History of North Carolina: North Carolina biography, Volume VI, Part 103

Author: Connor, R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950; Boyd, William Kenneth, 1879-1938. dn; Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac, 1878-
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Chicago : New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 658


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Rabb, L. E., IV, 100


Race antagonismn, III, 298; feeling, III, 284; riot, Robeson county, III, 288 Races, relation of, III, 135


Racial elements, I, 302 "Radicals," I, 402


Ragan, A. Homer, V, 136 Ragan, Robert R., V, 351


Ragan, William H., VI, 332


Ragan, William P., VI, 65 Ragland, John W., VI, 305 Railroad Bill, II, 234


Railroad builders, (portraits), III, 398 Railroad commission, III, 401


Railroad conventions, II, 156


Railroads, II, 236, 344; III, 125, 268; state aid to, II, 97, 230, 239; wooden rails, II, 230; effects on social life, II, 237; early history of, II, 237; fares, II, 238; prior to 1860 (map), II, 351; in 1860, III, 48; legislation, III, 119-128; dishonest manipulation of, III, 121; dishonest manipulators indicted, III, 127; appropriations of bonds repealed, III,- 144; building, III, 205; feeling against, III, 214; in- crease of mileage, III, 217; condi- tions in 1907, III, 336; development, III, 394; value of, III, 402


Rainey, William T., IV, 220 Rainsford, Giles, I, 117


Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, II, 229; II, 344; III, 233, 242, 394; locomo- tive, with W. W. Vars, president of the road, (illustration), II, 235


Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, II, 235


Raleigh's charter, I, 4; amended, III, 269


"Raleigh Minerva," II, 375


Raleigh Peace Society, II, 391


"Raleigh Register," II, 52, 168, 206, 375


Raleigh, secession convention, III, 3


"Raleigh Star," II, 375, 376


Raleigh, Union forces enter, 36


Raleigh, Walter, introduced tobacco and potato into England, I, 13; true parent of North American coloniza- tion, I, 19; efforts to plant colony failed, I, 21; (portrait), I, frontis- piece


Ramsaur's Mill, I, 461, 478


Ramsay, James H., IV, 391


Ramseur, S. D., (portrait), III, 13


Ramsey, Darley H., V, 226


Ramsey, George J., V, 170


Ramsey, Joseph B., IV, 315


Randolph, John, II, 56


Raney, Katherine D., IV, 170


Raney, Richard B., IV, 169


Rankin, Alexander M., VI, 59


Rankin, Charles W., VI, 184


Rankin, James E., V, 244


Rankin, Rufus G., V, 82


Rankin, Watson S., IV, 236


Ransom, Edward, III, 187, 193


Ransom, Matthew W., (portrait), III, 174


Ransom, Robert, (portrait), III, 13 Ratification of Constitution, belated, II, 45; Hillsboro convention left way open for later, II, 45 Rawdon, Lord, I, 457


Rawley, Taylor L., VI, 345


396


INDEX


Rawls, Charles T., V, 272 Ray, Clyde H., V, 142


Ray, Robert R., VI, 240


Rayner, Kenneth, II, 158


Reade, Edwin G., III, 63; (portrait), III, 134 Reade, Robert P., V, 301


Readjustment after the Revolution, II, 2 Reams, Samuel H., IV, 179


Rebuilding the commonwealth, III, 192 Reconstruction, Problems of, (after In- dian war), I, 111; President John- son's policy of, III, 60; congressional, III, 85; solution of problem, III, 85; political events during, III, 99; leg- islation during, III, 105; overthrow, III, 132; social and economic condi- tions during, III, 161; congressional policy of, III, 162; crime of, III, 168; end of, III, 170


Reconstruction Act, first, III, 91


"Record," III, 295


Rector, James E., IV, 289


Rectory Christ Church, Raleigh (illus- tration), II, 120


"Red Shirts," III, 287, 312


"Red Strings," III, 45


Reddick, Wallace C., III, 371


Redding, John O., V, 395


Redemption of paper currency, II, 48 Redemption of treasury notes, II, 137 Redwine, Robert B., VI, 30


