Paul Barringer (1778–1844) was a

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politician, businessman and military veteran of the

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. General Barringer served in the North Carolina House of Commons (1793, 1794, 1806–1815) and in the

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(1822, 1824), representing Cabarrus County. He was at first a

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and later a Whig.

Biography

Barringer was born on September 26, 1778, at Poplar Grove,

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, the son of John Paul Barringer and his wife, Ann Eliza Eisman. 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. 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.

References

NCpedia
(State Library of North Carolina)

by John Hill Wheeler
Barringer Genealogy
*''The Blackwelder and Allied Families of North Carolina and Illinois'' by Deward C. Williams 1778 births 1844 deaths

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