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When the British army moved, the encampment was broken up at Mrs. Slocumb's, and she saw them depart with tears of joy. Her husband re- turned in a few days to her arms, and they lived to see the independence of their country established, their liberties secured, and he honored by the free suffrages of his fellow-citizens. Their son, Jesse, was elected a member of Congress in 1817, and served until 1821, when he died in Congress, and was buried at Washington, in the Congressional burying ground. She died on the 6th of March, 1836, and her venerable husband a few years afterwards., As long as patriotism is cherished or virtue honored, so long shall their memories survive.
Members of the General Assembly from Wayne County, from its formation to the last session.
Years
Senate.
House of Commons.
1780.
Stephen Cobb, Burwell Mooring.
1781.
Joseph Green, Burwell Mooring.
Burwell Mooring, Richard McKinnie.
1782. 1783., Burwell Mooring,
1784. Burwell Mooring,
1785. Burwell Mooring,
William Taylor, Richard McKinnie.
1786. Burwell Mooring,
Burwell Mooring,
1787. 1788. Richard McKinnie,
1789.
Richard McKinnie,
1790.
Burwell Mooring,
1791. Richard McKinnie, 1792. Richard McKinnie,
1793. Richard McKinnie,
1794.
Richard McKinnie,
1796.
1797. Richard McKinnie,
1798. Richard McKinnie, :
1799. Richard McKinnie, 1800. Richard Croom,
1801. Richard Croom,
1802.
John C. Pender,
1803.
Needham Whitfield,
1804.
Richard McKinnie,
1805.
Richard McKinnie,
1806. Richard McKinnie,
1807. James Rhodes,
1808. James Rhodes,
1809. James Rhodes;
1810. John Davis, 1
1811. John Davis,
1812. Barnabas McKinnie,
1813. Barnabas McKinnie,
Richard McKinnie, Needham Whitfield.
William Alford, John Handley.
William Taylor, John Handley.
Richard McKinnie, William Taylor: William Taylor, James Handley. James Handley, Burwell Mooring. John Coor Pender, Richard McKinnie.
1795. Richard McKinnie, Richard McKinnie,
John Coor Pender, Benjamin Fort. John Coor Pender, William Taylor. John Coor Pender, William Taylor. William Taylor, John Coor Pender. John Garland, John Coor Pender. John Garland, Benjamin Fort. John Coor Pender, Richard Croom. John Coor Pender, Richard Croom. Joseph Everett, Barnabas McKinnie. Joseph Everett, Barnabas McKinnie.
Abram Simons, Ezekiel Slocumb. William Smith, James Rhodes. James Rhodes, William Smith.
James Rhodes, William Smith. William Smith, James Rhodes. James Rhodes, William Smith. William Smith, James Deans. William Smith, Ezekiel Slocumb. William Smith, James Deans. Cullen Blackman, James Deans. Cullen Blackman, James Deans. Joab Newsom, Ezekiel Slocumb. Ezekiel Slocumb, Stephen Cook.
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Years. Senate.
House of Commons.
1814. Barnabas. McKinnie,
Ezekiel Slocumb, J. Cook.
1815. Barnabas McKinnie,
Ezekiel Slocumb, Stephen Cook.
1816. Barnabas McKinnie, Jr. Ezekiel Slocumb, Stephen Cook.
1817. Barnabas McKinnie,
Stephen Smith, Ezekiel Slocumb.
1818. Michael J. Kennan, 1819. Barnabas McKinnie,
1821. Ephraim Daniel,
1822.
Jethro Howell,
1823.
Richard B. Hatch,
1824. Gabriel Sherard,
1825.
Jethro Howell,
Philip B. Raiford, John Wasden.
1826.
John Wasden,
1827. Gabriel Sherard,
1828.
Gabriel Sherard,
1829. Gabriel Sherard,
1830. Gabriel Sherard,
1831.
Gabriel Sherard,
1832.
James. Rhodes,
1833.'
Gabriel Sherard,
1834.
