Sketches of Western North Carolina: Historical and Biographical, Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties

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ISBN: 9780806379777 | 0806379774
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Copyright: 4/1/1999

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This work consists almost entirely of biographical sketches of Revolutionary War officers and soldiers from the North Carolina counties of Burke, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, and Wilkes, with considerable information on them and extensive genealogies of their families.

Original Settlements in North Carolina and Character of the People

(18)

Mecklenburg County

(138)

The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

(7)

A brief account of the Mecklenburg Centennial

(2)

The Grand Procession

(1)

Exercises at the Fair Grounds

(4)

James Belk---A Veteran Invited Guest

(1)

Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

(20)

Origin of the Alexander Families of Mecklenburg County

(2)

Jack Family

(28)

Captain Charles Polk's ``Muster Roll,''

(3)

President James K. Polk

(3)

General William Davidson

(3)

General George Graham

(1)

William Richardson Davie

(7)

Battle of the Hanging Rock

106

(6)

General Michael McLeary

112

(1)

Major Thomas Alexander

113

(2)

Captain William Alexander

115

(1)

Elijah Alexander

116

(1)

Captain Charles Alexander

117

(3)

Joseph Kerr---``The Cripple Spy,''

120

(2)

Robert Kerr

122

(1)

Henry Hunter

123

(2)

James Orr

125

(1)

Skirmish at Charlotte; or, First attack o the ``Hornets,''

126

(10)

Surprise at McIntire's; or, the ``Hornets'' at work

136

(5)

Judge Samuel Lowrie

141

(1)

The Ladies of the Revolutionary Period

142

(4)

Mrs. Eleanor Wilson

146

(6)

Queen's Museum

152

(5)

Cabarrus County

157

(9)

The ``Black Boys'' of Cabarrus

158

(4)

Dr. Charles Harris

162

(2)

Captain Thomas Caldwell

164

(2)

Rowan County

166

(20)

Route of the British Army through Mecklenburg and Rowan Counties

172

(4)

General Griffith Rutherford

176

(2)

Locke Family

178

(1)

Hon. Archibald Henderson

179

(1)

Richard Pearson

180

(3)

Mrs Elizabeth Steele

183

(3)

Iredell County

186

(19)

Col. Alexander Osborn

186

(1)

Captain William Sharpe

187

(2)

Major William Gill, Captain Andrew Carson, and others

189

(5)

Captain Alexander Davidson

194

(1)

Captain James Houston

194

(2)

Captain James Houston's Muster Roll

196

(1)

Rev. James Hall

196

(6)

Hon. Hugh Lawson White

202

(3)

Lincoln County

205

(73)

Battle of Ramseur's Mill

206

(12)

Route of the British Army through Lincoln County

218

(7)

Gen. Joseph Graham

225

(7)

r evard Family

232

(6)

Col. James Johnston

238

(9)

Genealogy of Col. James Johnston

247

(4)

Jacob Forney, Sr.

251

(7)

Gen. Peter Forney

258

(6)

Major Abram Forney

264

(5)

Remarks

269

(1)

Genealogy of the Forney Family

270

(8)

Gaston County

278

(23)

Rev. Humphrey Hunter

278

(7)

Dr. William McLean

285

(4)

Major William Chronicle

289

(2)

Captain Samuel Martin

291

(3)

Captain Samuel Caldwell

294

(1)

Captain John Mattocks

295

(2)

William Rankin

297

(2)

General Jonn Moore

299

(1)

Elisha Withers

300

(1)

Cleaveland County

301

(27)

Battle of King's Mountain

301

(11)

Colonel William Campbell

312

(2)

Colonel Isaac Shelby

314

(7)

Colonel James D. Williams

321

(1)

Colonel William Graham

322

(2)

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Hambright

324

(4)

Burke County

328

(14)

Battle of the Cowpens

329

(6)

General Daniel Morgan

335

(2)

General Charles McDowell and Brothers

337

(5)

Wilkes County

342

(8)

Colonel Benjamin Cleaveland

342

(2)

Colonel John Sevier

344

(2)

General William Lenoir

346

(4)

Miscellaneous

350

(8)

Lord Cornwallis

350

(1)

Calonel Tarleton

351

(1)

Cherokee Indians

352

(5)

Conclusion

357

(1)

Errata

358

(1)

Index

359

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Sketches of Western North Carolina: Historical and Biographical, Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties

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