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MILITARY affairs, 183.
-despotism averted by courage and patriotism of General Washington, 236.
MILITIA, North Carolina, offi- cers of, 183; at defeat of Briar
Creek, 188; at battle of Stono, 189; at Camden, S. C., 189; at surrender of Charleston, 189.
MILL, Ellyson's, Col. Montford S. Stokes killed at, 335.
-Maddock's, first public meeting of Regulators at, 119.
-Ramsour's, Tories defeated at, by Col. Francis Locke, 153; Major Francis McCorkle at, 294.
MILLER, Rev. Benjamin, 474. -Rev. Robert Johnstone, 422; connected with Methodism, 423; ordained by Lutherans, 386, 424; attends fifth annual Diocesan Convention, 427 ; or- dained deacon and priest by Bishop Richard Channing Moore, 427; died, 434.
MILLPOND, Frohock's
(Ma- cay's), deadly miasma from, 94.
MIMMS, Fort, massacre at, 342; Dr. Spruce Macay Osborne killed at, 164, 342.
MINISTER - Plenipotentiary to Spain, Romulus M. Saunders appointed, 462.
MINISTERS, Lutheran, in Synod of North Carolina, in United States, 389. 388;
-Methodist, in Rowan County, 403 (see also under Method- ism).
-Natives of Back Creek, 378. -of Organ Church, 392.
-of Rowan, 403 (see also under Methodism). · of St. John's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, 394.
-Sent out from Salisbury Pres- byterian Church, 378.
MINISTRY, British, Lord North retires from, 235. MISSIONS, Home, Rev. Jethro Rumple pioneer in, 16. -- Lutheran, 388.
MISSISSIPPI, Rev. William M. Green Bishop of, 439, 448.
MITCHELL, Dr. Lueco, at siege of New Orleans, 302; delegate to Episcopal Diocesan Conven- tion at Williamsboro, 431.
MOCKSVILLE (Joppa) Presby- terian Church, 371.
MONEY, Continental, deprecia- tion of, 286.
MONMOUTH, North Carolina Continentals at battle of, 188.
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MONTGOMERY, Hugh, 221. -Rev. A. D., 375.
MONUMENT to Hon. Francis Locke, in Thyatira graveyard, 153.
MOORE, Bishop Richard Chan- ning, ordains Rev. Robert Johnstone Miller, 427.
MOORE'S Creek Bridge, bat- tle of, 127.
MOORMAN, Rev. Charles P., 407.
MORAL and Political Philosophy and History, Rev. Dr. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle elected Professor of, 368.
MORAVIANS, purchase Wacho- via tract, 57.
MORGAN, Gen. Daniel, 196,
202; defeats Tarleton at Cow- pens, 197.
-Rev. John, 444; accumulates rare books, 445 ; visits Eng- land, 445.
MORTON, Rev. Mr., 476.
MOSER, Rev. Daniel, 388. -Rev. J. C., 396.
MOUNDS, Indian, 41, 42, 45. MOUNT Gilead German Re- formed Church, 472.
-Hope (St. Paul's) German Re- formed Church, 470. -Zion Baptist Church, 476.
-Zion German Reformed Church, 471.
MURDER of Balfour, by Col- onel Fanning, 229.
MURDOCK, Rev. Francis J., 459, 460, 461.
MURPHY, Judge A. D., 299. NAME of Salisbury, origin of, 414.
NAMES and character of German settlers in Rowan, 56.
-Biblical, bestowed on sons, 167. -of Captain Krider's Company, 345.
-of Lord Proprietors, 61. -of places, change of, 79. -poetical, given to daughters, 167.
NAPOLEON sneers at Ameri- can Ambassador, 276; and the Milan Decree, 337.
NASH, Gen. Francis, at German- town, 188.
-Gov. Abner, 188.
NATURAL Wall, of Rowan, 195. NAUVASA, Catawba settlement, 43.
NAVIGATION Act, 128.