Gabriel Sherard,
Calvin Coor, William B. Frost. Calvin Coor, Giles Smith.
1836.
John Exum,
Calvin Coor, Raiford Whitney.
1838. John Exum,
Curtis H. Brogden, Elias Barnes.
1840.
John Exum,
Curtis H. Brogden, Elias Barnes.
1842.
John Exum,
Curtis H. Brogden, Elias Barnes.
1844.
`John Exum,
Curtis H. Brogden, Elias Barnes.
1846.
John Exum,
Curtis H. Brogden, Elias Barnes.
1848. John Exum,
Curtis H. Brogden, John V. Sherard.
1850.
William Thompson,
Curtis H. Brogden, John V. Sherard.
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CHAPTER LXXX.
WILKES COUNTY.
WILKES COUNTY was formed in the year 1777 from Surry, and called in honor of John Wilkes, a distinguished English statesman, and member of Parliament. He was ejected by the ministerial party from Parliament on account of his liberal political views; and as often he was returned by the people. He died in 1797.
Wilkes County is situated in the extreme north-west portion of our State; and bounded on the north by the Blue Ridge, which separates it from Ashe County; east, by Surry; south, by Alex- ander; and west, by Ashe and Watauga Counties.
Its capital, Wilkesboro', is one hundred and seventy-two miles north-west of Raleigh.
Its population in 1850, was 10,746 whites; 211 free negroes ; 1,142 slaves ; 11,642 representative population.
Its products in 1840, was 463,793 bushels of corn; 64,210 bushels of oats ; 30,268 bushels of wheat ; 24,567 pounds of tobacco ; 12,468 pounds of cotton ; 19,634 pounds of wool.
James Rhodes, John W. Sasser. James Rhodes, John W. Sasser.
"John W. Sasser, John Broadhurst .. John B. Hurst, P. S. Cromwell ... Cullen A. Blackman, P. S. Cromwell.
1835.
John Exum,
. Philip B. Raiford, Joshua Hastings. Joshua Hastings, James Rhodes. James Rhodes, John W. Sasser.
Ezekiel Slocumb, Lewis C. Pender. Ephraim Daniel, Sampson Lane. Joshua Hastings, Arthur Barden. Joshua Hastings, Stephen Smith. Joshua Hastings, Stephen Smith. Philip B. Raiford, Arthur Barden.
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HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Gov. MONTFORD STOKES, long a resident of this County, was born about 1760 ; he entered the revolutionary army, was taken prisoner near Norfolk in 1776, and was confined for seven months on board a prison ship.
For a number of years he was Clerk of Rowan Superior Court, and Clerk of the Senate, where he enjoyed such popularity as to be elected Senator in - Congress, which, at the time, he declined.
In 1816, he was again elected Senator in Congress, and served until 1823.
In 1826, he was elected Senator in the General Assembly; and in 1829, a member of the House of Commons from Wilkes County, and again in 1830, when he was elected Governor of the State.
In 1831, he was appointed, by General Jackson, Indian Agent in Arkansas, where he removed, and lived until his death in 1842.
On the 17th of December, 1842, Hon. D. M. Barringer (our present Envoy to Spain), introduced the following resolution :-
" Whereas, the House of Commons have heard with regret of the death of Ex- Governor Montford Stokes, whose life has been connected with, for more than half a century, the history of North Carolina, and has occupied many distinguished stations in her gift, Therefore resolved unanimously-
" That as a mark of respect to the memory of Montford Stokes, this House do now adjourn until Monday morning, ten o'clock."
Governor STOKES married Mary, the daughter of Colonel Henry Irwin, of Edgecombe, who fell at Germantown 1777 (see Edgecombe), by which mar- riage he had several children. Of these, is Major Montfort S. Stokes, now of Wilkes County. Major Stokes was appointed Major of the North Carolina Regiment in the late war with Mexico. His conduct was so acceptable to his regiment, that on their return they voted and presented to, him a splendid sword. He is now one of the Councillors of State.
