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Regulator leader. Outlawed after Battle of Alamance, 1771. Nearby house was burned by Gov. Tryon's troops.
Early pastor for Scots in N.C.; chaplain for Loyalists at Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. First Presbyterian minister in Ontario. Lived 4 mi. S.
Storehouse established in 1781 to protect supplies & munitions for Patriot forces. Fortifications were 4 ½ miles west.
Scottish heroine who lived in N.C., 1774-79. Loyalist in the Revolution. Her home stood on this creek a few miles north.
Before going to battle of Moores Creek Bridge, in Feb 1776, loyalists met at home of Alexander Morrison, 125 yards S.W.
Brigadier general of militia, 1776-81, State senator, a commissioner to locate State capital. Grave is five miles S.
Headquarters, 1781-82, of David Fanning, Tory leader. Owner, Harmon Cox, led area Regulators. Mill was 1/2 mile south.
Philip Alston's whigs were defeated there by David Fanning's Tories, 1781. Later the home of Benj. Williams, Governor, 1800-02. is 9 1/2 mi. N.
Four times Governor; Revolutionary officer; congressman. Grave is 9 1/2 miles north.
Gen. Nathanael Greene maintained headquarters here, Feb. 28-Mar. 12, 1781, before meeting Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse. Ford is 100 feet west.