History of Western North Carolina. BUNCOMBE COUNTY. From Asheville's Centenary. Samuel Davidson, his wife and child were among the first. They brought a female negro slave with them, and settled a short distance east of Gudger's ford of Swannanoa river, and near what is now Azalea. He was soon afterwards killed by Indians, and his wife and child and slave hurried through the mountains back to Old Fort. An expedition to avenge his death set out, with the late Major Ben. Burgin, who died at Old Fort in November, 1. Indians at tile mouth of Rock House creek. By this time, however, several other settlements had been effected on the Swannanoa from its head to its mouth by the Alexanders, Davidsons, Smiths and others, the earliest being about the mouth of Bee Tree creek, a little above this being the Edmundson field, the first cleared in Buncombe. Soon another company passed through Bull gap and settled on upper Reems creek, while still others came in by way of what is now Yancey county and settled on lower Reems and Flat creeks. Some of the people who had been with Sevier at Watauga settlement, settled on the French Broad above the mouth of Swannanoa, and on Hominy creek. ![]() There are over five million articles in the English Wikipedia. These are the ones that Wikipedians have identified as being a bit unusual. 2012 Abbasov, R.K., Smakhtin, V.U.,2012, Indexing the environmental vulnerability of mountain streams in Azerbaijan, Mountain Research and Development, 32, 1, 73-82. New Jersey Endangered and Threatened Species Field Guide Zoom+ A Pine Barrens treefrog. Species Group: Amphibian. ![]() ![]() Some from South Carolina settled still higher on the French Broad. THE CHEERY NAME OF BUNCOMBE. Ibid. William Davidson on the south bank of the Swannanoa, half a mile above its mouth, subsequently called the Gum Spring place, Buncombe county was organized, pursuant to the act which had been ratified January 1. On December 3. 1, 1. Taking Nature's Pulse: Section 2: B.C.'s Natural Legacy 2. British Columbia's Natural Legacy. To describe the beauties of this region will, on some future occasion be. The growing season, when the vegetation in the taiga comes alive, is usually slightly longer than the climatic definition of summer as the plants of the boreal biome. On each page, there is a brief description of the habitat and some birds that are found in those habitats.). Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com. Morrison of Burke, commissioners in place of Phillip Hoodenpile, William Brittain, Win. Whitson, James Brittain and Lemuel Clayton, who had failed to agree, to select a county seat. There was rivalry for this position, many contending for the . Hardy resided at the time of his death. Sondley in his Asheville's Centenary. They selected the present site, which at first was called Morristown. As the Superior court was at this time held at Morganton, five men from Buncombe were required to serve there as jurors, for the July term, 1. These were Matthew Patton, Wm. Davidson, David Vance, Lambert Clayton and James Brittain. ![]() The first court house stood in the middle of the street upon the public square at the head of what is now Patton avenue, and was of logs. The first county court held there was on the third Monday in July, 1. In January, 1. 79. April, 1. 80. 2, the grand jury complained that the county had no title to the land on which the jail, etc., stood, and in April, 1. In April, 1. 80. 7, the county trustee, or treasurer, was ordered to pay Robert Love one pound for registering five deeds made by individuals for a public square. The next court house was made of brick, a little further east, in the erection of which the late Nicholas W. Woodfin, while a poor boy, carried brick and mortar. This gave way to a handsome brick building fronting on Main street, which was destroyed by fire on the 2. January, 1. 86. 5. Some years later a small one- story brick structure was built nearly in front of W. Wolf's storeroom, the late Rev. Merrimon having been the contractor. ![]() ![]() Florida Bog Frog Rana okaloosae. Description: Bog Frogs have rough dark green to brown backs, black mottled undersides, yellow throats, and may have light spots on. The Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures of Modern Times These Elusive Beings Continue to Fascinate Scientists Share Pin Email. Expert amphibian care and information. When was the last time you went herping? ![]() In 1. 87. 6 this gave way to a larger building with three stories, J. Tennent being the architect. In the erection of this a workman fell from the southwest corner of the tower to the ground and was killed. His name has been forgotten. The first jail was succeeded by a brick building now a part of the Library building; but a new jail was built afterwards on the site of the present. The first jail was a very poor structure, every sheriff from 1. In 1. 86. 7 the county began to sell off portions of the public square on the north and south sides, thus reducing it to its present dimensions. MORRISTOWN. John Burton's grant was . Land Co., 9. 0 Federal Reporter (p. ![]() The deed from Tate to Morris is on parchment nearly fifteen feet in length. It was by an English law clerk, and still looks like copperplate. At page 1. 65 of the Colonial Records is found a letter from Robert Morris to the governor of North Carolina in reference to a settlement of the account between this state and the United States, in which he refers to the proposed arbitration in which this State proposed to appoint one arbitrator and retain power of objecting to the other! C., conveyed to him in one deed 1. Yancey, Burke, and Mc. Dowell counties, was involved in that litigation. The State grant for these lands was issued to Robert and William Tate on May 3. Morrison August 1. In November 1. 