Colonel BENJAMIN CLEAVELAND, the hero of King's Mountain, and after whom Cleaveland County is called, lived and died in Wilkes County. He was a brave and meritorious officer. A serious impediment in his speech prevented his ever entering political life. He was, in 1775, appointed an ensign in 2d Regiment of troops, and served at King's Mountain and the battle of Guilford Court House, and the hero of a hundred fights with the Tories. He was the Surveyor of Wilkes, and lived at the place where Little Hickerson now resides; some incidents of his life, his dangers, and daring conduct, are recorded under Watauga, their scene of action.
GENERAL WILLIAM LENOIR resided in Wilkes County.
His life, character, and services have been recorded by an able and fami- liar hand.
The following is extracted from the Raleigh Register of June 22d, 1839 :-
This venerable patriot and soldier died at his residence at Fort Defiance, in Wilkes County, on Monday, the 6th of May, 1839, aged eighty-eight years. Perhaps no individual now remains in the State of North Carolina, who bore a more distinguished part during our Revolutionary struggle, or who was more closely identified with the early history of our government, than, the venerable man whose history and public services it is our purpose to sketch.
General Lenoir was born in Brunswick County, Va., on the 20th of May, 1751, O. S., and was descended from poor but respectable French ancestry. He was the youngest of a family of ten children." When about eight years old his father removed to Tar River, near Tarboro', N. C., where he resided until his death, which happened shortly after. The opportunities of obtain- ing even an ordinary English education, at that day, were extremely limited, and General Lenoir received no other than such as his own personal exertions permitted him to acquire after his father's death. When about twenty years of age he was married to Ann Ballard, of Halifax, N. C .- a lady possessing in an eminent degree those domestic and heroic virtues which qualified her for sustaining the privations and hardships of a frontier life, which it was her destiny afterwards to encounter.
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In March, 1775, Gen. L. removed with his family to the County of Wilkes (then a portion of Surry), and settled near the place where the village of Wilkesboro' now stands. Previous to his leaving Halifax, however, he signed what was then familiarly called "The Association Paper," which contained a declaration of the sentiments of the people of the Colonies in regard to the relations existing between them and the crown of Great Britain, and which their scattered condition rendered it necessary to circulate for signatures, in order to ascertain the wishes and determination of the people. Soon after his removal to Surry, he was appointed a member of the Commit- tee of Safety for that county, and continued to discharge his duty as such, and as clerk to the Committee, until their authority was superseded by the adoption of the Constitution of the State. On the commencement of hos- tilities with Great Britain, Gen. L. very early took a decided and active part. It is well known to all those acquainted with the history of the times, that about the beginning of the war of the Revolution, the Cherokee Indians were exceedingly annoying and troublesome to the white settlements in the western part of North Carolina. The Whigs, therefore, in that section of the country, were obliged at the very outset to be constantly on the alert-they were frequently called on to march at a moment's warning, in small detach- ments, in pursuit of marauding bands of Indians, in the hope of chastising them for depredations committed on the settlements-they were also com- pelled to keep up scouting and ranging parties, and to station guards at the most accessible passes in the mountains. In this service Gen. L. bore a con- spicuous part, which was continued until the celebrated expedition of Gen. Rutherford and Gen. Williamson in 1776, put an end to the difficulties with the Cherokees. In this expedition Gen. L. served as a lieutenant under the distinguished Col. Cleaveland, who was then a captain, and frequently has he been heard to recount the many hardships and sufferings which they had to undergo. They were often entirely destitute of provisions-there was not a tent of any kind in the whole army-very few blankets, and those only such as could be spared from their houses for the occasion, and their clothing consisted principally of rude cloth made from hemp, tow, and wild nettle- bark-and as a sample of the uniform worn by the General officers, it may be mentioned that Gen. Rutherford's consisted of a tow hunting-shirt, dyed black, and trimmed with white fringe. From the termination of this cam- paign, until the commencement of the one projected against the British and Tories under Major Ferguson, Gen. Lenoir was almost constantly engaged in capturing and suppressing the Tories, who, at that time, were assuming great confidence and exhibiting much boldness. Indeed, such was the cha- racter of the times, that the Whigs considered themselves, their families and property in continual and imminent