NEELY, Rev. Richard, 404.
NEIFFER, Rev. J. G., 395. NESBIT, Dr. A. M., 303. NESFIELD, Mary, married to Gen. John Steele, 267.
NEST, Hornets' (see Hornets' Nest).
NEW Light Baptists, 474.
-Orleans, Dr. Lueco Mitchell at siege of, 302.
-Preface, A, 5.
NEWNAN, Dr. Anthony, 220, 221.
NINETY-SIX, Gen. William Richardson Davie at, 276.
NINTH Regiment Cavalry (see Honor, Roll of).
NON - INTERCOURSE Act,
President Madison suspends, 338.
NORMENT, Rev. John H., 441. NORTH CAROLINA
-Attorneys-General (see Attor- ney).
-Bishops of Diocese of, 421, 430, 435, 439, 443, 450, 452, 454, 457, 458.
-Continentals (see Continen- tals).
-Convention, Hon. Burton Craige offers Ordinance of Secession in, 332.
-Diocesan Convention, Rev. Robert Johnstone Miller at- tends fifth annual, 427; twenty- fourth meets in Luke's Church, . Salisbury, 451. St.
-Gen. Andrew Jackson born in, 277.
-- Governors of (see Governors). -Great Wolf of, the (Governor Tryon), 117.
-House of Commons, members of (see Commons, House of).
-Lawson's History of, 32, 33.
-Legislature, members of (see Legislature).
-Lutheran ministers in Synod of, 388.
-Militia (see Militia).
-Not represented in First Pro- vincial Congress, 131.
-Population of, in 1709 and 1729, 49.
-Presbyterianism in, Rev. Jethro Rumple author of a History of, 17.
-Provincial Congress, members of (see Congress, Provincial).
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NORTH CAROLINA:
-Railroad, Col. Charles Frederick Fisher president of, 323.
-State Senate, members of (see Senate).
-Supreme Court (see Supreme Court).
-Troops in War between the States (see Honor, Roll of). -University of (see University ). NORTH, Lord, retires from British ministry, 235.
NORTHERN Methodist
Churches, 479.
NUMBER of Indians, 37, 44.
NURSERY School, Clio's, 113.
NUSSMANN, Rev. Adolph, 382, 383, 386.
OAK Grove Cemetery, Gov. John W. Ellis buried in, 311 ; Hon. Burton Craige buried in, 332.
OATHS of Allegiance, Con- sciences of Regulators en- tangled by, 125.
O'BRIEN, Rev. S. J., 477.
OCCONEECHEE Indians, 44.
37,
OFFICERS and members Eliza- beth Maxwell Steele Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, 3.
-Crown, coercion of, 124.
-of Militia, 183.
-of Rowan Courts, 70.
OGBURN, Rev. Henry, 401.
O'HARA, General, 203. OLD Bethel Regiment ( see Honor, Roll of).
-Families of Rowan, 281.
-Field Schools, 112.
-Map of Salisbury, 77.
-Records in Courthouse, 10.
-Stone House (Il1.), facing 221 ; incidents at, 221.
-Time farming, 238.
-time feminine attire, 243.
OLDEST tree, the, 230; fulcrum of cider press, 231.
ORDINANCE of secession of- fered by Hon. Burton Craige, in North Carolina Convention, 332.
ORDINATION of Rev. John Haywood Parker, 457.
-of Rev. Robert Johnstone Mil- ler, 386, 424, 427. of Rev. Thomas F. Davis, Jr., 454. -of Rev. Oliver S. Prescott, 458.
ORDNANCE, First Regiment (see Honor, Roll of).
ORGAN Church, 384, 385, 387, 389, 466; extract from records, 389; ministers of, 392.
-First in Rowan, at Church, 385.
Organ
ORGANIZATION, Boundary, etc., of Rowan County, 31, 32, 59.
-of First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, 373.
-of Fulton Lodge, 441.
-of Methodist Church in Salis- bury, 407.
