Editing Iredell County, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Prior to colonization, three Siouan-speaking tribes associated with a culture group called the Eastern Siouans probably inhabited the area that is now Iredell County. Broken into several smaller tribes, they were the [[Catawba people|Catawba]], the [[Waccamaw Siouan]], the [[Cheraw]], the [[Winyah]], the [[Wateree people|Wateree]] and the Sugaree. The following list shows significant events and firsts in the history of the area that is now called Iredell County, North Carolina.<ref name="North Carolina History Project"/><ref name='LewisPO'>Lewis, J.D.; {{cite web|title=Iredell County Towns with Post Offices|url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Iredell_POs_Sorted.htm|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref><ref name='Keever'/><ref name='HeritageI'>''The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980'', published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677, {{ISBN|0-89459-087-1}}, 642 pages with index</ref><ref name='HeritageII'>''The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000'', published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index</ref>

[[File:Collet Map excerpt showing Fort Dobbs.jpg|thumb|Detail of a 1770 map of North Carolina by John Collett depicting the locations of Fort Dobbs, the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers, and Salisbury<ref name="Collet Map">{{cite web|title=A Complete map of North Carolina from an actual survey|url=http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/467|work=North Carolina Maps|publisher=UNC Digital Collections|access-date=December 31, 2012}}</ref>]]
[[File:Bostian Bridge Train Wreck. The locomotive and remains of wooden passenger cars at the base of the 60-foot-high Bostian Bridge over Third Creek near Statesville.png|thumb|Bostian Bridge Train Wreck in 1891. Remains of the locomotive and wooden passenger cars at the base of the 60-foot-high Bostian Bridge, over Third Creek near Statesville.]]
[[File:Statesville Old U.S. Court House and Post Office.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Historice Statesville Court House and Post Office, c. 1900]]
* 1629–1712 – [[Province of Carolina]] ruled by [[Lords Proprietors]] under British rule
* 1712–1776 – [[Province of North Carolina]] and [[Province of South Carolina]] created from Province of Carolina
* 1734 – [[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]] formed from [[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]
* 1730–1750 – first [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] and [[Germans|German]] immigrants seeking good soil, game, and proximity to fresh water had settled the area of modern-day Iredell County<ref name="North Carolina History Project"/>
* 1750 – [[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]] formed from Bladen County
* 1750–1776 – [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville|Lord Granville]] and later his son issued Granville Grants of land in the [[Granville District]], which included the area that later became Iredell County but was then Anson and later Rowan Counties<ref>[http://www.genealogyinc.com/north-carolina/court-records/#land Land Records in North Carolina], see also Rowan and Iredell County Register of Deeds historical records</ref>
* 1750 – [[Fourth Creek Congregation]] established
* 1753 – [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]] created from a portion of Anson County
* 1754–1763 – [[Fort Dobbs (North Carolina)|Fort Dobbs]] (named after [[Arthur Dobbs|Governor Arthur Dobbs]]) was erected as a defense facility during the [[French and Indian War]] (1754–63). Today, the location of Fort Dobbs is a North Carolina State Historic Site.
* 1761 – [[Coddle Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemetery]] established in what became Mooresville
* 1765 – [[Centre Presbyterian Church]] established in what became Mooresville
* 1773 – [[William Sharpe (North Carolina politician)|William Sharpe]] creates map of 4th Creek Congregation
* 1775 – [[Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery|Bethany Presbyterian Church]] (north of Fourth Creek on Fifth Creek) and [[Concord Presbyterian Church (North Carolina)|Concord Presbyterian Church]] (west of Fourth Creek) established as offshoots of the Fourth Creek Congregation<ref name='Keever'/>
* 1775, August 1 – [[Rowan County Regiment]], [[:Category:North Carolina militia|North Carolina Militia]] established; most Iredell residents that saw service while in North Carolina, served in this regiment; for a time in 1775 and 1782 the regiment was divided into 1st and 2nd Rowan County Regiment<ref name='LewisBook'/>
* 1775–1783 – North Carolina contributes 30,000 to 36,000 men during the [[American Revolutionary War]], including the Continental Army, local North Carolina County Regiments of militia, and other State Troops<ref name='LewisBook'>{{cite book|title=NC Patriots 1775–1783: Their Own Words, Volume 1, 2, 3|year=2012|author=Lewis, J.D.}}</ref>
* 1776, July 4 – [[United States Declaration of Independence]] signing 
