The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence May 20 1775 And Lives of Its Sign
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence May 20 1775 And Lives of Its Sign
George W George Washington Graham
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98 THE MECKLENBURG He owned mills two miles south of Charlotte, and kept a store in the village, and was now enabled to give his undivided time to his private affairs. Elkanah Watson, in his "Men and Times of the Revolution, " who visited Charlotte in 1785, states: "I carried letters to the courteous General Polk, and remained two days at his residence in the delightful society of his charming family. " After the war, when the disbanded soldiers of the North Carolina line received their land wa...rrants in payment for their military services, General Polk purchased many of these warrants and went, early in 1786, with his four sons, armed with their rifles, into the wilderness of Duck River County, in Middle Tennessee, to locate them, Col. William Polk having been chosen in 1793 one of the principal surveyors. Resuming his original profession of surveyor, Gen- eral Polk selected the finest lands in that rich valley, ran the line, marked them, and secured the titles, notwithstanding the hostility of the Indians.
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