danger. No man ventured from home without his rifle, and no one, unless his character was well known, was per- mitted to travel without undergoing the strictest examination. Gen. L. has frequently been heard to say that, owing to his perilous situation, he has often been compelled on retiring at night, to place his rifle on one side of him in bed, while his wife occupied the other. In the expedition to King's Mountain he held the appointment of captain in Col. Cleaveland's regiment, but on ascertaining that it would be impossible for the footmen to reach the desired point in time, it was determined by a council of officers that all who had horses, or could procure them, should advance forthwith. Accordingly Gen. Lenoir and his company officers volunteered their. services as privates, and proceeded with the horsemen by a severe forced march to the scene of action. In the brilliant achievement on King's Mountain he was wounded in the arm, and also in the side, though not severely-and a third ball passed through his hair, just above where it was tied. He was also at the defeat of the celebrated Tory, Col. Pyles, near Haw River, and in this engagement had his horse shot and his sword broken. ' He also raised a company and marched towards Dan River, with the hope of joining Gen. Greene, previous to the battle of Guilford, but was unable to effect a junction in time. Many other services of a minor character were performed by him, which it would be tedious to enumerate. In the militia of the State he was also an active and
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efficient officer, having passed through different grades, from that of an Orderly Sergeant to a Major-General, in which latter office he served for about eighteen years. In a civil capacity also Gen. L. discharged many high and responsible duties. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the Con- vention which met to form the State Constitution, and was reappointed by the first General Assembly which met under its authority .. He continued to dis- charge the duties of this office until his death, with the exception of a tem- porary suspension of about two years, whilst he acted as clerk of the County Court of Wilkes. It is, therefore, more than probable that at the time he died he was the oldest magistrate in the State, or perhaps in the United States. He also filled at different periods the various offices of Register, Surveyor, Commissioner of Affidavits, Chairman of the County Court, and Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Wilkes. He was one of the original trustees of the University of N. C., and was the first President of the Board. He served many years in both branches of the State Legislature, embracing nearly the whole period of our early legislative history, and during the last five years of his service in the Senate was unanimously chosen Speaker of that body. It may also be remarked that he performed the duties of that important station with as much general satisfaction, pro- bably, as was ever given by the presiding officer of any deliberative assembly. He was for several years elected a member of the Council of State, and when convened was chosen President of the Board. He was also a member of both the State Conventions, which met for the purpose of considering the Con- stitution of the United States ; and in the discussion of those bodies he took an active and distinguished part-insisting strenuously on the adoption of the amendments proposed to the Constitution, and guarding with great jealousy the rights of the States. Owing to the difficulties which existed among the States in the adoption. of the Federal Constitution, an opinion prevailed that another General Convention would be called to revise and amend it. The Convention of North Carolina, acting upon this supposition, proceeded to elect five delegates to represent the State in the proposed General Convention, of which number General Lenoir was one. It is also in honor of him that the respectable County of Lenoir bears its name.
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These, together with many other services of a minor character, though important in themselves, or in furtherance of the due execution of the law, constitute the sum of that portion of the public burdens which has been borne by this venerable man, for many of which he declined to receive any compen- sation. Those who knew Gen. L. will readily concur in the opinion that it is questionable whether any man ever performed a public duty with a more punc- tilious regard to the promotion of the public welfare, or in more strict accord- ance with the requirements of the authority under which he acted.
For the last several years of his life, he devoted much of his time to read- ing and reflection on public affairs, and manifested great concern, and expressed much apprehension, lest, from the signs of the times, our inesti- mable government, which cost so much blood and treasure, hardship "and suffering, was destined, at no distant period, to share the fate of the repub- lics of other days. Indeed, so great were his fears on this subject, that it was a source of real disquietude and unhappiness to him.'
