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History. Anson County was originally occupied by the Catawba Siouan tribe as a vast territory with indefinite northern and western boundaries. The county was formed in 1750 from Bladen County. It was named for George Anson, Baron Anson, a British admiral who circumnavigated the world. [3] Anson purchased land in the state. [4]
96001526 [1] Added to NRHP. December 27, 1996. The Chambers–Morgan Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located near White Store, Anson County, North Carolina, United States. It includes four contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and six contributing structures. They include the Greek Revival style Chambers ...
The Anson County Regiment was authorized on September 9, 1775 by the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress. The regiment was engaged in battles and skirmishes against the British and Cherokee during the American Revolution in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia between 1776 and 1781. It was active until the end of the war.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Anson County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
North Carolina Department of Archives and History, North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts-Secretary of State Treasurer's and Comptroller's Papers Journal "A" (Public Accounts) 1775–1776. Durham, N.C. OCLC 987872706. Howard, Josh. "North Carolina in the US Revolution". NCPedia; Lewis, J. D. (2012).
Herman Husband. Benjamin Merrill ( POW ) Strength. 1,500. ~2,300. The Regulator Movement in North Carolina, also known as the Regulator Insurrection, War of Regulation, and War of the Regulation, was an uprising in Provincial North Carolina from 1766 to 1771 in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials whom they viewed as corrupt.
The North Carolina General Assembly appointed Samuel Spencer as the commandant and colonel of the Anson County Regiment on September 9, 1775. He served in this position until February 1776. He did not lead his soldiers in any known engagement. He was replaced by Colonel Thomas Wade, who took command on March 2, 1776 and remained in command ...
9 killed. ~200 wounded. The site of the Battle of Alamance, including red flags, to the right, marking militia positions and an 1880 commemorative monument, in the distance, to the far left. The Battle of Alamance, which took place on May 16, 1771, was the final battle of the Regulator Movement, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over ...