-of Presbyterian Church at Blowing Rock, by Rev. Jethro Rumple, 16.
ORIGIN of name of Salisbury, 414.
-of slavery in the United States, 348.
ORPHAN Home, Barium Springs, Rev. Jethro Rumple first president of, 18. OSBORNE, Dr. Spruce Macay, killed at massacre of Fort Mimms, 164, 342.
-Alexander, 162, 163. OTEY, Bishop, of Tennessee, 454.
OVERMAN, Hon. Lee S., 139; (Il1.), facing 139.
PAINTERS' Colors, Tax im- posed on, 130.
PALATINES, -3, 363.
PALMER, Paul, establishes Buıp . tist Church at Perquimans, 474.
PALSY, Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle stricken with, 368. PAMLICO Sound, Lawson's History of a Journey from, to Charleston, 30.
PANTHER, the, and William
Young, 159.
PAPER, tax imposed on, 130.
PARIS, Treaty of, 235. PARISH Laws, 101. -of St. Luke's (see St. Luke's). PARKER, Rev. John Haywood, 267, 456, 460; ordained by Bishop L. S. Ives, 457.
PARKS, Rev. James, 401. -Rev. Martin P. 401. PARLIAMENT, British, resolves in favor of peace, 233. PARTEE, Noah, 291. -Charles, 291. -Hiram, 291.
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PASTORS of Salisbury Meth- odist Church, 408.
PATERNAL Character of slav- ery in Rowan County, 349.
PATRIOTISM and courage of General Washington avert mili- tary despotism, 236.
PAYMASTER'S Department (see Honor, Roll of).
PEACE, British House of Com- mons resolves in favor of, 233. -Cherokees sue for, 110.
-the first years of, 235.
-Treaty of, signed at Ghent, 345.
PEARSON, Col. Jesse A., rep- resents Rowan County in Leg- islature, 308.
-Family, the, 307.
-Hon. Joseph, represents Salis- bury in House of Commons of North Carolina, 308; member of Congress, 308.
-Lieut. Richmond, 185, 308.
-Richmond M., graduate of Uni- versity of North Carolina, 308; licensed to practice law, 308; represents Rowan in House of Commons of North Carolina, 308; elected judge of Superior Court, 308; transferred to Su- preme Court of North Carolina, 308; becomes Chief Justice, 309, 462; conducts law school, 309.
PEELER, Rev. S. D., 405.
PENN, Rev. Abram, 406.
PENNSYLVANIA Dutch, 53.
PEOPLE of Salisbury, President Washington addresses, 251.
PERQUIMANS, Paul Palmer es- tablishes Baptist Church at, 474.
PETITION from Rowan, 100, 412.
PETTIGREW, Rev. Charles, 420; elected Bishop of North Carolina, 421.
PHIFER, Col. John, 288; settles in Rowan, 12, 288; signs Meck- lenburg Declaration of Inde- pendence, 289.
-Brig .- Gen. Charles, in War be- tween the States, 289.
-Gen. John N., represents Ca- barrus in Senate of North Caro- lina, 289.
-Margaret, pleads to avert house- firing, 288.
PHILLIPS, Rev. Charles, D.D., 448.
PHILOSOPHY and History, Rev. Dr. Samuel Eusebius Mc- Corkle elected Professor of Moral and Political, , in Uni- versity of North Carolina, 368. PLACES, change of name of, 79. PLANTATION, Cauthard's, 201. PLYER, Rev. Calvin, 405.
POETICAL names given to daughters, 167.
POLK, President James Knox, I39; (Ill.), facing 379; his forefathers and Thyatira Church, 379; born in Mecklen- burg County, 379; eleventh President of the United States, 379.
-Thomas G., member of General Assembly, 462.
POPLAR at University of North Carolina, 276.
POPULAR superstition, 355.
POPULATION of North Caro- lina in 1709 and 1729, 49.
-of Salisbury in 1793, 254.