Reece, Darett M., IV, 281


Reece, Winston L., V, 144


Rees, John T., VI, 67


Registration after Civil war, III, 95


Regulation, The, I, 306, 307; ended, I, 318


Regulation and Revolution, difference between, I, 319


Regulators, I, 302 Rehder, C. F. Will, V, 112


Reich, Wiley S., V, 75


Reid, David S., II, 289; (portrait), II, 290


Reid, James, III, 359


Reid, John, II, 150


Reilly, James O., V, 91


"R. E. Lee," III, 15


Relfe, Thomas, I, 26


Relief work, Civil war, III, 50; lack of drugs, III, 51


Religion, I, 190; II, 163; early denomi- nations, I, 87; in early days, I, 122; Colonial North Carolina, I, 180; dis- sension, I, 192; provisions of the Constitution regarding, II, 144; de- velopment after revolution, II, 185; relation of University of North Car- olina to, II, 363


Religious body, oldest organized in North Carolina, I, 88


Religious newspapers, II, 377 Repeal of Judiciary Act of 1801, II, 55 Representation problem, II, 160


Representatives, qualifications of, II, 28


Republican newspaper, first, II, 52 Republican opposition to Ku Klux, III, 146


Republican party, organization of North Carolina, III, 96; regime, III, 114; victory in 1800, II, 54


Republicans, II, 47 Repudiation of war debt, III, 161


Residence of Joel Lane (illustration), II, 81


Residence of John Louis Taylor, where


Gaston wrote "Carolina" (illustra- tion), II, 386


Restoration of the Southi, legislation for, III, 90


Restricted suffrage, III, 299


Revenue, federal surplus, distribution among the states, II, 227


Revenue officers, III, 194


"Revisal of 1715," I, 113


Revision of early laws, I, 113


Revivals, II, 190; of 1800, II, 190


Revolt against proprietary govern- ment, I, 58


Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary currency (illustration), II, 5


Revolutionary currency, II, 4; redemp- tion of, II, 114


Revolutionary war, preparations for, I, 359; beginning of, I, 359; organ- ization of army, I, 373; civil gov- ernment during, I, 374; attitude of Indian tribes during, I, 380; break- down of finances in, I, 431; depre- ciation of currency, I, 432; military problems, I, 437; militia, I, 438; draft law, I, 443; war bounties, I, 444; difficulty in obtaining supplies, I, 447; privateers, I, 449; naval en- gagements, I, 451; in the South, I, 455; guerrilla warfare, I, 460; King's Mountain turning point in, I, 474; after effects, I, 495; release of pris- oners, I, 501; political and social conditions at close of, II, 1; popu- lation at the close of, II, 1; eco- nomic problems at the close of, II, 1; readjustment after, II, 2; Nortlı Carolina's financial policy during, II, 12; land grants offered as induce- ments to military service, II, 12; adjustment of Court system after, II, 66


Revolution and Regulation, difference between, I, 319


Revolution in South Carolina, I, 140


Reynolds, John F., IV, 49


Reynolds, Richard J., III, 386; VI, 1 Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston- Salem (illustration), III, 388


Rhodes, Jesse M., IV, 215


Rhodes, Jolın F., VI, 259


Ricaud, Addison G., IV, 32


Rice, II, 334


Rice, Nathaniel, I, 231


Rich, Carrie W., IV, 43 Rich, D., IV, 42 Richardson, Lunsford, VI, 214


397


INDEX


"Richmond Family Visitor,' II, 377 Rickman, Thomas J., IV, 291 Ricks, Robert H., VI, 180 Riddick, Wallace C., V, 217


Rieves, James T., VI, 132 Right of eminent domain, II, 261 Right of search, II, 57 Right of secession, II, 306


