Key local figure
“Judge and local official. Target of Regulators who ransacked and destroyed his nearby home, 1770.”
State historical marker: G-19: Edmund Fanning 1776-1847
10 works in the index name this person.
What it was and why it mattered
Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge
Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.
Fifteen letters (transcripts) to David L. Swain, president of the University of North Carolina, relating to the history of the state. Topics include the Regulators, Loyalists, Mecklenburg Declaration, Governors William …
William Tryon (1729-January 27, 1788), royal governor of both North Carolina and New York, served the two colonies during times of controversy and conflict. Tryon was related by marriage to Lord Hillsborough, Lord of Tr…
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