PORTER, Rev. Mr., 369. PORTRAIT of George III.,
and General Greene, 209.
POWDER, price of fixed by Committee of Safety, 180.
PRAIRIES in Early Rowan, 33. PREBLE, Commodore, 337. PREFACE, 9.
-A new, 5'.
PRESBYTERIAN Church at
Blowing Rock, organized by Rev. Jethro Rumple, 16. -Church, Salisbury, Rev. Jethro Rumple called to, 16; (II1.), facing 17; ruling elders in, 266, 377.
PRESBYTERIANISM in North Carolina, Rev. Jethro Rumple author of a history of, 17.
PRESBYTERIANISM in Row- an, 363.
-Back Creek Church, 369, 370.
-Bethphage Church, 370. -Cathey's (Thyatira) Church, 4, 9, 364, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370.
Colored Church in Salisbury, 479.
-Dr. J. J. Summerell (I11.), facing 375; ruling elder in Salisbury Church, 377; deacon in Salisbury Church, 377.
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HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY
PRESBYTERIANISM :
-Fourth Creek Church, 364 365, 367, 369.
-Franklin Church, 370, 371. -Jean Gracy, 379; memorial stone in Thyatira churchyard, 379; (Ill.), facing 381.
-- John Knox, 379; memorial stone in Thyatira churchyard, 379; (Il1.), facing 381.
-Joppa (Mocksville) Church,
371.
-President Polk's forefathers and Thyatira Church, 379 (see also under Polk).
-Prospect Church, 369, 370.
-Rev. Jonathan Otis Freeman, M. D., 372.
-Salisbury Church, 371; organ- ized, .373; first members, 373; elders and deacons, 266, 377; ministers sent out from, 378.
-Third Creek Church, 370.
-Thyatira Church and Knox Memorials (Il1.), facing 381. -Unity Church, 369, 370.
PRESBYTERIANS elect vestry- men of St. Luke's, 105, 415. -in Rowan, 363.
PRESCOTT, Rev. Oliver S., or- dained by Bishop L. S. Ives, 458.
PRESIDENT Jefferson (see Jef- ferson).
-Madison suspends Non-Inter- course Act, 338.
-James Knox Polk (see Polk). -Washington (see Washington). PRESS, cider, old tree used as fulcrum of, 231.
PRICE of powder fixed by Com- mittee of Safety, 180.
PRINCE George, Fort, 110.
PRINCETON, North Carolina Continentals at battle of, 188.
-University, Gen. William Rich- ardson Davie a graduate of, 275.
PRINTING office, John Joseph Bruner works in, 21.
PRISON Ship, Gov. Montford Stokes confined in, 334. PROCLAMATION of Col. George Harvey, 132.
-of President Madison, 338. PROFESSOR Clapp, 470. -Foil, 470.
of Moral and Political Phil- osophy and History of the
University of North Carolina, Rev. Samuel Eusebius Mc- Corkle elected, 368.
PROPERTY, loss of, by depre- ciation of Continental money, 286.
PROPRIETORS, Lord, sell to the King, 49; names of, 61. PROSPECT Presbyterian Church, 369, 370.
PROTESTANT Methodist
Churches, 479.
PROVIDENCE Church, Rev. Jethro Rumple ordained pastor of, 16.
PROVINCIAL Congress (see
Congress, Provincial) ; North Carolina not represented in the first, 131.
-Dyeing, 242.
PUBLIC meeting of Regulators, the first, 119.
PULPIT, Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle stricken with palsy in, 368.
PUNISHMENT of refractory soldier, 344. PURCHASE of Wachovia tract, by Moravians, 57.
QUEENS Museum College, Gen. Andrew Jackson attends, 278. QUILT, the faded, 248.
QUIOGOZON, Indian, 41. RAIDER, Tory, visits Salis-
bury, 229.
RAILROAD, North Carolina, Col. Charles Frederick Fisher president of, 323.
RAM, Albemarle (see Honor, Roll of).
