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2. Roanoke, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Roanoke (/ ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia– North Carolina border and 250 miles ...

3. 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.

4. Salisbury, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Salisbury (/ ˈ s ɔː l z b ɛ r i / SAWLZ-ber-ee) [5] [6] is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. [7] [8] Located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Charlotte and within its metropolitan area, the town has ...

5. Virginia Department of Taxation - Wikipedia

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   Jurisdiction. Virginia. Headquarters. Richmond, Virginia. Employees. 430. Annual budget. $99.5m USD (2021) The Virginia Department of Taxation is the executive branch agency of the state government responsible for taxation in the state of Virginia in the United States. [1][2][3][4]

6. 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 ...

7. Davidson's Fort - Wikipedia

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   In the early 1770s, several families settled west of that line in what is now McDowell County, including the twins Samuel and William Davidson, and their brothers George and John. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ a ] Samuel purchased 644 acres (261 ha; 1.006 sq mi) of land at the headwaters of the Catawba River, now in the present-day town of Old Fort.