39-828: Purviance is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Purviance (1766–1847), American state legislator in Kentucky and Ohio Douglas Purviance (born 1952), American jazz musician Edna Purviance (1895–1958), American actress Samuel Anderson Purviance (1809–1882), U. S. Representative from Pennsylvania Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (1774–1806), U. S. Representative from North Carolina William Alexander Purviance (1788–1857), American state legislator in Pennsylvania Helen Purviance (1889–1984), Salvation Army officer, "Doughnut Girl" of World War I [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
78-488: A county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina . It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km ) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries. As of the 2020 census , its population was 146,875. Its county seat , Salisbury ,
117-522: A female householder with no husband present, 5.41% had a male householder with no wife and 30.26% were non-families. 25.22% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.15% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.00. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.80% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
156-613: A field. In August 1906, six African-American men were arrested as suspects in the murder of a farm family. That evening, a White mob stormed the county jail in Salisbury, freeing all the White prisoners, interrogating the Black ones, and taking out Jack Dillingham, Nease Gillespie, and his son John. The mob hanged the three men from a tree in a field, mutilated and tortured them, and shot them numerous times. A center of textile manufacturing spanning from
195-400: A mission, headed by a secular priest named Sebastián Montero . This fort was one of six that Pardo's expedition established before he returned separately to Spain in 1568. Small garrisons were stationed at each fort. They were built into the interior, including across the mountains in what is now southeastern Tennessee. In 1568, Native Americans at each fort massacred all but one soldier in
234-422: Is Kevin L. Auten, who was appointed after the retirement of George Wilhelm in 2009. Auten won election to a full term in his own right in 2010. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office won the J. Stannard Baker Award, a national award for outstanding achievement in highway safety , in 2003. The Rowan–Salisbury School System is a PK - 12 graded school district covering nearly all of Rowan County. The 35 schools in
273-678: Is called Salisbury Avenue in Spencer before crossing into Davidson County. U.S. Route 29 forms Main Street in Kannapolis, China Grove, and Landis in the southern part of the county. It joins US 70 as Main Street through Salisbury, and as Salisbury Avenue in Spencer. U.S. Route 52 is the main artery for the southeastern part of the county, serving the towns of Gold Hill, Rockwell, and Granite Quarry. Just before reaching downtown Salisbury, US-52 joins Interstate 85, which it follows into Davidson county. As of
312-692: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles David Purviance David Purviance (November 14, 1766 – August 19, 1847) was a member of the Kentucky legislature , a member of the Ohio legislature , and an important early leader in the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement . He was also an early trustee (1819–1836) of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio , and often served as its president pro tempore . The religious fervor of
351-588: Is land and 12.32 square miles (31.9 km ) (2.36%) is water. The county's eastern border is formed by the Yadkin River . North of Ellis Crossroads, the South Yadkin River meets the Yadkin. The South Yadkin forms the county's northern border with Davie County. The southern border is an east–west line that bisects the city of Kannapolis . Interstate 85 passes through the county from southwest to northeast. In
390-522: Is the oldest continuously populated European-American town in the western half of North Carolina. Rowan County is located northeast of Charlotte , and is considered part of the Charlotte- Concord - Gastonia , NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area . The first Europeans to enter what is now Rowan County were members of the Spanish expedition of Juan Pardo in 1567. They established a fort and a mission in
429-437: The 2020 census , there were 146,875 people, 55,241 households, and 37,900 families residing in the county. At the 2010 census , there were 138,428 people, 53,140 households , and 37,058 families residing in the county. The population density was 270.7 people per square mile (104.5 people/km ). There were 60,211 housing units at an average density of 117.7 units per square mile (45.4 units/km ). The racial makeup of
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#1732863171644468-582: The Christian Church movement, David Purviance moved in about 1807 from Bourbon County near Paris to "New Paris" in Preble County, Ohio , for two principal reasons: to help spread the new Christian Church movement from its Kentucky base; and because he was an abolitionist in a time when slavery sentiment predominated in Kentucky. David Purviance was a signatory as witness to the Last Will and Testament of
507-625: The Great Wagon Road of the 18th century. David Purviance's family, of Scots-Irish lineage, removed westerly from Iredell County, NC, in 1791 to Sumner County in Middle Tennessee to help found the old Shiloh Presbyterian Church outside today's Gallatin, Tennessee . In 1792, David Purviance's brother John Purviance III was scalped by hostile Native Americans in full view of the victim's wife, Martha King Purviance (later Mrs. William McCorkle). "Mattie" Purviance watched helplessly as her husband
546-411: The South Yadkin River became Davie County , and Rowan County took its present form and size. Since Rowan County was developed for tobacco, cotton cultivation, and mixed farming in the antebellum period, many of the plantation owners and some farmers were dependent on enslaved labor. Cotton and tobacco continued as a commodity crop after the war and into the 20th century. The population of Rowan County
