Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762

This account of the settlement of one segment of the North Carolina frontier -- the land between the Yadkin and Catawba rivers -- examines the process by which the piedmont South was populated. Through its ingenious use of hundreds of sources and documents, Robert Ramsey traces the movement of the original settlers and their families from the time they stepped onto American shores to their final settlement in the northwest Carolina territory. He considers the economic, religious, social, and geographical influences that led the settlers to Rowan County and describes how this frontier community was organized and supervised.

Author: Robert W. Ramsey
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 06/01/1987
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.06w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780807841891

About the Author
Ramsey, Robert W.: - The late Robert W. Ramsey was professor of history at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.