Paul Barringer

Paul Barringer
Paul Barringer
Member of the North Carolina Senate
	In office; 1822, 1824
Constituency	Cabarrus County
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons
	In office; 1793, 1794, 1806–1815
Personal details
Born	September 26, 1778; Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Died	June 20, 1844 (aged 65); Lincolnton, North Carolina
Political party	Federalist; Whig;
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Brandon (m. 1805)
Occupation	Businessman, politician

Paul Barringer (1778–1844) was a North Carolina politician, businessman and military veteran of the War of 1812. General Barringer served in the North Carolina House of Commons (1793, 1794, 1806–1815) and in the North Carolina Senate (1822, 1824), representing Cabarrus County. He was at first a Federalist and later a Whig.

Biography

Paul Barringer was born on September 26, 1778 at Poplar Grove, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the son of John Paul Barringer and his wife, Ann Eliza Eisman.[1] He was the brother of Daniel Laurens Barringer, the father of Daniel M. Barringer and Rufus Barringer, and the grandfather of Paul Brandon Barringer and Daniel Barringer. He was married on February 21, 1805 to Elizabeth Brandon, the daughter of Captain Matthew Brandon.[1]

Paul Barringer was commissioned December 23, 1812 by Gov. William Hawkins, and served as Brigadier General of a company of volunteers in the War of 1812. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in the years 1806–1815, and of the Senate in 1822. He died at Burton's Hotel in Lincolnton, North Carolina on June 20, 1844, and was buried in Concord, North Carolina.[2]

References

Ashe, Samuel A'Court (1905). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. I. Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 95–99. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Google Books.
"Our Prominent Families". The Charlotte Democrat. May 20, 1892. p. 2. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

NCpedia (State Library of North Carolina)
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians by John Hill Wheeler
Barringer Genealogy
The Blackwelder and Allied Families of North Carolina and Illinois by Deward C. Williams

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[Biographical-1] Ashe, Samuel A'Court (1905). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. I. Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 95–99. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Google Books.

[2] "Our Prominent Families". The Charlotte Democrat. May 20, 1892. p. 2. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.