History of Anson County North Carolina 1750-1976 Genealogy Book

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History of Anson County, North Carolina, 1750-1976
Author: Medley, Mary
Volume  totaling
417
pages. Book is in excellent  condition. Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
Anson County, which at its formation in 1750 encompassed all of  central and western North Carolina and portions of South Carolina, is the parent  of the North Carolina counties of Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan, and  Union. The work at hand, written by journalist and historian Mary Medley and  sponsored by the Anson County Historical Society, is the only comprehensive  history of Anson County. The narrative spans over 225 years of the county’s  growth from a vast wilderness to a thriving industrial and agricultural  community. The first third of the volume traces politics in the county, with  important chapters devoted to Anson’s fiercely independent Regulator movement  preceding the American Revolution. The middle portion of the volume covers  Anson’s social history: education, religion, agriculture and industry, social  and cultural life, etc. Genealogists will undoubtedly be most interested in the  final third of the book. It is here that the author provides biographical  sketches of scores of Anson “Men and Women of Note” and the following important  source records: First Land Grants in Anson County; Early Deeds from Anson County  Deed Book I; Anson County Marriage Records, 1786-87; various Anson County  Revolutionary War and War of 1812 pension lists; and a number of lists of  elected and appointed officials spanning the history of Anson County.
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