Glen, Was your grandfather Collin Campbell King? If so, I would love to talk Hipp-King family with you! There was a small branch of the State Prison on Mount Holly-Huntersville Road at Huntersville - "Mecklenburg Correctional Center " - that was open for many decades. It began as a county prison, and was taken over by the state in 1931, when the state began to use prisoners to build roads throughout the state. The prison was closed in January 1999 as the state began to consolidate prisoners into larger facilities at fewer locations. For the last several years, the prisoners were assigned the job of picking up litter along the interstate highways in and around Charlotte. Since the prison closed, the roads are a mess (one of my pet peeves.) Donna J. Johnson Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, USA my url: <http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/1174> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Jordan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 12:04 PM Subject: [NCMECKLE] Mecklenburg County Convict Camp > OK, all you Mecklenburg County history buffs out there. Here's a little trivia quiz for you. In February, 1920, at the time of his death, my grandfather, C.C. KING, was superintendent of a convict camp in Mecklenburg County. Since he lived in the Long Creek community, I assume that the prison camp was somewhere near there. Derita happened to be not too far away. Maybe around there? Also, maybe Huntersville (which according to Joe Jacobs was once known as Deweese). As I recall from the 32 years that I lived in the Charlotte/Statesville areas, there was, and may still be, a prison camp in or around Huntersville. Does anyone know the name of that camp? Was it something as simple as 'Huntersville Prison Camp'? Any other suggestion re prison camps in or around the Long Creek area? > > ______________________________