Mayors of Charlotte
1851-52
William K. Reid*
1852-53
Alexander Graham*
1853-57
William F. Davidson*
1857-59
David Parks*
1859-61
Jennings B. Kerr*
*Called Intendant instead of Mayor
1861-62
William A. Owens
1862-63
Robert F. Davidson
1863-64
L. S. Williams
1864-65
Samuel A. Harris
- That whosoever directly or indirectly abetted or in any way, form or manner countenanced to unchartered & dangerous invasion of our rights as claimed by G. Britain is an enemy to this County - to America & to the inherent & inaliable rights of man.
1790
Mecklenburg County 11,395
1800
Mecklenburg County 10,439
1810
Mecklenburg County 14,272
1820
Mecklenburg County 16,895
1830
Mecklenburg County 20,073
1840
Mecklenburg County 18,273
1850
Mecklenburg County 13,914
City of Charlotte* 1,065
*Population not enumerated separately prior to 1850
1860
Mecklenburg County 17,374
City of Charlotte 2,265
1870
Mecklenburg County 24,299
City of Charlotte 4,473
1880
THROUGH the cabin window he watched the car coming up the lane. Then he went outside. 'Light, and come in, John, he said, as the car slowed to a stop on the leaf-dappled parking circle. Welcome to north Mecklenburg's woods.
You've got a wonderful place here, his visitor said, climbing out to shake hands. That drive up here through the woods, and now this house- John paused, looking around, intrigued. This is just the sort of writer's retreat you read about in novels, eh? But say, where's the water? I thought you were going to build on the lake.
Hornets' Nest: the Story of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was published in 1961 by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Although now dated in its approach and lacking in coverage of the latter part of the twentieth century, this book by William LeGette Blythe and Charles Brockmann continues to be a comprehensive source of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County history.