585-823: The Springfield Presbytery formally dissolving the presbytery , which had previously withdrawn from the Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky. The Last Will and Testament marked the birth of the Christian Church of the West and became a founding document of the Restoration Movement . David Purviance was born November 14, 1766, in Rowan County, North Carolina (became Iredell County in 1788), an ending point for many colonial pioneers migrating from Pennsylvania down
624-415: The surname Purviance . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Purviance&oldid=1215015310 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
663-838: The 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes (Edict of Toleration) by Louis XIV, David's 2nd-great-grandfather, Jacques (Jacob) Sr, and his three sons joined with Huguenots who fled France for Britain and the American Colonies. The two younger sons went to the American Colonies, where they capitalized financially from the mistaken assumption, which they did nothing to correct, that they were Huguenots. Their father, elder brother, Jacques (Jacob) Jr, and four nephews travelled to Ulster where they settled, first in Lisburn then in Castlefinn with Scottish cousins who had settled there previously. One well-known brother of
702-557: The Code of Ordinances for the county. Rowan County is a member of the regional Centralina Council of Governments . In 2013 the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of three Rowan county residents against the county commission's practice of starting their meeting with sectarian prayers by the commissioners, who instructed attendees to stand and join in. A federal district court issued an injunction forbidding
741-740: The county commissioners from praying at their meetings. After a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that the prayers did not violate the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution , the full court sitting en banc disagreed and affirmed the injunction. The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review, over the written dissent of two justices. In 2019,
780-401: The county was 76.52% White , 16.18% Black or African American , 0.34% Native American , 1.00% Asian , 0.035% Pacific Islander , 4.33% from other races , and 1.60% from two or more races. 7.69% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 53,140 households, 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.20% were married couples living together, 8.49% had
819-653: The county was forced to pay $ 285,000 to the ACLU for the plaintiffs' legal fees because it had lost the lawsuit. Rowan County lies within the bounds of North Carolina's 27th Prosecutorial District, the 19C Superior Court District, and the 19C District Court District. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office was founded in 1753 when Rowan County was created from Anson County. Its duties include courthouse security, civil process, operation of detention facility , investigations and community patrol. It has over 200 employees, most of which are sworn deputies. The current Sheriff of Rowan County
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#1732863171644858-527: The district serve 20,887 students as of 2009–2010. It was formed in 1989 with the merger of Rowan County Schools and Salisbury City Schools. Students living in the portion of Kannapolis located in Rowan County (the city is mostly in Cabarrus County ) attend Kannapolis city schools. Their public school system operates independently of the countywide school systems. The Salisbury Post , founded in 1905,
897-577: The early 19th century U.S. western frontier found its strongest voice at Cane Ridge Meeting House in Bourbon County, Kentucky , site of a series of continual camp meetings from 1801 to 1804. In Kentucky, David Purviance, at first a farmer, engaged in significant debates with John C. Breckinridge over the proper relationship between church and state. After separating from the Presbyterian church and persuading numerous Presbyterians and Baptists to join
936-581: The early 2000s, I-85 was widened in the central and northern part of the county, from exit 68, US 29 Connector , north almost to the Davidson County line. A new bridge over the Yadkin River was also built. U.S. Route 70 enters the northwestern part of Rowan County, west of Cleveland. It runs southeast into Salisbury, where it follows Jake Alexander Boulevard to the southeast and joins US 29 North as Main Street. US 70 continues northeast as Main Street; it
975-540: The father of David Purviance was Captain James Purviance of the North Carolina continental line. Although the son, church elder David Purviance, would aid in the formation of the new Restoration Movement and, unintentionally, development of the new Christian Church-Disciples of Christ-Church of Christ denomination, neither of his parents abjured Presbyterianism, although the father ("Colonel" John Purviance II) did join
1014-469: The first magistrates . By mid-1754 a new courthouse site was selected near "the place where the Old Waggon Road (crosses) over Grant's Creek." As was typical of the time, Rowan County was originally a vast territory with an indefinite western boundary. As the population increased in the region, portions were taken to organize other counties and their seats. In 1770, the eastern portion was combined with
1053-520: The garrisons. The Spanish never returned to this interior area in other colonizing attempts, instead concentrating their efforts in Spanish Florida . English colonial settlement of North Carolina came decades later, starting in the coastal areas, where settlers migrated south from Virginia. Explorers and fur traders were the first to reach the Piedmont, paving the way for eventual settlers. Rowan County
