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Shane Williams


North Carolina History Project

Articles by Shane Williams

Colonial North Carolina

Meherrin Nation

1664-1775

  The Meherrin are Native Americans who resided in northeastern North Carolina near the river of the same name.  As of 2011 there were approximately 900 members.

Education

University of Mount Olive

1946-1990

The University of Mount Olive opened its doors in 1952, after the Convention of Original Free Will Baptists approved the founding of a junior college named Allen Junior College.

Colleges and Universities

High Point University

1916-1945

t the start of the twentieth century, Reverend Joseph M. McCulloch of Greensboro conceived the idea of a church-affiliated-school and worked for almost a quarter century to realize this vision. In 1921, the Methodist Church voted in favor of his idea, and the city of High Point appropriated 60 acres of land and $100,000 to fund the school.

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