RAMSAY, James Graham, M. D. (I11.), 136.
-Rev. J. A., 378.
RAMSOUR'S Mill, Tories de- feated at, by "Col. Francis Locke, 153; Major
Francis McCorkle at, 294.
RANKIN, Rev. Jesse, 375!
RARE books accumulated by
Rev. John Morgan, 445.
RAVAGES of Turenne, 54. RAVENSCROFT, Rev. John Stark, elected first Bishop of North Carolina, 430; Christ Church consecrated by, 439. RAWDON, Lord, 217.
READ, Dr., his account of Gen- eral Greene, 207.
REBUKE of adulation, by Presi- dent Washington, 248.
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RECK, Rev. John, 394. RECORDS of Clarke 52.
family,
-or Organ Church, 389.
-of Town Council, 252. -- old, in Courthouse, 10. RECREATIONS, Rural, 238.
REESE, David, a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 143.
RE-ESTABLISHMENT of Row- an County, 63.
REEVES, Mrs. Eleanora, 227. -Samuel, 227.
REFORMED Church, German, 465 (see also under German Reformed).
REFRACTORY soldier, punish- ment of, 344.
REGIMENTS, Rowan, in War between the States (see Honor, Roll of).
REGULATION, War of the, 115. REGULATIONS of Town of Salisbury, 91.
REGULATORS, first public meeting of, 119; consciences entangled by oaths, 125; Gen. Griffith Rutherford affiliated with, 138.
REID, Rev. N. F., D.D., 406. -Christian (see Fisher, Frances C.).
-Rev. James, 406. RELIGION established, 100.
-of the aborigines, 38. RENN, Rev. J. J., 406.
REORGANIZATION of St.
John's Church, Salisbury, 393.
REPRESENTATIVES in United States Congress from Rowan (see Congress).
-in State Legislature (see Leg- islature).
RESERVES, Junior, in War be- tween the States (see Honor, Roll of).
RESOLUTIONS against slave trade, 177.
-of British House of Commons in favor of peace, correspond- ing to Inauguration Day, 233. -or Provincial Congress, 175; approved by Rowan Committee of Safety, 180.
-of Rowan Committee of Safety, 156, 175. of young ladies endorsed by Rowan Committee of Safety, 192.
RETREAT of General Greene, 197.
REVIVALS, 375, 401, 408. REVOLUTION, American,
Daughters of the, Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter, offi- cers and members, 3.
-Causes of the, 127.
-Women of the, 192, 193.
REVOLUTIONARY Army, Hon. John Stokes a colonel in, 333; Gov. Montford Stokes in, 334.
-Incidents, 215.
RICH, Rev. John, 404. RICHARDSON, Rev. 275.
William,
RIFLE Guards, Rowan (see Honor, Roll of).
RIVER, Sapona (Yadkin), 32, 34.
ROBINSON, Rev. Dr. John, 373, 467.
ROCK House, Old (see Stone House).
ROCKWELL, Rev. E. F., 365. ROLL of Honor (see Honor, Roll of).
-of Salisbury families, 252, 256. ROMAN Catholics in Rowan, 479.
ROSCHEN, Rev. Arnold, 3S5. ROSENMULLER, Rev. Mr., 394. ROWAN Artillery (see Howor, Roll of).
-Committee of Safety (see Com- mittee).
ROWAN COUNTY
-Baptist Churches of (see Bap- tist).
-Boundary and organization cf, 31, 32, 59.
-Catholics in, 479.
-Character of slavery in, 349.
-Churches of (see Churches). -Courts, 67; where held, 67; acts of, 69; officers of, 70.
-Davie County a part of, 400.
-Distinguished men in, 269.
-Early society in, III. -Episcopacy in (see Episcopacy).
-Episcopalian settlers in, 436.
-Establishment of revoked, 6.3. -First juries in, the, 70.
-first organ in, 385.
-General description, 29.