In private life, General L. was no less distinguished for his moral worth and generous hospitality than in public life for his unbending integrity, firmness and patriotism. His mansion was open at all times, not only to a large and extensive circle of friends and acquaintances, but to the stranger and traveler. Although he lived for many years upon a public highway, and received and entertained all persons who chose to call upon him, he was never known in a single instance to make a charge, or receive compensation for accommodations thus furnished.
In his manners and habits of life he was plain and unostentatious. Stea- dily acting himself upon principles of temperance and frugality in all things, he endeavored, both by example and precept, to inculcate similar principles upon others. To the poor he was kind and charitable, and by his will made liberal provision for those of his own neighborhood. He had long enjoyed
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, almost uninterrupted health, which he was careful to preserve by moderate but almost constant exercise either on horseback or in his workshop, of which he was very fond. As evidence of his physical ability, it may be mentioned that he attended the Superior Court of Ashe County, a distance of more than fifty miles from his residence, traveling the whole distance on horseback, and crossing the Blue Ridge, and also attended the Court of his own County, a distance of twenty-four miles, not more than three weeks before his death. During his last illness he suffered much pain, and often expressed a desire that the Supreme Disposer of all things would terminate his sufferings. He often said "Death had no terrors for him-he did not fear to die." His remains were interred in the family burying-ground, which occupies the spot where Fort Defiance was erected during the Revolutionary War. S. F. P.
Hon. ANDERSON MITCHELL resides in this County. He was born in Caswell County in 1800, educated by Mr. Bingham, in Orange, and finished at the University, at which he graduated in 1821, and read law with George Hen- derson, in Granville.
He removed to Wilkes, and in 1840 represented this county in the Senate of the State Legislature.
In 1842 he was elected a member of Congress, and served until 1843. He now resides in Wilkesboro', and finds, like Titian, the law is so jealous a mis- tress, that she allows no rival in her affections. She has never allowed hin to marry, and has made him quit politics.
That celebrated lusus naturæ, the Siamese Twins, CHANG and ENG, reside in this County. After wandering over the whole globe, they have sought the quiet glens of Wilkes County as the loveliest spot for retirement and repose. The twins were born in May, 1811, at Maklong, in Siam.
In 1829 they left their country for America, and since which they have traveled over the whole of this continent, England, France, and other coun- tries, exciting the admiration of the crowd, and the investigations of the scientific Sir Astley Cooper, of London, Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell, of New York, and others, who have reported upon this singular phenomenon in the natural world.
They are united together as one by an ensiform cartilage from the side. The blood-vessels and nerves of each communicate. There seems to be a perfect sympathy, for when one is sick so is the other; they go to sleep at the same moment, and wake at the same. So when Chang dies, Eng may make his will.
They are wealthy, well settled, both happily married, and have interesting families around them.
Members of the General Assembly from Wilkes County, from 1778 to 1850-51. .
Years.
Senate.
House of Commons.
1778.
1779.
Benj. Cleaveland,
1781. Charles Gordon,
1782. Elijah Isaacs,
1783. Elijah Isaacs,
Elijah Isaacs,
1784. 1785. 1786.
Benjamin Herndon, Benjamin Herndon, William Lenoir, William Lenoir,
1787.
1788.
1791. William Lenoir,
1792. William Lenoir,
1793. William Lenoir,
1794. William Lenoir,
Benjamin Cleaveland, Elisha Isaacs. Benjamin Thornton, Elisha Isaacs. Joseph Herndon, William Lenoir. William Lenoir, Joseph Herndon. Benjamin Herndon, William Lenoir. Benjamin Herndon, Jesse Franklin. Jesse Franklin, Wm. T. Lewis. Jesse Franklin, John Brown. Jesse Franklin, John Brown.
John Brown, Joseph Herndon.
Jesse Franklin, Benjamin Jones. Jesse Franklin, Benjamin Jones.
Richard Allen, Joseph Herndon.
Benjamin Jones, Theophilus Evans.
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Years. Senate.
1795. William Lenoir,
1796. James Wellborn,
1797. James Wellborn,
1798. James Wellborn,
James Wellborn,
1799. 1800. James Wellborn,
1801. James Wellborn,
1802.
