If you are living in North Carolina you have probably noticed a few things named Moredead.  First there is the Morehead scholarship all amrt kids (obviously not me!!!!!) from NC try to get.  There is the Morehead Planatariam in Chapel Hill where most NC kids take a field trip to at some point in the secondary education career.  There is Morehead St in Charlotte in South End and Dilworth.  There is Morehead City on the coast where I used to fishing every summer with my Grandfather.  So just who was Morehead?  He was a former governor of North Carolina. He was a Whig governor of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He is known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina."

Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Morehead moved to Rockingham County, North Carolina at the age of two.

Morehead graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1817 and trained as a lawyer. He served in the North Carolina General Assembly for several sessions and was the first governor inaugurated in the new State Capitol.

During his term in office, Morehead supported the new public school system, the extension of railroad lines, the improvement of rivers and harbors, and the construction of waterways and turnpikes. Morehead was instrumental in raising private funds for a railroad line to accompany $2 million provided by the legislature. For his efforts, Morehead was elected president of the North Carolina Railroad.

After his term, he returned to his home Blandwood in Greensboro, North Carolina, designed by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis. There, Morehead entertained numerous politicians and personalities of the day, including Dorothea Dix. In 1861, he represented the state at a conference to avoid war. With the failure of the conference and the secession of North Carolina, Morehead served in the Confederate Congress. Morehead died in 1866 and is buried in Greensboro.

 Just a little North Carolina History

Preston Sandlin

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