-General Greene in, 195. -Introduction and Growth of Methodism in, 397.
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HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY
ROWAN COUNTY :
-James Craige serves as Sheriff of, 328.
-John Brevard settles in, 147.
-John Phifer settles in, 288.
-Lord Cornwallis in, 195.
-Lutheranism in (see Lutheran- ism).
-Map of, 28.
-Members of Legislature (see Legislature).
-Methodism in (see Methodism).
-Methodist ministers in, 403. -Old families of, 281.
-Petition from, 100, 412.
-Prairies in, 33.
-Presbyterianism in (see Pres- byterianism).
-Re-establishment of, 63.
-Representatives in Provincial Congress (see Congress, Pro- vincial).
-Representatives in United
States Congress (see Con- gress).
-Set off, 50, 59.
-Settlement of, 510.
-Society in, 107, III.
-Troops in War between States (see Honor, Roll of).
the
ROWAN Court, Mecklenburg Decaration read in, 158.
-House, Gen. Andrew Jackson lodges at, 278.
-Light Horse, Capt. John Beard's Company, escorts Pres- ident Washington, 248, 251.
-President Matthew, 50, 59.
-Rifle Guards (see Honor, Roll of).
-Section, approach of Methodism into the, 397; first Methodist school in, 401.
-Superior Court, Hon. John Giles Clerk of, 321 ; Gov. Mont- ford Stokes Clerk of, 334; judges of (see Superior Court). ROYAL Governors of North Carolina, 50; Tryon, 117; Josiah Martin, 218.
RUECKERT, Rev. John Michael, 388.
RULING elders in Salisbury Presbyterian Church, 377.
RUMPLE, Rev.
Jethro, 376; (Ill.), facing 15; sketch life, 15; enters Davidson Col- lege, 16; licensed to preach, 16; ordained pastor of Provi- dence and Sharon Churches,
16; called to First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, 16; pioneer in home mission work, 16; or- ganizes church at Blowing Rock, 17; author of a history. of Presbyterianism in North Carolina, 17; trustee of David- son College, 18; trustee of
Union Theological Seminary, 18; first president of Barium Springs Orphan Home, 18; married to Miss Jane Elizabeth Wharton, 19.
RUNAWAY slaves (Ill.), 351. RURAL Recreations, 238. RUTHERFORD, Gen. Griffith,
134, 135, 137, 189, 201; repre- sents Rowan in Provincial Congress, 137; affiliated with Regulators, 138; wounded and taken prisoner at Sanders Creek, 138; appointed to Ter- ritorial Legislature, Tennessee, 139; Counties named after, 139; died in Tennessee, 139.
-Major James, killed in battle of Eutaw, 138.
SACKETT'S Harbor, 342.
SAFETY, Rowan Committee of (see Committee).
SALEM founded, 57.
SALISBURY
-Address of President Washing- ton to people of, 251.
-Baptist Church, 477; colored churches, 479.
-Bishop Asbury preaches in, 399.
-Captain Jack brings Mecklen- burg Declaration of Indepen- dence to, 158, 420.
-Cemetery, Col. Charles Fred- erick Fisher buried in, 325.
-Chartered, 94.
-Christ Church (see under Epis- copacy).
-Col. David Fanning visits, 229.
-Colored churches in, 479.
-Common, the, 95.
-Cornwallis, Lord, headquarters at, 215, 315; accompanied to, by Josiah Martin, 218; departs from, 232.
-Diagram of, 77.
-District, represented in Conti- nental Congress by Hon. Wil- liam Sharpe, 144.
-Early settlers in, III.
-First Methodist Conference in, 407.
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SALISBURY :
-General Greene in, 205.
-Indians visit, 107.
-James McEwen elected Clerk of, 25'2.
-Josiah Martin accompanies Cornwallis to, 218.
-Located, 76.
-Methodist Church, 406, organ- ized, 407; first members of, 407; became a station, 408; pastors of, 408.