Riggins, Henry L., IV, 342 Ring, Joseph W., IV, 326 Rioters, Granville District, I, 225 Ritch, Marvin L., V, 379 River navigation, II, 352; improvement of, II, 93 River systems, II, 84 Roads, early, I, 124; II, 2; early plans for, I, 122; state aid to, II, 97


Roanoke colonies, I, 9 Roanoke expedition, III, 19


Roanoke Island, I, 5, 6


Roanoke river, II, 85


Roanoke settlement, beginning of Eng- lish colonization in America, I, 20 Roberson, Charles, VI, 359


Roberson, Virgil O., VI, 271


Roberson, Wescott, VI, 177


Roberson, William S., V, 72


Roberts, George H., V, 391 Roberts, Jesse L., VI, 300


Robertson, James, I, 291, 296 Robertson, Joseph H., IV, 218


Robertson, Thomas J., V, 385 Robertson, Thomas M., VI, 262 Robertson, Thomas R., IV, 322 Robeson county, race riot, III, 288


Robinson, Charles H., IV, 320 Robinson, Charles O., V, 272


Robinson, Henry M., VI, 201 Robinson, John, VI, 39 Robinson, Joseph E., VI, 80 Robinson, William S. O., VI, 262


Rodgers, H. Edmund, IV, 370


Rodman, John C., V, 348


Rodman, W. B. (portrait), III, 134 Rodman, Wiley C., VI, 44 Rogers, Sion H., II, 310


Rollins, Eugene M., V, 174


Rollins, Thomas S., V, 262


Rondthaler, Edward, V, 94 Roney, Julius G., VI, 318 Roosevelt, Theodore, III, 330 Rose, David J., V, 338 Rose, George M., VI, 86


Rose, William P., V, 372


Rose, William T., IV, 373


Ross, Charles, V, 298


Roth, Gilvin T., IV, 317 Rountree, George, IV, 388


Rouse, Noah J., VI, 158 Rouse, Walter B., VI, 297


Rouzer, Harold A., V, 59 Rowan, Mathew, I, 167, 231 Rowe, Howard M., V, 121


Rowe, Joseph C., IV, 349


Royal Assembly, last, I, 362 Royal Colony, North Carolina becomes a, I, 141


Royal government, downfall of, I, 338 Royal governor, last, of North Caro- lina, I, 387


Royal rule in North Carolina, I, 143


Royall, George C., VI, 204


Royall, W. B., III, 373


Royster, Thomas H., V, 298


Rozzelle, Jacob H., IV, 301 Ruark, James B., V, 79 Ruark, Joseph W., V, 80


Ruark, Robert, IV, 400 Ruffin, Chief Justice, II, 333


Ruffin, Thomas (portrait), II, 261


Ruffin, William H., V, 298


Rufty, Henry E., IV, 185


Rural free delivery, III, 417


Russell, D. L., III, 256


Russell, Governor, III, 263


Rutherford raids, III, 174


Rutherford, Griffith, I, 316, 412


Rutledge, Frederick, V, 228


Sacred Heart Catholic Church, IV, 130 St. James, I, 154 St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral (illustra- tion), IV, 223


Saint Mary's School, II, 372


St. Paul's Church at Edenton (illus- tration), I, 89 St. Phillips, I, 154


St. Thomas' Church at Bath (illustra- tion), I, 119


Salem Female Academy, II, 372


Salem Temple Academy in 1800 (il- lustration), II, 372 Salem, session of legislature at, II, 80 Sales of vacant lands, II, 104


Salisbury, Confederate prison at (il- lustration), III, 37 Salisbury judicial district, II, 66