1092-403: The late 19th into the early 20th centuries. This was the second-highest total of killings in the state, a number of extrajudicial murders that two other counties also had. The racial terrorism of lynchings enforced White suppression of African Americans. In 1902, brothers James and Harrison Gillespie, aged 11 and 13, were lynched by a White mob for allegedly killing a young White woman working in
1131-434: The late 19th to the late 20th century, the county has worked to attract new industries, after many textile manufacturing occupations moved offshore to lower wage markets during the late 20th century. In 2003, the county held the "250 Fest", celebrating its 250th anniversary. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 524 square miles (1,360 km ), of which 523.95 square miles (1,357.0 km )
1170-579: The native village of Guatari, believed to be located near the Yadkin River and inhabited by the Wateree . At the time, the area was ruled by a female chief whom the Spaniards called Guatari Mico (Mico was a term common among the Muskogee and Souian speaking peoples of the south to mean "chief" or "leader"). The Spaniards called the village Salamanca in honor of the city of Salamanca in western Spain, and established
1209-581: The new Cumberland Presbyterian denomination founded in 1810 in Dickson County, Middle Tennessee, but the mother (Mary Jane Wasson Purviance) died in the year 1810, and so remained a strict Presbyterian. He died August 19, 1847, and was buried in the Old North New Paris Cemetery in New Paris, Ohio. Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan County ( / r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh- AN ) is
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1248-696: The north of Ireland—who served in the North Carolina continental line, & wife Mary Jane Wasson (Purviance), also of Scots-Irish lineage. David Purviance's great-grandparents lived in Castlefinn, County Donegal in the north of Ireland, the family having previously been Scottish Protestant (Presbyterian which of course, like the Huguenot faith, is Calvinism) merchants and shopkeepers living and trading in Royan, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France for three generations, from 1598 until 1685, during which time they likely intermarried with French Calvinists (Huguenots). Following
1287-464: The passage of Jim Crow laws, which suppressed Blacks socially, these measures ended the progress of African Americans in the state, after Republican men had already been serving in Congress. Charles Aycock and Robert Glenn , who were elected as state governors in 1900 and 1904, respectively, ran political campaigns to appeal to Whites. Six lynchings of African Americans were recorded in Rowan County from
1326-716: The population were below the poverty line, including 13.70% of those under age 18 and 11.40% of those age 65 or over. The primary governing body of Rowan County is a council–manager government . The five-member board of commissioners are elected from single-member districts. As a group, they hire the county manager , who is responsible for operations. The current County Manager is Aaron Church. The current Commissioners are Greg Edds (chairman), Jim Greene (Vice-chairman), Judy Klusman, Mike Caskey, and Craig Pierce. Commissioners are elected to four-year terms, with three being elected during midterm national elections, and two being elected during presidential election years. The commission passes
1365-539: The western part of Orange County to form Guilford County . In 1771 the northeastern portion of what was left became Surry County . In 1777 the western part of Rowan County was organized as Burke County . After the American Revolutionary War , in 1788, the western portion of the now much smaller Rowan County was organized as Iredell County . In 1822, Davidson County was formed from an eastern section. Finally, in 1836, that part of Rowan County north of
1404-693: Was 27.1 percent slaves in 1860. During and following the Reconstruction era , the state legislature encouraged investment in railways, which had not occurred before. In addition, textile mills were built here and elsewhere in the Piedmont, bringing back cotton processing and manufacturing from centers in New York and New England. Urban populations increased. At the turn of the 20th century, after losing to Republican-Populist fusionist candidates, Democrats regained power and passed laws erecting barriers to voter registration to disenfranchise most Blacks . Together with
1443-420: Was 39.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.57 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.28 males. According to the 2000 Census, The median income for a household in the county was $ 37,494, and the median income for a family was $ 44,242. Males had a median income of $ 31,626 versus $ 23,437 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 18,071. About 8.10% of families and 10.60% of
1482-629: Was formed in 1753 from the northern part of Anson County . It was named for Matthew Rowan , acting governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1754. It was intended to incorporate all of the lands of the Granville District that had previously been included in Anson County. A house several miles west of present-day Salisbury in "the Irish settlement" served as the first courthouse starting June 15, 1753. Daniel Boone 's father Squire Boone served as one of
1521-774: Was slain and had to be forcibly restrained from running to aid the hapless John Purviance. David Purviance's family sought refuge from further Indian depredations up in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on farmland near Cane Ridge in the bluegrass near Paris, Kentucky . The "scalping" in 1792 caused the Purviance family to consider Sumner County temporarily unsafe for white pioneers, although the parents would return to Sumner County, from which Wilson County, Tennessee , would be carved in 1799. The parents were Revolutionary War "colonel" John Purviance (1743–1823)--son of another John Purviance and wife Margaret McKnight (Purviance), of county Donegal in
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