. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903 . Empty Boll 99 The Big House loi Spinning Wheel 103 Spinning Wheel and Yarn Reel •. 103 Ante-Bellum Bed Room 105 Slaves and Their Cabin, 1850 105 Subscriptions to Charlotte Academy, 1823 iii Davidson College, Main Building, 1857 115 Gin House and Screw 119 Modern Steam Cotton Ginnery 119 Bill of Sale 123 Notice of Sale 123 County Court House, 1888 159 County Court House, 1898 159 City Hall, 1888 159 City Hall, 1898 159 XVIU HISTORY OF MECKI,KNBURG COUNTY. Railroad Station, 1888 Page 159 Railroad Station, 1898 159 Av
. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903 . Empty Boll 99 The Big House loi Spinning Wheel 103 Spinning Wheel and Yarn Reel •. 103 Ante-Bellum Bed Room 105 Slaves and Their Cabin, 1850 105 Subscriptions to Charlotte Academy, 1823 iii Davidson College, Main Building, 1857 115 Gin House and Screw 119 Modern Steam Cotton Ginnery 119 Bill of Sale 123 Notice of Sale 123 County Court House, 1888 159 County Court House, 1898 159 City Hall, 1888 159 City Hall, 1898 159 XVIU HISTORY OF MECKI,KNBURG COUNTY. Railroad Station, 1888 Page 159 Railroad Station, 1898 159 Average Road, 1888 159 Average Road, 1898 159 First Presbyterian Church , 163 Tryon Street Baptist Church 163 Tryon Street M. E. Church, South 165 Catholic Church . 165 Davidson College Campus 167 Presbyterian College 169 Elizabeth College 171 Road Machinery 179 Cotton Mill and Cotton 181 Cotton Mill Operatives 183 Wheat 185 Corn 185 Grapes 187 Cattle 187 Andrew Jackson 189 Jacksons Birthplace 189 James Knox Polk 191 Polks Birthplace 191 Zebulon Baird Vance 191 Diagram 193. CHAPTER I. THE COLONISTS. An Account of the Settlement of the Original Colonies and of theCauses Which Prompted Emigration to North Carolina and tothe Piedmont Section. October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on one ofthe Bahama Islands named by him San Salvador. He nevertouched the main land of North America, though on his thirdvoyage he visited the coast of South America. In 1499,Americus Vespucius, a bold and intelligent navigator, pub-lished a map of the coast of North America, and wrote vividdescriptions of the lands he visited, so that his contempora-ries named the continent America, in his honor. In 1497,an Englishman, John Cabot, discovered the continent ofNorth America, and hence England assumed the right of ex-clusive possession on account of prior discovery. In 1498,John Cabot and his son, Sebastian, explored the whole coastline from Labrador to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. The Spaniards wer
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