Salmons, Henry C., VI, 363


Salsbury, Jolın M. S., IV, 158


Salt, III, 49


Sanders, Joseph F., V, 392


Sanders, William M., IV, 344


Sanford, Calvin C., IV, 370


Sanford, Rufus B., IV, 370 Sapp, Andrew J., V, 369


"Sassacus" (illustration), III, 27 Satterfield, Henry C., V, 180 Saunders, William L., III, 137, 176, 184


Savannah, capture of, I, 455


Saw mills, I, 125; III, 391


Sawyer, Ernest L., IV, 178 Sawyer, Philip G., V, 299 Scales, A. M., III, 211


Scarboro, William J., VI, 238


Schallert, Paul O., V, 200


Schenck, David, V, 34 Schenck, Michael, V, 36


Schenck, Paul W., VI, 294


Schism Act, I, 198


Schofield, John B., III, 56; (portrait), III, 57; measures for pacification, III, 58 School building, present-day (illustra- tion), III, 360


398


INDEX


School, Rural, prior to the educational revival (illustration), III, 360


Schools, first, I, 200; early, I, 201; first classical in North Carolina, I, 204; established by Legislature, II, 90; agitation for public, II, 91; sys- tem, II, 101; prior to 1860, II, 103; establishment of public system, II, 225, 242; law of 1839, II, 242; office of superintendent created, II, 245; problem of supplying teachers, II, 247; number in 1860, II, 248; Dr. Wiley's efforts in behalf of common, II, 248; state University declared in- separable from public system, III, 108; negroes, III, 73; tax, III, 233, 251, 353, 354; law, III, 251; law, 1895, III, 267; for the Blind, III, 268; war disaster to, III, 347; sys- tem, III, 347; graded, III, 349; negro, supported by Freedmen's Bu- reau, III, 353; mixed, III, 361; first summer school in the United States, III, 363; office of county superin- tendent established, III, 364; city graded, III, 364; normal, III, 364; progress of rural, III, 368; growth of, III, 370; normal for negroes, III, 370; division of fund, III, 408 Schulken, James B., V, 157 Scientific agriculture, III, 379 Scotch Highlanders, I, 155


Scotch immigration, I, 158


Scotch-Irish, I, 162; reason for emi- gration, I, 164; give marked impulse to education, I, 203 Scott, Hugh R., VI, 333


Scott, Jacob B., IV, 228 Scott, John L., Jr., VI, 49


Seaboard Air Line, II, 350; III, 400 Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, III, 394


Seaboard Railroad, III, 254


Seal of the Government of Albemarle and Province of North Carolina, 166-to 1730 (illustration), I, 39 Seal of the Lords Proprietors of Caro- lina, I, 36 (illustrations), I, 211 Seal of the Province of North Caro- lina, 1730-1767 (illustrations), I, 211


Seawell, Herbert F., V, 388


Secession, right of, II, 306; sentiment for or against, III, 1; politics, III, 1; question submitted to the people, III, 2; compromise attempt, III, 2; convention defeated, III, 2; state in no mood for, III, 2; secession defi- nitely settled, III, 3; convention delegates, III, 3; convention as- sembled at Raleigh, III, 3; conven- tion adjourned, III, 6; right denied, III, 106 Sechrest, Joseph W., VI, 297


Second Bank of the United States, II, 123


Second Provincial Congress, I, 362; ad- journment of, I, 367


Sectional hostility, II, 148


Sedition laws, II, 51


Senate of 1874 (illustration), III, 183 Senate, Spaight suggests election of members of by state legislatures, II, 26; proportion of membership to leg- islature, II, 26; equality of represen- tation demanded by small states, II, 26; equality in, II, 28 Senatorial suffrage, II, 288


Senators, qualifications of, II, 28


Sentelle, Richard A., V, 236


"Sentinel," III, 66, 130


Sentinel Publishing Co., IV, 133


Separk, Joseph A., VI, 259


Servants, white, I, 182; indentured, I, 182


Sessions of legislature, II, 80


Settle, Thomas, III, 179, 190, 342; (portrait), III, 134


Settlement of debts, provision for, II, 7 Settlements on the Albemarle, I, 27 ' Settlers, first permanent from Virginia, I, 21