-Methodist Episcopal Circuit, 397.
-No church in, in early years of nineteenth century, 291, 342. -Old map of, 77. .
-Origin of name, 414.
-Population of, in 1793, 254.
-Presbyterian Church, 371; Rev. Jethro Rumple called to, 16; (Il1.), facing 17; organized, 373; first members of, 373; elders and deacons of, 377 ; ministers sent out from, 378. President Washington visits, 247, 250.
-Regulations of Town, 91.
-represented in Provincial Con- gress by Col. William Kennon, 134, 168.
-Roll of families in, 252, 256.
-St. John's Church, Lutheran, reorganization of, 393; elders and deacons of, 393; ministers of, 394.
-St. Luke's Church (see St. Luke's). -Township, 76.
SANDERS Creek, Gen. Griffith Rutherford wounded and taken prisoner at, 138.
SANKEY, Rev. Richard, 416.
SAPONA Indians, 44; mounds of, 42, 45; character, 44.
-River (see Yadkin). -Town, 43; Island near, 33.
SASSAFRAS tree, 230; used as fulcrum of cider press, 231.
SAUNDERS, Romulus M., 442 : Judge of Superior Court, 462; Attorney-General of North Carolina, 462; Minister-Pleni- potentiary to Spain, 462.
SAVITZ, George, 288, 289.
-Catherine, 289, 291. -Mary, 290.
SCHERER, Rev. Daniel, 430.
392. -Rev. Simeon, 392.
SCHOBER, Rev. Gottlieb, 388. 393, 430.
SCHOOL, Clio's Nursery, 113.
-Henry Allemand's, John Joseph Bruner attends, 21.
-Cokesbury, first Methodist in section, 401.
-Law, conducted by Richmond M. Pearson, 309.
SCHOOLS, 107. 111. -Old-Field, 112.
SCOTCH-Irish settlers in Rowan, 51, 53.
SECESSION, ordinance of, of- fered by Hon. Burton Craige, 332.
SECOND Regiment Cavalry (see Honor, Roll of).
-Regiment Infantry (see Honor, Roll of).
-Regiment Junior Reserves (see Honor, Koll of).
SECTION, Rowan, approach of Methodism into the, 397; first Methodist school in, 401.
SEMINARY, Union Theological, Rev. Jethro Rumple a trustee of, 18.
SENATE of North Carolina, members of (see State Senate). -United States (see under
United).
SENECA Indians, 37.
SEPARATE Baptists, 474. SETTLEMENT, Catawba, 43.
SETTLERS, Early, in Šalis- bury, III.
-Episcopal, in Rowan, 436.
-First Europeans, the, 49 .. -German, 53; names and char- acters, 56.
-Scotch-Irish, 51, 53. SEVENTH Regiment ( see Honor, Roll of).
SHANNON, Capt. Alexander, 229; officer in Greene's army, 229.
SHARON Presbyterian Church, Rev. Jethro Rumple ordained pastor of, 16.
SHARPE, Hon. William, 134, 143, 365; member of Rowan Committee of Safety, 144; rep- esents Salisbury District in Continental Congress, 144.
SHECK, Rev. John D., 394. SHELL, Rev. L., 408. SHERIFF of Rowan, James Craige serves as, 328.
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SALISBURY :
SHERRILL, Henderson, serves in Legislature, 298.
-Jephtha, 398. SHERRILL'S Ford, 198. SHILOH German Reformed Church, 470.
SHIVE, Rev. R. W., 378.
SHUCKING, Corn, 240; supper, 240.
SIEGE of New Orleans, Dr. Lueco Mitchell at, 302.
SIGNERS of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 143, 168, 289.
SINNAGER Indians, 37.
SIXTEENTH Regiment (see Honor, Roll of).
SIXTH Alabama Regiment (sce Honor, Roll of).
-Regiment (see Honor, Roll of). SKETCH of Author ( see Rumple).
-of Editor (see Bruner).