James Wellborn,
1803. James Wellborn,
1804. James Wellborn,
1805.
James Wellborn,
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William Hulme, Edmund Jones.
1808. James Wellborn,
William Hulme, Edmund Jones.
1809. James Wellborn,
Edmund Jones, Benjamin Parks.
1810.
James Wellborn,
Edmund Jones, William Hulme.
1811.
James Wellborn,
Jesse Allen, Edmund Jones .. Edmund Jones, Jesse. Allen.
·1812. James Waugh,
1813. James Waugh,
John Martin, Wm. Davenport.
1814. Wm. Hulme,
Jesse Allen, John Saintclair.
1815.
Wm. Hulme,,
Jesse Allen, John Saintclair.
1816. Wm. Hulme,
John Saintclair, Jesse Allen.
1817. James Wellborn,
1818. James Wellborn,
1819. . James Wellborn,
1820. James Wellborn,
William Hampton, John Isbell.
1821.
James Wellborn,
1822.
Edmund Jones,
1823. James Wellborn, 1824. James Wellborn,
1825. Edmund Jones,
Thomas W. Wilson, Nathaniel Gordon.
1826.
Montford Stokes,
Nathaniel Gordon, John Saintclair.
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1827.
Edmund Jones,
1828.
James Wellborn,
1829. James Wellborn,
1830. Edmund Jones,
1831. John Martin,
1832.
James Wellborn,
1833.
Edmund Jones,
Benjamin F. Martin, William Horton.
1834.
James Wellborn,
William Horton, Benjamin F. Martin.
1835.
James. Wellborn,
1836.
Edmund Jones,
1838.
Edmund Jones,
1840.
Anderson Mitchell,
1842.
Edmund W. Jones,
1844. A. B. McMillan,
J. J. Gambill, - Church.
1846. A. B. McMillan,
1848.
George Bower,
1850.
George Bower,
House of Commons.
Jesse Robinett, David Witherspoon. David Witherspoon, Jesse Robinett. Jesse Robinett, James Burgarner. Jesse Robinett, Edmund Jones.
Jesse Robinett, George Koonce. Andrew Erwin, William Hulme. William Hulme, Andrew Erwin. Edmund Jones, William Hulme. Robert Martin, Edmund Jones. Edmund Jones, William Hulme. Edmund Jones, William Hulme. William Hulme, John Martin.
1806. James Wellborn,
1807. James Wellborn,
. John Saintclair, John Witherspoon. John Saintclair, John Witherspoon.
H. M. Stokes, Nathaniel Gordon.
John Isbell, Nathaniel Gordon. William Horton, Nathaniel Gordon. Nathaniel Gordon, William Horton.
William Miller, Thomas W. Wilson.
Malachi Roberts, Nathaniel Gordon. John Saintclair, Nathaniel Gordon. William Horton, Montfort Stokes. William Horton, Montfort Stokes. Eli Petty, William C. Emmett. William C. Emmett, John Sinclair.
William Horton, John Watts. William Horton, Eli Petty. Eli Petty, William W. Peden. John J. Bryan, David Gray. Robert J. Steel, John J. Bryan.
James Welborn, J. J. Gambill.
L. B. Carmichael, J. J. Gambill. J. B. Gordon, A. M. Forster.
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YADKIN AND YANCEY COUNTIES.
CHAPTER LXXXI.
YADKIN COUNTY. 1
YADKIN COUNTY was formed in 1850-51, from the southern portion of Surry, and derives its name from the river which runs through it.
It is situated in the north-western part of the State, and bounded on the north by Surry, east by Forsythe, south by Davie and Alex- ander, and west by Wilkes.
It being so recently formed, is not yet organized ; but will con- tinue to vote with Surry until after the next election (1852), when it will have a distinct and separate representation.
Its capital is called Wilson, in honor of LOUIS D. WILSON, late of Edgecombe, for whose life and services, see Chapter XXVIII.
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