Robeson
Robeson County was formed in 1787 from parts of Bladen County. The earliest settlers had arrived as early as 1747. The county was named for Col. Thomas Robeson who gained fame in September 1781 during the battle of Elizabethtown in the Revolutionary War. During the Battle of Elizabethtown, he and 70 colonials had defeated 400 loyalists. Lumberton is the County seat of Robeson County. Robeson County is also home to the Lumbee indians. The Lumbee are the largest tribal nation east of the Mississippi River and the largest non-reservation tribe in the United States. Among the Lumbee communities are: Prospect, New Hope, Back Swamp, Pembroke, Saddletree, Raft Swamp, Deep Branch, Union Chapel, Evan’s Cross Roads, and Red Banks.
According to archaeological research this area has been before and after European colonization on this continent a meeting place of sorts in the Lumber (or Lumbee) River Basin. Pottery and goods from many tribes from before the colonial period as well as Spanish, French and English items worked there way into this area long before the first permanent European settlements in this area of North Carolina. The Waccamaw Indians were reported having a village near the Lumbee River early during the European exploration of this area.
Due to the effects of the Yamasee War and the Tuscarora War, the Waccamaw Indians had left what is now South Carolina. Lumbee oral tradition maintains that they were descended from Souian peoples such as the Cheraw and Keyauwee, also among these would be the Eno, Shakori, Waccamaw and Cape Fear Indeans.
The Lumber River was previously known (at least portions of it) as Drowning Creek. The Civil War saw the rise of Henry Berry Lowrie’s War on Robeson County for about 10 years. Robeson is also known for the Battle of Hayes Pond in the town of Maxton in 1958 when armed Lumbee indians ran off about 50 ku klux klan members.
Gaelic was the official language early in this county’s history due to the many highland scots that migrated to this area.
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Chicken plant fined for 2009 ammonia death
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