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Local tradition holds that Jesse Pearson built
the house prior to 1823, but deed records provide no confirmation.
Pearson lived in Rowan County prior to 1815, when he returned to
Mocksville with his second wife, Elizabeth Wilson, and occupied "The
Oaks," a plantation south of Mocksville that was part of his wife's
dowry. At this time the house on Salisbury Street was built. Later
owners include Dr. James F. Martin and Rev. Henry Clay Sprinkle,
married to Annie Van Eaton Call Sprinkle.