Carole Watterson Troxler (née Carole Watterson) is an American historian, educator, and author. She is a Professor Emerita at Elon University.

Her sixth book, The Red Dog: A Tale of the Carolina Frontier (Lizzy's Yarn), received the 2017 Historical Book Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians.[1]

Early life and education

Carole Watterson was born in LaGrange, Georgia. She received an A.B. degree from the University of Georgia, followed by a doctorate in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Career

Troxler has written about the Regulator Movement during the American Revolution,[2] Alamance County, Sallie Stockard,[3] Wyatt Outlaw, and Loyalists who fled the lower South for British East Florida after the American Revolution.[4] Susan Schramm-Pate wrote that her book on Sallie Stockyard is a "masterfully crafted biography."[3]

Troxler authored a bicentennial history pamphlet for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources in 1976.[5] In 1977, Troxler was invited to present a paper at the University of Edinburgh during a joint program sponsored by university's School of Scottish Studies and its history department. In March 1988, Troxler was promoted to full professor with Elon College's history department.[6]

Personal life

She was married to George Wesley Troxler (1942–2019) who also worked as a history professor at Elon.[7][8][9]

Publications

  • The Loyalist Experience in North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History. 1976. ISBN 9780865261143.[10]
  • Shuttle & Plow: A history of Alamance County, North Carolina, co-authored with William M. Vincent[11]
  • Farming Dissenters: The Regulator Movement in Piedmont North Carolina (2011)[12]
  • Red Dog: A Tale of the Carolina Frontier (2017), a novel[7]
  • Troxler, Carole Watterson (2021). Sallie Stockard : adversities met by an educated woman of the new South. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Office of Archives and History. ISBN 9780865264922.[3]

Articles

  • "The Migration of Carolina and Georgia Loyalists to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick", Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1974)[13]
  • "Refuge, Resistance, and Reward: The Southern Loyalists' Claim on East Florida, The Journal of Southern History, Volume LV Number 4, November 1989[13]
  • Article about Wyatt Outlaw, North Carolina Historical Review (October 2000)[14]
  • "William Stephens and the "Georgia Malcontents": Conciliation, Conflict, and Capitulation", The Georgia Historical Quarterly, 1983[15]

References

  1. ↑ Covington, Owen (December 28, 2017). "N.C. Society of Historians presents Elon Professor Emerita Carole Troxler with book award". Today at Elon. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Free program on the Regulator movement in the North Carolina Piedmont on February 25 - Chatham Journal Newspaper". chathamjournal.com. February 24, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Review of Sallie Stockard: Schramm-Pate, Susan (November 2022). Journal of Southern History. 88 (4): 790–792. doi:10.1353/soh.2022.0192. S2CID 253372046.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  4. ↑ Lee, Jean B. (1995). "Review of Loyalists and Community in North America. Contributions in American History Series". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 79 (3): 707–709. ISSN 0016-8297. JSTOR 40583300.
  5. ↑ "Elon Professor Presents Paper." Burlington, North Carolina: The Times-News, January 12, 1977, p. 14 (subscription required).
  6. ↑ "Faculty Promotions Announced at Elon College." Durham, North Carolina: The Herald-Sun, March 22, 1988, p. 1 (subscription required).
  7. 1 2 "Historian to speak at anniversary of 'Crossing of Dan'". The Gazette-Virginian. February 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Troxler named as Elon University historian". Burlington Times News. January 4, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Obituary for George Wesley Troxler". The News and Observer. 2019-10-30. pp. B8. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  10. ↑ Review of The Loyalist Experience in North Carolina: Calhoon, Robert M. (1976). North Carolina Historical Review. 53 (4): 400–401. JSTOR 23529461.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  11. ↑ Reviews of Shuttle & Plow:
    • Jones, Plummer Alston Jr. (Fall 2000). North Carolina Libraries. 58 (3): 78. hdl:10342/1986.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Kobrin, Lisa (April 2003). North Carolina Historical Review. 80 (2): 275. JSTOR 23522433.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  12. ↑ Reviews of Farming Dissenters:
    • Johnson, D. Andrew (April 2014). South Carolina Historical Magazine. 115 (2): 162–163. JSTOR 24332794.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Stewart, Cory Joe (November 2012). Journal of Southern History. 78 (4): 952–953. JSTOR 23795655.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Watson, Alan D. (October 2011). North Carolina Historical Review. 88 (4): 425–426. JSTOR 23523596.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  13. 1 2 Troxler, Carole Watterson (1989). "Refuge, Resistance, and Reward: The Southern Loyalists' Claim on East Florida". The Journal of Southern History. 55 (4): 563–596. doi:10.2307/2209041. JSTOR 2209041 – via JSTOR.
  14. ↑ Troxler, Carole Watterson (2000). ""To look more closely at the man": Wyatt Outlaw, a Nexus of National, Local, and Personal History". The North Carolina Historical Review. 77 (4): 403–433. JSTOR 23522167 – via JSTOR.
  15. ↑ Troxler, Carole Watterson (1983). "William Stephens and the Georgia "Malcontents": Conciliation, Conflict, and Capitulation". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 67 (1): 1–34. JSTOR 40581009 – via JSTOR.
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