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  2. Transylvania Colony - Wikipedia

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    Transylvania Colony. The Transylvania Colony, also referred to as the Transylvania Purchase, was a short-lived, extra-legal colony founded in early 1775 by North Carolina land speculator Richard Henderson, who formed and controlled the Transylvania Company. Henderson and his investors had reached an agreement to purchase a vast tract of ...

  3. Flag of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The flag consisted of a red field with a white star in the center. Inscribed above the star was the date May 20, 1775, the controversial date of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Inscribed below the star in a semi-circular form was the date May 20, 1861, which was the date North Carolina declared it had seceded from the Union.

  4. Province of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Province of North Carolina, originally known as Albemarle Province, was a proprietary colony and later royal colony of Great Britain that existed in North America from 1712 to 1776. [2] (p. 80) It was one of the five Southern colonies and one of the thirteen American colonies.

  5. Jackson County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Jackson County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,109. [1] Since 1913, its county seat has been Sylva, [2] which replaced Webster . Cullowhee is the site of Western Carolina University (WCU). In the early 21st century, the university has more than 12,000 ...

  6. Cherokee, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    GNIS feature ID. 2629369 [2] Cherokee / ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː / [3] ( Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ, romanized: Tsalagi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundary land trust. [4] Cherokee is located in the Oconaluftee River Valley around the intersection of U.S. Routes ...

  7. Waightstill Avery - Wikipedia

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    Colonel. Unit. Burke County Regiment. Commands held. Jones County Regiment. Spouse (s) Leah Probart Francks. Waightstill Avery (10 May 1741 – 15 March 1821) was an early American lawyer and officer in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution. He is noted for fighting a duel with future U.S. president Andrew Jackson in 1788.

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