Cherryville

Cherryville
Author: Rita Wehunt-Black
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738568553

Cherryville, originally called White Pine, was renamed for the cherry trees lining the Old Post Road leading into town. It is located in the rolling hills of the Carolina Piedmont. The village was spun from the wilderness during the mid-1700s, when Scots-Irish and German immigrants settled the area around Beaver Dam and Indian Creeks. These settlers brought with them their languages, religions, music, and customs. The German tradition of shooting in the New Year with muskets and black powder continues today after 250 years. The area was a hotbed of Tory activity during the Revolutionary War, with Col. John Moore, the notorious Tory who was defeated at the Battle of Ramseur's Mill, living on Indian Creek. With the advent of the railroad in the 1860s, the first cotton mill in 1891, and the international firm of Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation in 1932, Cherryville has grown into a sophisticated, modern town.

Sorrells Family

Sorrells Family
Author: Marshall Lee Styles
Publisher: Higginson Books
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2002
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Sorrells Family

Descendants of George and Jacob Dellinger

Descendants of George and Jacob Dellinger
Author: Paul H. Dellinger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1995
Genre:
ISBN:

George Dellinger (1756-1833) married Mary McKinny in 1803 and had at least one son. His brother, Jacob (1768-1837), married Fannie Wills and had ten children. The families lived in Cherryville, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, Maryland, Illinois, Texas and elsewhere.