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of
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
You are invited
to register your genealogical links to the Founding Families of Mecklenburg.
This registry will honor and perpetuate the memory of the early pioneers and
settlers who lived in
Mecklenburg
County on or before North Carolina Statehood on November 21, 1789.
When the first
white settlers arrived in the piedmont area in the 1740's, it was still
inhabited by the Catawba Indians. Gradually the Native Americans were pushed
beyond the
Appalachians as waves of Scots, Scots-Irish and German
settlers as well as small groups of Swiss, French, and Welsh began following
valleys down the
Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
from central Pennsylvania. A hardy independent people, many were
fleeing economic, religious or political oppression. These varied
cultural and ethnic groups along with African freemen and slaves formed the
root stock of the Carolina backcountry settlements in the area that would
become
Mecklenburg.
If you can
prove each generation of your lineage back to an individual (male or female)
who settled in
Mecklenburg
on or before
November 21, 1789, you are eligible for registration as a member
of the Founding Families of Mecklenburg. (Listings in the 1790 Federal
census will be accepted). ). When your application is verified, you will
receive a specially designed commemorative lapel pin that you may wear
proudly as well as an attractive registered certificate suitable for
framing.
Descendants of Signers of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
The story about the dates May 20 and 31, 1775
form a unique chapter in the history of
Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina.
If you can prove your genealogical link to a signer of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
on May 20, 1775 you will be eligible for a special seal on your
registration certificate.
HOW TO
APPLY:
Please send a long self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to request an
application for membership:
Historic Rural Hill-Center of Scottish Heritage
Attn. Founding Families of Mecklenburg
P.O. Box 1009
Huntersville,
NC 28070-1009 |
