Paul Barringer

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 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. 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.