"SKY, Land of the," Christian Reid author of, 325.
SLAVERY (see African).
SLAVE Ship "Desire," 348.
-Trade, resolved against, 177. SLAVES brought from Africa, the first cargo, 348.
-Liberated at his death, by Max- well Chambers, 318.
-Number in Rowan, 349.
-Runaway (Il1.), 351.
-Traders in, 352.
SLOOP of War "Diligence," ar- rives in Cape Fear, 129; boat captured, 130.
SMITH, Major James, 134, 139; represents Rowan in Provin- cial Congress, 134, 141; serves as Ensign under George III., 140; member of Committee of Safety, 141 ; imprisoned at Camden, S. C., 142; dies of smallpox, 142.
-Rev. W. J., 395. SMOOT, Rev. James F., 405.
SOCIAL life in Rowan, 107.
SOCIETY and schools, III.
SOJOURNER, William, estab- lishes Baptist Church on Kehukee Creek, 474.
SOLDIER, refractory, Captain Krider's punishment of, 344. SOLOMAN, Rev. J. B., 477.
SONS, Biblical names bestowed on, 167.
-of Liberty, 119.
SOUND, Pamlico, Lawson's His- tory of a Journey from Char- leston to, 30.
SOUTH Carolina, Diocese of,
Rev. Thomas F. Davis, Jr., elected Bishop of, 455.
SOUTHERN Army, General Greene takes command of, at Charlotte, 196.
SPAIN, Romulus M. Saunders Minister - Plenipotentiary to, 462.
SPARROW, Rev. Dr. P. J., Pro- fessor of Languages in David- son College, 375; president of Hampden-Sidney College, 375. SPEAKER of State Senate, David Franklin Caldwell
elected, 312.
SPEAR, Rev. William W., 446, 449.
-Maria Louisa, 447, 448. SPELLS and charms, 358. SPENCER, Rev. Elihu, 366. 365,
SPINNING flax, 243. SPURGEN, Colonel, 212. -John, 213.
-Mary, 213.
ST. ANDREW'S Church, 432, 434, 45'I.
ST. JOHN'S Lutheran Church, Salisbury, 381, 393; elders and deacons of, 393; Hon. Charles Fisher aids in reorganization of, 393; ministers of, 394.
ST. LUKE'S Parish, 60, 100, 412, 431, 443; vestrymen elected by Presbyterians, 105, 415.
-Church, 440, 441, 443, 445; Thirteenth Diocesan Conven- tion meets in, 441 ; Twenty- fourth Diocesan Convention meets in, 451; Col. Charles Frederick Fisher confirmed in, 45'3 ; Hon. Nathaniel Boyden confirmed in, 460; statistics of, 460; Frances Christine Fisher confirmed in, 461.
-German Reformed Church, 471. ST. PAUL'S (Mount Hope) German Reformed Church, 470. ST. PETER'S Episcopal Church, Lexington, 430, 432.
STAMP Act, 129.
STATE Legislature, members of (see Legislature).
-Senate, members of, 287, 289, 312, 322.
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STATES, War between the:
-Brig .- Gen. Charles Phifer in, 289.
-Col. Chas. Frederick Fisher volunteers at outbreak of, 263; killed at First Manassas, 21, 263, 324; raises regiment, 324; -David McCorkle died in, 298.
-Frank Craige serves in, 333.
-Hon. Kerr Craige serves in, 333.
-James Craige a Major in, 333.
-Lieut. Leonard Henderson killed at battle of Cold Harbor, 302.
-Montford S. Stokes, colonel in, 334; killed at Ellyson's Mill, 335.
-Rowan troops in (see Honor, Roll of).
STATISTICS of St. Luke's Church, 460.
STEARNS, Shubeal, 474, 475.
STEELE, Elizabeth Maxwell, 72, 208, 268; Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, officers and members, 3; re- lieves distress of General Greene, 208, 368; memorial tablet erected to (Il1.), facing 209.
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