
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Robeson County, North Carolina. The county was formed in 1787 from part of Bladen County. It was named in honor of Col. Thomas Robeson of Tar Heel, a hero of the Revolutionary War. Colonial Era Early written sources specific to the territory of Robeson County region are few for the post-contact period of European colonization unt...
The Lowry War or Lowrie War[a] was a conflict that took place in and around Robeson County, North Carolina, United States from 1864 to 1874 between a group of mostly Native American outlaws and civil local, state, and federal authorities. The conflict is named for Henry Berry Lowry , a Lumbee who led a gang of Native American, white and black men which robbed area farms and killed public offici...
Wikipedia The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), also known as UNC Pembroke, is a public, co-educational, historically American Indian liberal arts university in the town of Pembroke in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. UNC Pembroke is a master's level degree-granting university and one of 17 schools that constitute the University of North Carolina system. Notable...
This project is for those buried in New Hollywood Cemetery, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. New Hollywood Cemetery is a large cemetery in East Lumberton on Hollywood Drive. New Hollywood was created by DW Biggs in 1940 from land purchased from Mansfield Mills. New Hollywood is not part of the original Hollywood Cemetery which has its own history. The cemetery is currently owned by t...
This project is for those buried in Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. Notable Interments Frank Ertel Carlyle (1897-1960) - US Congress Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) - Governor of North Carolina Alfred Rowland (1844-1898) - US Congress Taft "Taffy" Wright (1911-1981) - MLB Player Links Find a Grave A Walk Through Meadowbrook Cemetery's Past...
Lovie Jane Haddock was an illegitimate daughter born of Alice Haddock and George Clifford Hall, Sr. of Randolph County, NC. George Clifford Hall, Sr. was kind and generous to his daughter. He owned a grocery store on South Fayetteville St., near with the prison camp now stands} He bought her coats for winter time and candy. He treated her well.Little can be found on George Clifford Hall family ...