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Origin of the Name Race Path Near Ellenboro
Inquiring readers seek the origin of Race Path the farming community two miles southeast of Ellenboro. The piece traces hints to a large family race track built by a Bedford ancestor and notes 1792 court records mentioning Race Paths, later termed Bedford’s Race Paths, with roads laid out from the area toward Rutherford Court House. The Courier invites further information from readers.
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Cleveland Star
Race Path
Ellenboro
Stars
The
Star
Jonas Bedford
Bedfords
General Assembly
Rutherford County
Court of Pleas
William Quinn
Thomas Upton
Peter Woodward
Edward Francis
Joseph Carpenter
David Roper River
John Killebrand
Benjamin Brackett
Jesse McGlamory
Abraham McCarley
Mendith Roper
Robert Black
Ezekiel Downs
Walbert’s
Charleston
Whitesides
Rutherford Court House
Samuel Carpenter
Bedford
James, Phillips
B. Goode
Joel Blackwell, Sr
George Byars
Nathan Byars
James Byars
Joseph Goode
John Byars
S. Byars
George Pool
David Patterson
James Simmons
Richard Emmons
B._ Watkins
Wm. Watkins
David Liles
John Barber
James McKinney
Evan Watkins
South
Carolina
Courier