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2. Thomas Gillespie (North Carolina plantation owner) - Wikipedia

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   President James K. Polk (great grandson) Signature. Thomas Gillespie (c. 1719 – December 13, 1786) was a large plantation owner in mid-to-late 18th-century North Carolina and served as commissary of the Rowan County Regiment in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution. He spent his early life in Augusta County, Virginia ...

3. Recorder of deeds - Wikipedia

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   Portrait of Frederick Douglass in the D.C. Recorder of Deeds Building. Frederick Douglass was the first recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia.. Recorder of deeds or deeds registry is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over ...

4. Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Cemetery, and Manse - Wikipedia

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   84002488 [1] Added to NRHP. February 17, 1984. Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Cemetery, and Manse is a historic church at 220 White Road off NC 150 in Mill Bridge in Rowan County, North Carolina, ten miles west of the town of Salisbury. Presbyterians have been worshipping at this site since at least 1750.

5. Salisbury, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   In 1753 an appointed Anglo-European trustee for Rowan County was directed to enter 40 acres (16 ha) of land for a County Seat, and public buildings were erected. The deed is dated February 11, 1755, when John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville conveyed 635 acres (257 ha) for the "Salisbury Township". [ 7 ]

6. Rowan County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina.It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km 2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries.

7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Rowan County ...

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   Name on the Register Image Date listed Date removed Location City or town Description 1: Joseph H. Mingus Farm: October 29, 1987 (#87001551) March 16, 1995: Southern side of SR 1947, northeast of its junction with SR 1702: Woodleaf: Delisted due to relocation of the farm for construction of the Rowan County Landfill.