Severs, Henry C., VI, 327


Severs, William R., VI. 328


Sevier, John, I, 294, 469; II, 47; (por- trait), II, 15 Sexton, Coll H., VI, 111


Sexton, James A., VI, 110


Shaffner. Henry F., VI, 11


Shannonhouse, Howard T., IV, 131


Sharp, James M., VI, 214


Sharpe, Walter E., VI, 55


Sharpe, William, I, 498


Shaw, Allen M., VI, 76


Shaw, Daniel H., VI, 46


Shaw, Henry E., VI, 107


Shaw, John G., V, 265


Shaw, William G., VI, 42


Shearer, John B., III, 374


Sheek. James L., IV, 371


Sheep, Samuel L., V, 73


Shelby, Evan, II, 19


Shelby, Isaac, I, 469; (portrait), 470


Shelton, Claude A., IV, 328 Shelton. William B .. IV. 328


Shemwell, Dermot. IV. 296


Shepard. Joseph C., IV, 380


Sheppard, Abraham, I. 439 Sheppard, Walter G., VI, 37


Sherman, W. T. (portrait), III. 35; army advancing toward North Caro- lina, III, 33; enters the state, III, 34; approaches Raleigh, III, 34 Sherrod, Archibald, V, 393 Sherrod. William J., V, 330 Sherwood, Thomas D., VI, 317 Ship building, I, 448 Shipman, Mitchell L., IV, 151 Shipman, William G., V, 397 Shipp, Kate C., IV, 24 Shitle. William S., V, 339 Shoffner act, III, 170


399


INDEX


Shore, Clarence A., IV, 395 Shore, Rufus A., IV, 132 Shores, William C., VI, 179 Shotwell, Randolph, III, 177


1


Shuford, John H., VI, 304 Siceloff, David S., IV, 218 Sickles, Daniel E., administration of III, 93, 94; (portrait), III, 91 Siewers, Charles S., V, 202 Siewers, W. Ledoux, IV, 67 Sigman, Festus E., IV, 311 Sigmon, Jesse C., VI, 137 Signers of Declaration of Independence, I, 348, 371 Siler, J. Wade, VI, 128 Siler, Walter D., V, 392 Silver ore, II, 343 Simmons, Furnifold M., III, 314; VI, 290


Simmons, Norwood L., VI, 233


Simmons, Senator, III, 341, 342


Simms, Robert N., V, 310


Simpson, John T., V, 158


Sims, George, I, 306


Sinclair, L. Carson, VI, 111 Sinclair, Neil A., VI, 70 "Siren," III, 15


"Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony," I, 18


Sitgreaves, John, II, 361


Skelding, Arthur B., V, 281


Skinner, Harry, III, 239; IV, 339


Skinner, Louis C., V, 376


Slate, J. Wesley, IV, 41


Slavery, I, 183; II, 202; rapid growth,


I, 184; Williamson against, II, 29; sectional aspect of, II, 204; religious sentiment against, II, 208; economic opposition to, II, 208; judicial deci- sions relating to, II, 260; extension of, II, 297; compromise on, II, 304; vote on, II, 305; ordinance abolish- ing, III, 64; prohibited, III, 106; effects of emancipation, III, 163 Slave trade, II, 205


Slaves, value of, II, 204; protection of, II, 213; treatment of, II, 213; plot for rising of, II, 218; taxed, II, 318; value of, II, 318; taxation, III, 6 Slaves, Indian, I, 100 Sloan, Robert M., V, 342


