History of Cabarrus County North Carolina United States of America

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Israel Pickens, governor of Alabama, was born in Cabarrus county, N.C., Jan. 30, 1780; son of Samuel Pickens, an officer in the American army, 1776-84. He was graduated in 1802 with the first class that left Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pa., and he settled in the practice of law in Burke county, N.C. He was a member of the house of commons of North Carolina in 1807, state senator in 1809, and Democratic representative from the twelfth North Carolina district in the 12th, 13th and 14th congresses, 1811-17. He was appointed register of the land office at St. Stephens, Mississippi Territory, which included the present state of Alabama, in 1817, and represented Washington county in the convention that framed the Alabama constitution in 1819. He was governor of Alabama, 1821-25; was appointed to the U.S. senate from Alabama to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Chambers, and served, April to December, 1826, and was appointed U.S. district judge for Alabama by President Adams in 1827, but declined on account of ill health. He died in Matanzas, Cuba, W.I., April 24, 1827.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Daniel Moreau Barringer, diplomatist, was born in Cabarras county, N.C., in 1806; son of Gen. Paul and Elizabeth (Brandon) Barringer; and a brother of Gen. Rufus, of the Rev. William, and of Judge Victor C. Barringer. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1829, practising in Concord, N.C. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1829 and served several terms. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1835; a Whig representative from the Concord district in the 28th, 29th and 30th congresses, 1843-'49, and was appointed minister to Spain by President Taylor, serving, 1849-53. He was re-elected to the state legislature; a delegate to the peace congress of 1861; a brigadier-general in the Confederate service and a delegate to the Union convention in 1866. He died at White Sulphur Springs, Va., Sept. 1, 1873.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Robert Hall Morrison, educator, was born in Cabarrus county, N.C., Sept. 8, 1798; son of William and Abigail (McEwan) Morrison, and grandson of Robert Morrison, who immigrated from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, about 1750, and settled first in Pennsylvania and then in North Carolina. He was prepared for college at Rocky River academy and was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1818, sharing the first honors with James K. Polk. He was licensed by the Concord presbytery, Sept. 6, 1820; was ordained, April 21, 1821, and was pastor at Providence, 1821-22; at Fayetteville, 1822-27, where he also edited the Religious Telegraph, and at Sugar Creek and Charlotte, 1827-35. He helped to found Davidson college in 1835, raised $30,000 for its support, and was elected its first president, Nov. 9,1836. He was inaugurated, March 1, 1837, and served as president and professor of sciences and mathematics, 1837-40, resigning July, 1840, on account of ill health. He was commissioner to the assembly at Philadelphia in 1821. In 1840 he returned to his farm "Cottage Home," Lincoln county, N.C., where he was pastor of Unity and Macpelah churches for many years, and he served as a trustee of Davidson college, 1836-46, and 1852-74. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from the College of New Jersey in 1822, and that of D. D. from the University of North Carolina in 1838. He married Mary, daughter of Gen. Joseph Graham and sister of the Hon. William A. Graham Of their children: Isabella married Gen. D. H. Hill; Capt. William Wilberforce served in the Confederate army and died in 1865; Harriet married James P. Irwin of Charlotte; Mary Anna married Gen. Thomas J. ("Stonewall") Jackson; Eugenia married Gen. Rufus Barringer; Laura married Col. J. E. Brown of Charlotte; Joseph Graham married Jennie Davis of Salisbury, N.C.; Dr. Robert Hall married Lucy Reid of Iredell county, N.C.; and the Rev. Alfred J. married Portia Lee, daughter of the Rev. Dr. J.M.P. Atkinson, president of Hampden Sidney college, Va. Dr. Morrison died at "Cottage Home," Lincoln county, N.C., May 13, 1889.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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