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Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina.It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km 2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The plantation, currently located on U.S. 70, northwest of Marion, North Carolina, fell into disrepair in the 20th century. [3] In the 1790 Census in Burke County, North Carolina, Joseph McDowell, Jr. is listed as head of household with two white males under the age of 16, one female, and nine slaves. [5]
The 1790 United States census was the first United States census. It recorded the population of the whole United States as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution and applicable laws. In the first census, the population of the United States was enumerated to be 3,929,214 inhabitants. [1] [2]
In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [10] [8] [9] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718
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.
The Rowan County Committee of Safety reported a summary of the census of Rowan County that was presented in their October 1775 minutes. The Companies referred to in this census were most likely captains in the Rowan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia, which had just been established in August 1775. [13]
Thomas and Naomi Gillespie had ten children. Only the oldest son, James, was born in Augusta County. The others were all born in Rowan County, North Carolina. Four of his children died in Tennessee, where Thomas had extensive land holdings. James Gillespie (c. 1745 – before 1787): He died in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married Jane ...
Rowan County: William Lee Davidson (1746–1781), an American Revolutionary War general who was mortally wounded at Cowan's Ford: 174,804: 568 sq mi (1,471 km 2) Davie County: 059: Mocksville: 1836: Rowan County: William Richardson Davie (1756–1820), a member of the Federal Convention and governor of North Carolina: 44,599: 266 sq mi (689 km ...