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1875 - James Belk [1]


At the 1875 celebration, James `Jimmy` Belk claimed to have been visiting Charlotte as a child and to have been an eyewitness to the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration at the Mecklenburg County courthouse on May 20, 1775. If so, he was the oldest surviving witness to the event.

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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence [2]
All About the Declaration [3]
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40
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Celebrating the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: Images and Souvenirs [4]
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[1] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence-all-about-declaration/1875-james-belk [2] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence [3] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/all-about-declaration [4] https://www.cmstory.org/tags/celebrating-mecklenburg-declaration-independence-images-and-souvenirs