Sloan, William, VI, 31 Small farmers, I, 181


Small, John H., III, 342; VI, 325


Smathers, George H., IV, 253 Smith, Alexander M., IV, 96 Smith, Benjamin, II, 76


Smith, Charles L., IV, 241


Smith, Edward C., IV, 98 Smith, Edwin S., VI, 102 Smith, Eugene W., V, 239 Smith, Graves J., VI, 104 Smith, Henry L., III, 374 Smith, Raymond A., V, 277 Smith, Robert W., V, 55 Smith, Samuel W., VI, 178 Smith, Thomas W., VI, 183


Smith, Wiley H., VI, 104


Smith, William H., V, 396


Smith, Willis, IV, 324


Smith, W. N. H., III, 197


Smith, Young E., IV, 236


Smith & Duncan, IV, 324


Smithfield, session of legislature at, II, 80 Smoot, James C., VI, 12 Smuggling, I, 125 "Snap Dragon," II, 60


Snipes, Edgar T., VI, 355


Snipes, Oscar A., IV, 161


Snody, Alexander F., IV, 308


"Snow Campaign," I, 382


Snow, Oscar E., V, 58 Snow, William B., V, 47


Snow, William H., VI, 165


Social and industrial -life of the colony


during first seventy-five years, I, 185 Social conditions at close of the Revo- lution, II, 1-20; 1800-1836, II, 83


Social development, II, 229


Social life, effects of railroads on, II, 237


Social reform, II, 91; during Recon- struction, III, 161; of freedmen, III, 76; tendencies, III, 404 Society, Colonial North Carolina, I, 180; class distinctions, I, 180; plant- ers, I, 180; small farmers, I, 181; white servants, I, 182; indentured servants, I, 182; negro slavery, I, 183


Society of the Cincinnati, II, 3 Soils, III, 377


Soldiers, land bounties to, II, 23; clothing of, III, 8


Solicitor-general, office created in 1790, II, 67


Solution of problem of reconstruction, III, 85


Sorrell, Delos W., V, 281


Sothel, Seth, I, 41, 61


South Carolina, conquest of, I, 458


"South Carolina Gazette," The, I, 207


Southern Railway, III, 254, 269, 399 Southgate, Thomas F., IV, 281


Southport, III, 14 Spach, John C., IV, 141


Spach, Samuel L., IV, 192


Spaight, Richard D., I, 498; II, 25, 158; (portrait), II, 22; suggests election of members of senate by state leg- islatures, II, 26


Spainhour, Ellis H., IV, 33


Spangenberg, Augustus G. (portrait), I, 172


Spanish-American war, III, 279


Spanish Armada, I, 16 Spanish danger to the colonies, I, 258 Spanish milled dollar, change to from English pound, I, 374 Spanish privateers, I, 263


Spanish war. I, 260; first call for


troops, I, 260 Sparger, James H., VI, 288


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400


INDEX


Sparger, John H., V, 53 Sparger, Joseph B., IV, 82


Sparger, William F., IV, 216


Sparrow, John B., IV, 111


Sparrow, Thomas, IV, 112 Spaugh, Rufus A., V, 229 Spaugh, Walter T., V, 229 Spaugh, William J., IV, 183 Speas, Wesley B., IV, 22


Special tax bonds, III, 326; suspension of by North Carolina banks, II, 123; III, 53; resumption of, II, 125 Spence, Union L., V, 373 Spencer, George R., V, 219


Spencer, Samuel, I, 203, 377, 412, 418


Spicer, Williams, VI, 117


Spingler, Albert G., V, 193


Spinks, Henry W., VI, 285


Spinks, John D., VI, 285


Springer, James A., IV, 84 Spruil, James F., IV, 367 Spruill, Frank S., V, 217 Sprunt, James, V, 291


Stacy, Walter P., VI, 251


Stafford, Emory J., VI, 320


Staley, W. W., III, 375


Stamp Act, I, 321; first opposition to in North Carolina, I, 321; repealed, I, 330


"Standard," III, 78


Stanly, Edward, III, 42


Stanton, David A., VI, 356


Stanton, George W., V, 78


Starkey, Edward, I, 419


State aid, II, 100; to roads, canals, railways, II, 97, 125; to railroads, II, 230, 239