* 1777 – State of North Carolina began issuing State Land Grants from land that came from [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville|Lord Granville]] estate in the [[Granville District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/North_Carolina_Land_and_Property|title=North Carolina Land and Property|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref>
* 1778, August – [[Adlai Osborne]] compiles Tax List of Rowan County to raise money for the upcoming Revolutionary War, including Capt Caldwell's, Capt Nichols', Capt Falls', and Capt Purviance's Districts that would become part of Iredell County in 1788<ref name="TaxList">{{cite web|title=List of taxable property in the county of Rowan, North Carolina, anno 1778 (transcribed from several lists returned by the August term anno 1778, also see page 30 for tax lists of 1784)|url=https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/22840-redirection|access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref>
* 1780, June 20 – [[Battle of Ramsour's Mill]] nearby in what is today [[Lincolnton, North Carolina]], many Rowan County soldiers were killed at this battle
* 1787 – New Sterling ARP Church established in Buffalo Shoals area that would become New Sterling<ref name='Miller'>{{cite book|author=Miller, Mildred|title=From Stirling to Sterling, the Bicentennial History of New Sterling Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. 1987.|editor=Peggy Byers Gray and Robert Ernest Mize|publisher=The Delmar Company}}</ref>
* 1788, November 3 – Iredell County was incorporated in 1788 when it was formed from adjacent Rowan County. It is named for Honorable [[James Iredell]], Sr. (1751–1799), Attorney General of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, Supreme Court Justice, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1788. Its county seat is Statesville.
* 1789, November 21 – North Carolina admitted to the Union as the 12th state
* 1789 – [[Fourth Creek Congregation]] location chosen by the legislature as county seat of Iredell County, named Statesville
* 1790s – McKendree United Methodist Church established in Mooresville
* 1790 – August 13 – first 26 lots sold in Statesville
* 1794 – Grassy Knob Baptist Church established near what would become Union Grove in northern Iredell County
* 1800 – U.S. census shows 11 heads of household, including 68 free white persons and 27 slaves in "States Ville"
* 1801 – first post office established in Statesville
* 1805 – [[Mount Mourne, North Carolina|Mount Mourne]] post office established
* 1819 – second county courthouse built in Statesville
* 1847 – The only major cession of Iredell territory to another county was that to [[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander County]], created in early 1847 from Iredell, Burke, and Wilkes counties.
* 1854 – fire burns second county courthouse and court house records
* 1858 – The arrival of the [[Western North Carolina Railroad]] in 1858, soon followed by the [[Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad]]
* 1861–1865 – [[American Civil War]]
* 1866 – Freedom United Presbyterian Church and Logan Presbyterian Church, first free black churches, established in Statesville<ref>Spencer, Preston; Statesville Record and Landmark; {{cite web|title=Faith & Freedom: The history of Iredell's black churches|access-date=February 1, 2014|url=https://www.statesville.com/news/faith-freedom-the-history-of-iredell-s-black-churches/article_b0de96a8-8bac-11e3-9f50-001a4bcf6878.html}}</ref>
* 1868, May 1 – former Confederate soldier [[Tom Dula|Tom Dooley]] hung in Statesville
* 1891, August 27 – The railway accident on the Bostian Bridge killed 23 people on August 27, 1891, west of [[Statesville, North Carolina]], when a [[Richmond and Danville Railroad|Richmond & Danville Railroad]] train [[derailment|derailed]].<ref name="Moose">Bill Moose: {{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/bostian-bridge-train-wreck|title=Bostian Bridge Train Wreck|access-date=February 5, 2019}} In: ''Encyclopedia of North Carolina,'' edited by William S. Powell, 2006</ref>
* 1891 – third [[United States Post Office and County Courthouse (Statesville, North Carolina)|U.S. Post Office and County Courthouse]] built in Statesville
* 1899 – fourth [[Iredell County Courthouse]] built in Statesville
* 1900s – Industries producing tobacco, liquor, and herbs (Statesville's Wallace Herbarium was one of the largest such facilities in the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries) were later supplemented by the production of livestock, dairy products, and breeder chickens, of which the county remains a leading producer.
* 1924 – [[Union Grove Township, Iredell County, North Carolina#Fiddlers' Convention|Ole Time Fiddlers' Convention]] in [[Union Grove Township, Iredell County, North Carolina|Union Grove]] started by H.P. VanHoy to benefit local school
* 1954 – cowboy town of [[Love Valley]] created by [[Jeter Andrew Barker]]
* 1974, about – National Balloon Rally/Fest in [[Troutman, North Carolina|Troutman]]
* The [[North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame]] in [[Mooresville, North Carolina|Mooresville]] (known as "Race City USA")