79. Asheville in honor of Samuel Ashe of New Hanover, governor. OLD ASHEVILLE. On Thanksgiving Day, 1. Miss Anna C. Aston, Miss Frances L. Patton and other ladies published a . It contained much valuable and important information of that city. But in February, 1. Foster A. Sondley, Esq., a descendant of the Fosters and Alexanders of Buncombe count- , and a leading member of the Asheville Bar, published a historical sketch of Buncombe county and Asheville, containing practically all that could then be ascertained concerning the early history of this section. Davidson and the late Albert T. Summey also contributed their recollections. There was a woodcut reproduction of an oil painting of Asheville by F. Duncanson, which was taken from Beaucatcher, and it appears that there were not more than twenty five residences in 1. Atkin, Market and Church streets. The painting itself, now owned by Airs. Patton, shows five brick buildings, the old Presbyterian church, on the site of the present one, with the cupola on its eastern end, because the street ran there; the little old Episcopal church, on the site of the burned Trinity; the old jail, standing where the city hall now stands; Ravenscroft school, and the Rowley house, now occupied by the Drhumor building. The old jail was three stories high. The other buildings were white wooden structures, and included the central portion of the old Eagle hotel and the old Buck hotel. Ernest Israel also has a similar picture. Dr. Baird's facile pen has given us an equally vivid picture of Asheville in his . He records the facts that the white population then did not exceed 3. In the 4. 00 acres embracing the northeastern section of the city, between the angle formed by North Main and Woodfin streets, he recalled but two dwellings, those of Hon. David Mc. Anally, both on Woodfin street. There was an old tannery and a little school house near the beginning of what is now Merrimon avenue, the school having been taught by Miss Katy Parks, who afterwards became 'Mrs. Katy Bell, mother of Rev. George Bell of Haw Creek. This 4. 00- acre boundary, now so thickly settled, was then owned by James W. Smith, Samuel Chunn, N. Woodfin and Israel Baird. There was a thirty- acre field where Doubleday now is, and was called the . Standing south of Woodfin and East of North and South Alain streets to the southern boundary, there were but eight residences, not including negro and outhouses. SOUTHWEST ASHEVILLE. Just north of Aston street was the brick store of Patton & Osborne, and later Patton & Summey, adjoining which was the tailor shop of . Then came a white house which was kept for guests when there was an overflow crowd at the Eagle hotel. Between this house and the Daylight store, J. Smith some years later erected a twostory building for the use of Dr. Lester, a physician who came from South Carolina and settled here about 1. He kept a sort of drug store, the first of its kind in Asheville. The negroes called it a shot- i- carry- pop, in their effort to call it an apothecary shop. Hilliard Hall now stands where it stood. Just above was the residence and place of business of James B. Mears, now the Daylight store. Then came Drake Jarrett's place- better known as the Coche. Pronounced Cochay. He was a Frenchman who had been brought to the Sulphur Springs by Col. Reuben Deaver as a confectionery and pastery cook. Smith's drug store, ran straight back to Church street. Samuel Chunn had lived in a large brick house which fronted north, and which was later replaced by a building used as a banking house, known as the Bank building. Churn stood on the corner now occupied by Pat Mc. Intyre's grocery store. An old stable stood at the corner of Patton and Lexington avenues. CHURCH STREET. The grounds of the Methodist church extended from Patton avenue and Church street to the Aston property and several rods back, forming an oblong plat of several acres. On the corner of Patton avenue and Church street stood a large brick building used as a boarding house in connection with the school for girls which was taught for many years in the basement of the Methodist church. The late William Johnston afterwards bought and occupied this building as a residence. The land south of the Methodist church was used as, a cemetery till long after the Civil War. The Presbyterian church of that day stood nearly where the one of this day stands, opposite that of the Methodist church, and its cemetery extended down to Aston street. Near where Asheland and Patton avenues join the late James M. Smith had a large barn, which stood in a ten- acre field. NORTHWEST ASHEVILLE. In the angle formed by North Main street and Patton avenue, in 1. Beginning at the north end, Mrs. Cassada- -Granny Cassie. She baked and sold ginger cakes, and brewed cider. Coming up North Main street was a house built by Israel Baird in 1. Brandt property. Israel Baird had lived two and a half miles north of Asheville at what is now the Way place, but about 1. North Slain street and Merrimon avenue, running west to the present auditorium, thence to Starnes avenue and thence back to North Main street. The only other building within this area was the wooden store and shoe- shop opposite the old Buck hotel, now occupied by the Langren hotel, and the barns, stables, sheds and cribs of J. Smith, which covered a large portion of the lot lying between West College street, Walnut and Water streets. From the foregoing it is evident that the artist Duncanson did not get all the house into his oil painting of 1. EAST AND SOUTH ASHEVILLE.
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