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Anson County was named in honor of British Admiral
Lord George Anson, a First Lord of the Admiralty. He commanded the vessel
which brought Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany,
to her future husband King George III. Germans emigrated
to the area around Anson County, as did many settlers from the British
Isles, Africa, and Moravia.
In 1750 Anson County
was formed from Bladen
County. At that time, it reached all the way to the Mississippi
River. Although it has been cut in physical size five times
since then, the people of that county have enabled its presence to reach
beyond the Mississippi
to the far corners of the world.
The following counties were once part of Anson County: Alexander,
Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell,
Catawba, Cherokee,
Clay, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon,
Madison,
McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tryon, Union, Watauga,
Wilkes, Yadkin, Yancey.
From
New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States, Thomas J. Baldwin and
J. Thomas, M.D., Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia, PA,
1854 (page 46):
ANSON
- A county in the S. part of North Carolina,
bordering on South Carolina,
has an area of 650 square miles. Rocky
river forms its entire boundary on the N., and the
Yadkin or Pedee on the E. It is also drained by
Brown's and Lane's creeks. The surface is undulating or hilly; the soil is
mostly fertile. Cotton is the staple product: Indian corn is also cultivated.
In 1850 this county produced 389,828 bushels of corn; 35,796 of wheat; 95,113
of sweet potatoes, and 10,864 bales of cotton. The quantity of cotton was the
greatest produced by any county in the state except Surry. It contained 26
churches and 2 newspaper establishments. There were 11 corn and flour mills,
9 saw mills, and 2 tanneries. Granite underlies a portion of the county. The
forests contain the white oak and other hard timber. The Yadkin furnishes
motive-power for several cotton factories in this county. It is intersected
by a plank-road leading to Cheraw,
South Carolina. Capital, Wadesborough. Formed in 1749, and named in honour of Admiral Anson, the famous navigator.
Population, 13,489, of whom 6657 were free, and 6832
slaves.
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