General Election
Returns For 1830
Less Than 1500 Voters When County Covered
Parts of Cleveland and Polk —Candi-
dates a Century
With interest centering in the
approaching Democratic primary next
week, it is interesting to pull back
the curtains of time and compare
the vote of the general election of
August, 1830, with that of the pri
mary of next week. The table
shows Rutherford county's vote in
the general, election held Thursday,
August 12, 1830.
It must be kept in mind that in
1830 Rutherford county covered
more than twice the territory it does
at present., Cleveland county, form
ed in 1841, was taken largely from
Rutherford county, and Polk, creat-j
ed in 1854, was formed partly from j
Rutherford .The vote cast in thej
general election of 1830 was for all J
the territory now covered by Ruth-,
erford, northern Cleveland and east-}
ern Polk counties. }
No Primaries.
The primary was practically un-;
known in 1830, hence all candidates ,
were nominated in convention, or |
announced their candidacy and stooa j
the chance of being elected in the
general election. Xo second election?
were held* In case of a tie between
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' candidates the sheriff cast the de
jciding vote.
! One hundred years ago the clerk
lof the court of pleas and quarter
•sessions, the clerk of the superior
* court, and the clerk and master in
! equity were appointed by the jus-
I tices of the peace. The school sys
jtem was in the embryo stage, and
| very little attention was given it. A
! board of "superintendents," one from
! each school district, was usually ap-
I pointed each year by the justices,
and each school district was practical,
ly an independent unit.
Justices Controlled County.
The justices of the peace, appoint
ed by the legislature, were the con
trolling body in the county. A set of
three justices held the inferior
courts, and in addition to appoint
ing the various clerks they also ap
pointed the Public Register, or Reg
ister of Deeds, the wardens of the
poor, the superintendent and cus
todians of county property, the cor
oner and the county surveyor. The
legislature appointed the sheriff, on
recommendation of the justices of
the peace, until 1828, when this priv
ilege was given to the people. This
system of county government re
mained in force until the adoption
of the Constitution of 1868, when
the present county commissioner
form of government was inaugurat
ed.
Suffrage Limited.
In any election held in North Car
olina, before the Constitutional Con- !
vention of 1835, any free man could'
vote for representatives in the house
of commons and for sheriff, but a i
man was required to own a certain .
number of acres of land and other
property before h e "was allowed to
vote for state senatorq This accounts J
for the seemingly small number of
votes cast for senators in the ac
companying table. This property
qualification clause was eliminated
from the constitution in 1835.
The three major parties in 1830
j were the Whigs. Anti-Federalist Re
j publicans and the Democrats. The
winners in the general election of
1830 were the Whigs. Robert Mc-
Afee, James Webb, Dr. John Mc--
Entire and William Carson all being
I
Whigs. It is difficult to as
certain whether the defeated candi
dates were Anti-Federalists or Demo
crats.
Robert McAfee, one of the two
representatives elected to th e house
of commons, was a farmer of means.
. This was his first term, and last, in
the house. He moved to Georgia a
bout 1831. He had been a justice
i of the peace for a number of years
: prior to his election to th e house.
James Webb, th e grandfather of
: Judge James L. Webb, of Shelby,
.represented the county in 1828, 1830
• and 1831. He was perhaps the young
; est man to ever serve in this capa
j city, from Rutherford county, with
I the exception of Hon. Thos. J. Moss,
of Forest City. Mr. Webb was twenty
j six years of age when first elected.
| He was also a Baptist minister, was
«clerk of the superior court of Ruth
erford county from 1833 to 1848
( and was editor of the Carolina Gaz
r-ette, at Rutherfordton, from 1841
;to 1843.
j Joseph McDowell Carson, one of
the defeated candidates, frequently
' represented the county as a senator
; and was a delegate to the Consti-
I tutional Convention in 1835. Joseph
: Green was a prominent citizen and
• progressive farmer and had held sev
eral minor offices.
i
Dr. McEntire.
t
I Dr. John McEntire, the success
ful candidate for state senate, was
| born about 1787, and was a man of
tmany talents: physician, planter, ar
chitect, builder and statesman. He
j represented the county in the state
senate in 1829-1830 and 1831, and
( was three times postmaster at Ruth
| erfordton. He died December 4
! 1856.
| Martin P. Shuford, the defeated
: candidate for senate, had represent
ed the county in that capacity from
,1825 to. 1828, being defeated in that
j year by Dr. McEntire. He also re
i presented the county in the state
The Candidates
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930.
11 Election Returns of Century Ago •
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I Rutherfordton | 166 76; 150 24 13 117 5 82, 129*
I Baldrige's 107 47j 84 1 4 13 67 16 j 108 27 j
!m. Mills 131 82 174 6 6 121 11 77 145}
• High Shoals 142 243 70 126 32 144 80 231 1001
•J. Whitesides - 25 13 27 8; 15 25 6 t | 7 37
' Crow's -| 147 144 65 50 23 74 ' 73j j 144; 79
• Reynolds ! 56! 126 351 111 26 j 18 110j| 158 23
' Shufford's ; 60 29! 15 63. 44| | 6 74 101 ! 8
jlrvinesville _ 111 35 66 24 2 54 30 106 16 !
| Cove 49, 40f 32 18 71 50 13 32 81 j
i Montagues | 71 7 66 0 o|| 43 6 : 49 26 j
'Camp's Old Fields.... j 55 63: 18 71 9 12 67 102 13
! - 11201 905! 802 j~505 "|~254j'[" 732 491 j j 1197; 684
Statement of the Polls for Rutherford County—At the General Election
of State and County Officers, Thursday, August 12, 1830. From "The
j Western North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser," Rutherford.
I ton, August 20, 1830.
isenate in 1833,..
William Carson.
"William Carson, the successful
i candidate for sheriff, was almost in
j vincible to defeat. He held the office
.of sheriff longer than any other man.
,He was sheriff from 1798 to 1808
land from 1820 to 1837, a total of
; twenty-seven jyears. He has many
| worthy descendants residing in Ruth
erford county today, and many who
i are staunch friends and supporters
of The Courier.
j Benjamin H. Bradley, defeated
candidate for sheriff, had previously
represented the county in the state
senate, serving there one year in
1821.
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