State Agricultural Society, organized, II, 100; foundation of, II, 332 State Bank, II, 103, 137


State Bank Building, Now Rectory Christ Church, Raleigh (illustra- tion), II, 120


State Bank of North Carolina, II, 117, 175


State bonds, III, 126, 193, 201, 323; value of, III, 54; collection repudi- ated, III, 327


State boundaries, II, 70


State capitol, building of, II, 109


State conference, Goldsboro, III, 3


State convention, Charlotte, III, 3


State Constitution of 1776, revising of, II, 139


State currency, II, 4, 116; disposed of through co-operation of banks, II, 119; redemption of, II, 118


State debt, III, 65, 193, 201; assump- tion of, II, 47; repudiation of, III, 65


State dollar, II, 3 State Fair, II, 332


"State Gazette of North Carolina," II, 374


State government, reorganization of, III, 64 State Historical Commission, III, 417


State House, constructing, II, 80; First, burned in 1831 (illustration), II, 81; fire, II, 82; cornerstone laid in 1792, II, 82


State Library, III, 254; (illustration), III, 418 State of Franklin, II, 16, 18; col- lapsed, II, 20


State penitentiary, III, 128


State tax, III, 215


State Treasury notes (illustrations), II, 124 State vs. Manuel, II, 220


State vs. Will, II, 214


State-wide prohibition, III, 338


States, Louis A., VI, 233


State's Prison, III, 302


States' rights, Iredell's opinion, II, 50


Statesville Female College, II, 372


Statue of General Washington, II, 80, 82 Statute of Frauds, II, 261


Stay law, I, 30


Steamboat line, II, 230


Stedman, Charles M., III, 341


Steele, John, II, 47, 54, 63


Steele, William C., VI, 92


Stephens, Samuel, I, 29 Stephenson, Leonidas D., V, 313


Steppe, Norman F., VI, 129 Steuart, Andrew, I, 208


Stevens, Henry B., VI, 313


Stevens, Henry L., IV, 376


Stevens, Thaddeus, III, 81


Stevens, William S., V, 278


Stewart, Jacob, IV, 229


Stewart, John W., VI, 68


Stewart, William H., IV, 359


Stockton, Ernest H., IV, 85


Stokes, Henry C., IV, 86


Stokes, John, II, 361 Stokes, Montford, II, 151, 153 Stone, David, II, 59, 64


Stone, M. Herbert, IV, 306


Stone, Joseph J., VI, 314


Stone, Robert L., IV, 157


Stony Point, I, 441


Store tax, II, 107


Stout, John C., V, 164


Stowe, Robert L., V, 141


Strachan, Waverly B., IV, 35


Strader, Zebulon V., VI, 310


Strange, Robert, II, 184, 385


Street, Murdo E., VI, 118 Stride, Robert, IV, 225


Stronach, George T., V, 64 Strong, Charles M., VI, 196


Strong, Robert C., V, 312


Strowd, Robert L., V, 196


Strudwick, Edmund, V, 106 Strudwick, Shepperd, V, 108 Stuart, Kate, V, 77 Stuart, William B., VI, 120 Student labor, II, 358


Styles, J. Scroop, V, 199


Sudderth, George M., VI, 295


Sufferings of Continental Army, I, 445 Suffrage, II, 26, 139, 143; III, 188, 343;


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INDEX


free negro, II, 146, 158, 162, 220; senatorial, II, 288; negro, III, 77; qualifications for, III, 96, 104; uni- versal, III,


108; constitutional amendment restricting, III, 299 Sullivan, Nathaniel D., IV, 257 Summer school, first in the United States, III, 363


Sumner, Bynum H., V, 270


Sumner, Jethro, I, 371, 439


Sunday schools, II, 391; introduced, II, 188


Superintendent of Common Schools, office created, II, 245


Superior courts, II, 67; III, 133, 188 Supplies, difficulty of obtaining, Revo- lutionary war, I, 447


