. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. OLD WILSON Andrew Jackson Lived for a Short Time in 1780, With theFamily of John Wilson who Married Margaret McKemey, aCousin of Jackson, and was the Father of Rev. John McKemeyWilson. This House is Six Miles East of ALEXANDER ROCK HOUSE, ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDING3-IN THE COUNTY, FIVE MILES EAST OF CHARLOTTE. CHAPTER CUSTOMS OF THE PIONEERS. Amusements of the Settlers of Mecklenburg.—County Muster andAssemblies.—Horse Racing and Betting.—Liquor Used Freelyat Home and at Public Places.—T
. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. OLD WILSON Andrew Jackson Lived for a Short Time in 1780, With theFamily of John Wilson who Married Margaret McKemey, aCousin of Jackson, and was the Father of Rev. John McKemeyWilson. This House is Six Miles East of ALEXANDER ROCK HOUSE, ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDING3-IN THE COUNTY, FIVE MILES EAST OF CHARLOTTE. CHAPTER CUSTOMS OF THE PIONEERS. Amusements of the Settlers of Mecklenburg.—County Muster andAssemblies.—Horse Racing and Betting.—Liquor Used Freelyat Home and at Public Places.—The Old Taverns and Their Uses. The amusements of the first people who lived in thiscounty differed in many respects from those of the presentgeneration. The women and the children were, perhaps,the most destitute part of the population in this respect, Themen, at least the great majority of them, would attend theneighborhood musters of their companies and the countymusters of their regiment, which assemblies were, duringthe first years of our history, composed almost wholly ofmen. In later years, the women and children sometimesattended these assemblies, but the custom developed at acomparatively late date. The muster of the early days was nominally a militaryassembly, but it also had its social and po
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