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Orig. pub. Asheville, NC 1937. Reprinted 1977, 1982, 2000, 2004. Print on Demand Edition 2008. xv, 640, 41 pp., index This history of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties by Clarence W. Griffin contains a wealth of information not available elsewhere. Tryon County was formed in 1768 from the part of Mecklenburg County west of the Catawba River. Due to inaccurate and delayed surveying, Tryon County encompassed a large area of northwestern South Carolina. The original area of the county encompassed the following modern day areas: all of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, and Rutherford counties in North Carolina and Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, and York counties in South Carolina; and parts of Buke and McDowell counties in North Carolina and Greenville and Newberry counties in South Carolina. In 1779 Tryon County was divided into Lincoln and Rutherford counties in North Carolina and ceased to exist. Court records from the first days of the county preserve the names of early settlers.… Read More

Reprint Co. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0871522527 . Beautiful copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Asheville, North Carolina: The Miller Printing Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. 9.25" x 6.25" x 2.5. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION, 1937. Author Clarence W. Griffin was the County Historian of Rutherford County out of Forest City, North Carolina. Hardcover. Bound in black textured publisher's cloth, gilt lettering is stamped on the cover and spine. Endpapers contain a two-page spread of a Map of Rutherford County in 1783. Occasionally illustrated with photographic plates in black and white throughout. Frontispiece is a black and white photograph of the Rutherford County Court House, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, completed in 1926. Indexed. xv, 640 pp. <br><br>EXCERPT FROM THE INTRODUCTION: "Rutherford County and North Carolina have made wonderful strides in industrial, economic and intellectual development during the past quarter of a century. Rutherford County is no longer considered an 'average' county of the commonwealth. her rank in… Read More

Asheville, North Carolina: The Miller Printing Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9.25" x 6.25" x 2.5. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION, 1937. Author Clarence W. Griffin was the County Historian of Rutherford County out of Forest City, North Carolina. Hardcover. Bound in black textured publisher's cloth, gilt lettering is stamped on the cover and spine. Endpapers contain a two-page spread of a Map of Rutherford County in 1783. Occasionally illustrated with photographic plates in black and white throughout. Frontispiece is a black and white photograph of the Rutherford County Court House, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, completed in 1926. Indexed. xv, 640 pp. <br><br>EXCERPT FROM THE INTRODUCTION: "Rutherford County and North Carolina have made wonderful strides in industrial, economic and intellectual development during the past quarter of a century. Rutherford County is no longer considered an 'average' county of the commonwealth. her rank in… Read More