Supreme Court, III, 133, 188; created, II, 68; 1818 (portraits), II, 71; re- form, II, 259; (illustration), III, 134 Surrender of Charleston, I, 442


Survey, first, I, 136


Suspension of specie payment by North Carolina banks, II, 123 Suther, Samuel, I, 196


Sutton, Frederick I., V, 320


Swain, David L., II, 105, 128, 153, 363; (portrait), II, 140; III, 34, 354


Swain, John E., V, 238


Swamp lands, II, 249; sale forbidden by act of legislature, III, 128


Swann, Samuel, I, 232 "Swann's Revisal," I, 207


Sweet potatoes, III, 381


Swiss colony, I, 79


Sydnor, William G., V, 66


Taft, William H., III, 345 "Tallahassee," III, 9


Tankersley, James W., IV, 294 Tarboro Railroad, III, 121


Tarboro, session of legislature at, II, 80 "Tarborough Press," II, 377 Tariff, II, 178


Tarleton, Banastre, I, 457


Tar river, II, 85


Tate's Academy, I, 204


Tax rate, II, 106


Tax system, II, 240


Taxation, II, 105, 106, 317; III, 107; reversion to checked educational growth, II, 91; of slaves, III, 6; during the Civil war, III, 51; de- fects of system, III, 213


Taxes, I, 106, 109, 166, 240, 303, 321, 411, 432; ad valorem, I, 433; excise, II, 48; license, II, 104; land tax, poll tax, bank dividends, II, 108; rev- enue derived from, II, 108; methods of assessing, II, 109; defects in method of public accounting, II, 112; school, II, 242; III, 233, 353, 354; slaves, JI, 318; county, III, 167; in- creased, III, 251 Taylor, Arden W., VI, 98


Taylor, Charles E., III, 373 Taylor, David T., VI, 13 Vol. VI-26


Taylor, Ebenezer, I, 118


Taylor, Hoy, VI, 135


Taylor, Jacquelin P., V, 322


Taylor, James F., VI, 137


Taylor, John A., IV, 366


Taylor, John L. (portrait), II, 71


Taylor, John Louis, residence, where Gaston wrote "Carolina" (illustra- tion), II, 386 Taylor, Marble N., III, 42


Taylor, Nelson W., V, 352


Taylor, Vestal, IV, 30


Taylor, Walker, V, 324


Taylor, Walter F., VI, 141


Taylor, William, I, 422; II, 145


Taylor, William B., V, 321


Taylor, William S., V, 56


Teach, Edward, I, 127


Teacher, first professional,- I, 200


Teachers, problem of, II, 247


Teague, Samuel F., VI, 55


Teague & Dees, VI, 55


Telegram to Robeson County in 1875, III, 186


Tennessee boundary, dispute over, II, 73


Tennessee included in Carolina grant of 1665, I, 289


Terrell, Marvin C., VI, 193


Terry, Randall B., VI, 353


Terry, Robert B., VI, 241


Texas, annexation of, II, 280


Textile industry, III, 389


Thackston, James, I, 373


Thames, John, IV, 110


Thigpen, William J., V, 188 "Third house," III, 120


Thomas, Charles R., III, 342; VI, 284


Thomas, Charles R., Jr., VI, 284


Thomas, James C., VI, 51


Thomas, John W., IV, 156


Thomas, J. Rankin, VI, 92


Thomas, Robert W., IV, 293


Thomas, William H., II, 77


Thompson, Alfred A., IV, 99


Thompson, C. Everett, V, 302


Thompson, D. Matt, IV, 162


Thompson, Francis M., IV, 398


Thompson, George A., IV, 293 Thompson, Kimbro M., IV, 31 Thompson, Margaret, IV, 293 Thompson, Neill A., V, 113




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