Brenda Collins Dillon
08-30-2002, 08:24 AM
This came through the Collins list I am on and thought it might be of interest to those of us that are searching early NC.
Colony's CarolinaFrancisco Gordillo was the first European to visit the
present day South Carolina in 1521. The Spanish attempted the first European
settlement near present day Georgetown in 1526, but it failed after 9 months.
The name Carolina is derived from King Charles I of England, who granted
"Carolina" in 1629 to Sir Robert Heath. In 1663, King Charles II, who gave
away vast regions with as much coolness as if they had really belonged to
him, granted to eight of his favorites a charter and certain privileges, to
repay them for their loyalty in restoring him to the throne of his father.
This grant was of the territory extending from the present southern line of
Virginia to the St. Johns, in Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
(31 deg and 36 deg North Latidude and extending from the Atlantic Ocean to
the South Seas) The eight "lords proprietors" Were:1. Lord Chancellor EDWARD
HYDE CLARENDON, b. 1609-d. 1674(1st Earl of Clarendon & Prime Minister) 2.
Sir GEORGE MONCK, b. 1608 d. 1670(1st Duke of Albemarle, General Monck) 3.
Lord CRAVEN, 4. Lord JOHN BERKELEY, of New Jersy 5. Lord ANTHONY ASHLEY
COOPER, b. 1621 d. 1783 (1st Earl of Shaftesbury) 6. Sir GEORGE CARTERET, b.
c1606 d. 1677 of New Jersey7. Sir WILLIAM BERKELEY, b. 1606 d. 1677(Governor
of Virginia) 8. Sir JOHN COLLETON. This region was later (1665) extended to
36 deg 30 minutes North to include the Albemarle settlers who had moved south
from Virginia. The first permanent settlement, at Charles Town (Charleston)
on the Ashley River, was established by the English in 1670. It was moved in
1680 to the peninsula between the Cooper and Ashley rivers. Later in 1783 it
was renamed to Charleston. The Carolinas was early in resisting British rule.
In 1693 the colony won the right to initiate legislation in the British
House of Commons. Bath, near the mouth of the Pamlico River, was the first
town to be incorporated (1706). In 1704 an act that would have required
members of the colonial assembly to adhere to the rites of the Church of
England was defeated. The church was, however, made official in 1706 and
remained so until 1778. Settlement spread from Charles Town south toward
BEAUFORT (founded 1710), north toward Georgetown (1735), and inland along the
rivers.In 1719 the populace rebelled against the British proprietors and
their reactionary policies, expelling them and electing James Moore as
governor. As a result the British crown assumed (1729) jurisdiction.A survey
of the boundary between the two, begun in 1735, was not completed until
1815.Political strife and Indian wars slowed the Carolina Colony's growth,
however, and as "Charles Town" grew more rapidly, the territory began to be
known as North and South Carolina. The northern territory was made a
separate colony in 1712 and had its own governors until 1829. This boundary
begun in 1735, but was not established, nor fully surveyed until 1815. In
1729, NORTH CAROLINA became a crown colony when King GEORGE, II purchased the
shares of Carolina from all the lords proprietors except Lord GRANVILLE. By
the 1750s, Germans and Scottish-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia were
settling the Piedmont (present day SC) on small, subsistence farms in
contrast to the coastal plantations. British rule came to an end in NORTH
CAROLINA when Gov. JOSIAH MARTIN fled New Bern in May 1775. The Second
Provincial Congress in 1775 established two regiments and a state government.
The first battle of the Revolution in NORTH CAROLINA was fought against
Scottish Loyalists at Moore's Creek Bridge on Feb. 27, 1776. Later that year
the Fifth Provincial Congress adopted a state constitution and elected
RICHARD CASWELL the first governor. NORTH CAROLINA was the first colony to
declare officially its readiness for independence and in April 1776 furnished
ten regiments to the Continental army, as well as thousands of militiamen.
At the same time, it helped defeat the Cherokee and suppressed the Tory
residents who made the revolution virtually a civil war in NORTH CAROLINA.
Despite its leadership in the Revolution, NORTH CAROLINA was the next to last
of the 13 original states to ratify the federal Constitution (November 1789).
In 1789, NORTH CAROLINA ceded its western territory, present-day Tennessee,
to the federal government.SOUTH CAROLINAThe Revolutionary War, after the
British repulse at Charleston in 1776, temporarily bypassed South Carolina.
Then the British captured Charleston on May 12, 1780. The numerous battles
and skirmishes fought in the state after 1780 included important American
victories at Kings Mountain and Cowpens.South Carolina was the eighth state
to ratify the federal Constitution, on May 23, 1788. To mollify Piedmont
settlers, who demanded increased representation, the General Assembly agreed
in 1786 to move the capital. Columbia was established as the new seat of
government. In the first federal census of 1790, South Carolina's population
of 249,073 ranked 7th. Nonwhites accounted for 43.7% of the total and were
concentrated in the low country around Charleston.
