ 2 ] Cumberland County is part of the Fayetteville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History. The Salisbury District was based in the town of Salisbury, North Carolina, in Rowan County. Salisbury was established as the county seat of Rowan County in 1755, two years after Rowan County was created from Anson County. [2] Edmund Fanning was made the first official associate justice for the Judicial District of Salisbury in March 1766.