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Saturday, May 18, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Photograph Collection

“Keep My Name in Remembrance,” Dillingham: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

“Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: …and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.” 2 Samuel 18:18 Though he died in 1838, by 1887 Absalom Dillingham managed, in his own way,
2 SamuelAbsalom AbsalomAbsalom DillinghamagricultureAppalachiaBarnardsvilleBig IvyBuncombe CountyBuncombe County Register of DeedsCaneCensusCommunitiesCommunity HistoryDaymon DillinghamDillinghamEnslaved peoplesEnslavementFamiliesFaulknerGenealogyHistoryIsaac DillinghamJessee DillinghamLocal HistoryMillsMolassesMountain MastersRebecca Foster DillinghamSlaveryUnity Dillinghamvital records
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architectural Drawing Collection, Buncombe County History, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

52 Weeks, 52 Communities: Barnardsville,What’s in the North Carolina Collection?

Fetching its name from Hezekiah Barnard, who owned stock stand and inn near the Forks of Ivy in the 19th century, Barnardsville is one of Buncombe County’s most rural communities. Things get a little fuzzy on where exactly Barnardsville ends and Democrat and Dillingham begin, but we’ll get into that when we look at those
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