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Colony's CarolinaFrancisco Gordillo was the first European to visit the
present day South Carolina in 1521. The Spanish attempted the first European
settlement near present day Georgetown in 1526, but it failed after 9 months.
The name Carolina is derived from King Charles I of England, who granted
"Carolina" in 1629 to Sir Robert Heath. In 1663, King Charles II, who gave
away vast regions with as much coolness as if they had really belonged to
him, granted to eight of his favorites a charter and certain privileges, to
repay them for their loyalty in restoring him to the throne of his father.
This grant was of the territory extending from the present southern line of
Virginia to the St. Johns, in Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
(31 deg and 36 deg North Latidude and extending from the Atlantic Ocean to
the South Seas) The eight "lords proprietors" Were:1. Lord Chancellor EDWARD
HYDE CLARENDON, b. 1609-d. 1674(1st Earl of Clarendon & Prime Minister) 2.
Sir GEORGE MONCK, b. 1608 d. 1670(1st Duke of Albemarle, General Monck) 3.
Lord CRAVEN, 4. Lord JOHN BERKELEY, of New Jersy 5. Lord ANTHONY ASHLEY
COOPER, b. 1621 d. 1783 (1st Earl of Shaftesbury) 6. Sir GEORGE CARTERET, b.
c1606 d. 1677 of New Jersey7. Sir WILLIAM BERKELEY, b. 1606 d. 1677(Governor
of Virginia) 8. Sir JOHN COLLETON. This region was later (1665) extended to
36 deg 30 minutes North to include the Albemarle settlers who had moved south
from Virginia. The first permanent settlement, at Charles Town (Charleston)
on the Ashley River, was established by the English in 1670. It was moved in
1680 to the peninsula between the Cooper and Ashley rivers. Later in 1783 it
was renamed to Charleston. The Carolinas was early in resisting British rule.
In 1693 the colony won the right to initiate legislation in the British
House of Commons. Bath, near the mouth of the Pamlico River, was the first
town to be incorporated (1706). In 1704 an act that would have required
members of the colonial assembly to adhere to the rites of the Church of
England was defeated. The church was, however, made official in 1706 and
remained so until 1778. Settlement spread from Charles Town south toward
BEAUFORT (founded 1710), north toward Georgetown (1735), and inland along the
rivers.In 1719 the populace rebelled against the British proprietors and
their reactionary policies, expelling them and electing James Moore as
governor. As a result the British crown assumed (1729) jurisdiction.A survey
of the boundary between the two, begun in 1735, was not completed until
1815.Political strife and Indian wars slowed the Carolina Colony's growth,
however, and as "Charles Town" grew more rapidly, the territory began to be
known as North and South Carolina. The northern territory was made a
separate colony in 1712 and had its own governors until 1829. This boundary
begun in 1735, but was not established, nor fully surveyed until 1815. In
1729, NORTH CAROLINA became a crown colony when King GEORGE, II purchased the
shares of Carolina from all the lords proprietors except Lord GRANVILLE. By
the 1750s, Germans and Scottish-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia were
settling the Piedmont (present day SC) on small, subsistence farms in
contrast to the coastal plantations. British rule came to an end in NORTH
CAROLINA when Gov. JOSIAH MARTIN fled New Bern in May 1775. The Second
Provincial Congress in 1775 established two regiments and a state government.
The first battle of the Revolution in NORTH CAROLINA was fought against
Scottish Loyalists at Moore's Creek Bridge on Feb. 27, 1776. Later that year
the Fifth Provincial Congress adopted a state constitution and elected
RICHARD CASWELL the first governor. NORTH CAROLINA was the first colony to
declare officially its readiness for independence and in April 1776 furnished
ten regiments to the Continental army, as well as thousands of militiamen.
At the same time, it helped defeat the Cherokee and suppressed the Tory
residents who made the revolution virtually a civil war in NORTH CAROLINA.
Despite its leadership in the Revolution, NORTH CAROLINA was the next to last
of the 13 original states to ratify the federal Constitution (November 1789).
In 1789, NORTH CAROLINA ceded its western territory, present-day Tennessee,
to the federal government.SOUTH CAROLINAThe Revolutionary War, after the
British repulse at Charleston in 1776, temporarily bypassed South Carolina.
Then the British captured Charleston on May 12, 1780. The numerous battles
and skirmishes fought in the state after 1780 included important American
victories at Kings Mountain and Cowpens.South Carolina was the eighth state
to ratify the federal Constitution, on May 23, 1788. To mollify Piedmont
settlers, who demanded increased representation, the General Assembly agreed
in 1786 to move the capital. Columbia was established as the new seat of
government. In the first federal census of 1790, South Carolina's population
of 249,073 ranked 7th. Nonwhites accounted for 43.7% of the total and were
concentrated in the low country around Charleston.
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