CYCLOPEDIA OF EMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE CAROLINAS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Vols. I & II; with a brief Historical Introduction on South Carolina by General Edward McCrady Jr. and on North Carolina by Hon. Samuel A. Ashe
Orig. pub. Madison WI 1892. Reprinted 1972-73. Print on Demand Edition 2024. Vol. I, South Carolina, viii, 17-678 pp. + 38 illus.
Vol. II, North Carolina, viii, 17-661 pp. + 41 illus.
(Available by volume, see individual listings.). Item #187
As the title implies, this is a two-volume reference work in biographical form for local historians, genealogists, and libraries where genealogical research is done. In all, 477 biographies and 38 portraits of South Carolinians make up Volume I while Volume II contains 466 biographies and 41 portraits of North Carolinians. The entries for each volume below contain the names of individuals for whom biographical information is included. The historical introductions are by noted historians who are also authors of classic multi-volume histories of their respective states.
In his history for South Carolina, McCrady deals specifically with the settlers in various parts of the state--where they originally came from, when and where they settled, and how they dealt with other people who were already there. He summarizes the population history thusly: during the colonial period, the province was ruled by the English element; during the Revolutionary period, the Huguenots became of great and coordinate influence; and following the establishment of the state, the Scotch-Irish became the predominant race.
Ashe, in his history for North Carolina, stresses a difference in the North Carolina settlers from their South Carolina neighbors in that the majority emigrated from Virginia and other colonies as opposed to coming from Europe. They were a people who had been living their lives on their own and they were independent, self-reliant, courageous, and had a spirit of independence. While they were somewhat reluctant to move toward revolution, issues of taxation and the Stamp Acts ultimately united them in that direction. In 1776 they adopted the Halifax Resolves, the first official act in the colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.
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