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==Notable people== {{See also|Category:People from Rowan County, North Carolina}} * [[Tommy Barnhardt]] (born 1963), NFL player, played at UNC * [[William Lee Davidson]] (1746β1781), [[American Revolutionary War]] colonel * [[Joseph Dickson]] (1745β1825), American Revolutionary War Colonel and Congressman * [[John Willis Ellis]] (1820β1861), former [[governor of North Carolina]] from 1859 to 1861,born in what was then eastern Rowan County and practiced law in Salisbury<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tolbert |first=Noble J. |date=1986 |title=Ellis, John Willis |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/ellis-john-willis |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.ncpedia.org}}</ref> * [[Jackie Fargo]] (1930β2013), professional wrestler * [[James Allen Graham]] (1921β2003), former North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCDA&CS - Public Affairs |url=http://www.ncagr.gov/paffairs/aghall/graham.htm |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=www.ncagr.gov |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604112413/https://www.ncagr.gov/paffairs/aghall/graham.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Phil Kirk]] (born 1944), former chairman of the [[North Carolina State Board of Education]] * [[Francis Locke, Sr.|Francis Locke]] (1722β1796), plantation owner in Rowan, noted for his victory at the [[Battle of Ramseur's Mill]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]<ref name="NC">{{Cite web |date=December 2022 |title=Locke, Francis |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/locke-francis |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=www.ncpedia.org}}</ref> * [[Francis Locke, Jr.]] (1766β1823), congressman<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marker: L-61 |url=http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?MarkerId=L-61 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=www.ncmarkers.com}}</ref> * [[Matthew Locke (U.S. Congress)|Matthew Locke]] (1730β1801), congressman and Brigadier General in the American Revolution * [[W. Eugene McCombs]] (1925β2004), politician and former Rowan County Commissioner * [[Lee Slater Overman]] (1854β1930), former U.S. Senator for North Carolina<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Jonathan |title=Lee S. Overman (1854 β 1930) |url=https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/lee-s-overman-1854-1930/ |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=North Carolina History Project |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Joseph Pearson (politician)|Joseph Pearson]] (1776β1834), congressman * [[Griffith Rutherford]] (1721β1805), military officer and Revolutionary War general, commander of the [[Salisbury District Brigade]]
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