Topics Related to Revolutionary War

December 21, 2023

African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school nearby.

December 21, 2023

Location: State Historic Site Visitor Center at Alamance Battleground
County: Alamance
Original Date Cast: 1956

(Note: Large rectangular marker with map; full text follows.)

December 20, 2023

Orange County sheriff in War of Regulation, 1770-1771; brigadier general, N.C. militia, 1777-84. Lived ¼ mi. N.

December 20, 2023

Grist mill. Site of key Regulator meeting, 1766, and skirmish in 1781 that boosted the Patriot cause. Stood 1/5 mile N.

December 20, 2023

Troops led by Henry Lee ambushed British cavalry of Banastre Tarleton one mile north, Mar. 2, 1781. Americans retreated under heavy British fire.

December 20, 2023

Formed Oct. 23, 1783, in Hillsborough, by officers of the Continental Line. First President was General Jethro Sumner.

December 19, 2023

Before and after the Battle of Alamance, the Militia of Governor William Tryon camped nearby, along Alamance Creek, May 13-19, 1771.

December 19, 2023

Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.

December 19, 2023

Brigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress. His home stood nearby.

December 19, 2023

The militia under royal Governor Tryon defeated the Regulators at this point, May 16, 1771.