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CHAPTER LXXXII.
YANCEY COUNTY.
YANCEY COUNTY was formed in 1833, from Burke and Buncombe, and called in honor of Hon. Bartlett Yancey, for whose biography see Caswell, Chapter XV.
It is an extreme western county, bounded on the north by the Iron Mountains, which separate it from Tennessee; west by the Blue Ridge, which separates it from Burke and McDowell, south by Buncombe, and west by Madison County.
Its population (1850), 7,809 whites ; 50 free negroes ; 346 slaves ; 8,086 representative population.
Its products (1840), 405,390 bushels corn ; 33,670 bushels oats ; 6,320 bush- els wheat ; 2,848 bushels rye ; 4,830 lbs. tobacco ; 2,931 lbs. wool.
Its capital is Burnsville, and called in honor of Captain Otway Burns, who resided at Beaufort, Carteret County.
Capt. BURNS was a brave old sailor in the war of 1812, and commanded a privateer called "THE SNAP-DRAGON," which did much mischief to the British, and was in several severe engagements. Captain Burns was often in the General Assembly, from Carteret, from 1822 to 1834, and was a mem- ber when this County was established.
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He was keeper of the Light-house in 1836, and died in August, 1850. Members of the General Assembly from Yancey County.
Years. Senate.
House of Commons.
1834. Thomas Baker,
Tilman Blalock, W.m. Dayton.
1835. Thomas Baker,
May Jervis, Samuel Byrd.
1836. Thomas Baker,
Samuel Byrd.
1838. Thomas Baker,
Tilman Blalock.
1840. Burgess S. Gaither,
Samuel Fleming.
1842. Alney Burgen,
Samuel Byrd.
1844. N. W. Woodfin,
Samuel Fleming.
1846. N. W. Woodfin,
Samuel Fleming.
1848. N. W. Woodfin,
Calvin Edney.
1850. N. W. Woodfin,
. Samuel Fleming.
CONCLUSION.
I have done. I have finished my work. I am conscious that it contains errors, omissions, and imperfections. These will be in time discovered and corrected.
I cannot say with Ovid-
" Jamque opus exegi, quod nec Jovis ira nec ignes,
Nec poturit ferrum, nec edax abolere vetustas."*
But I can trust to the indulgence of my countrymen. I hope that they will see and appreciate the labor I have faithfully and cheerfully encountered, and that they will read and study the materials I have here collected.
To North Carolina, in whose borders I was born, and in whose territory the bones of my ancestors for two generations are depo- sited, and who has honored me with her confidence, I feel the duty of a citizen and all the affection of a son.
In my studies at school and in the pursuits of manhood, I have sought anxiously for her history. But I have sought in vain.
Our young men at college can tell us about the histories of Greece and Rome, and England and France ; yet if you ask our most practised statesman about North Carolina, he may not be able to tell you how many counties the State has, and perhaps not know the date of formation or origin of his own.
This is similar to that philanthropy which is ready to send food to the suffering heathen, while our own household are crying for bread.
Of the History of North Carolina, full of deep interest and pa- triotism, but little is known within her own borders, and nothing out of them.
I have proven that North Carolina was the first State of "the Old Thirteen," on which the English landed. That here (on Roanoake Island, 1584) was the cradle in which this infant Empire was rocked, whose gigantic limbs now stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I have shown that in the borders of North Carolina the blood of the colonists first flowed for liberty, (at Alamance, May, 1771,) and no doubt now exists that her sons at Charlotte in May, 1775, were the first to throw off the yoke of English op- pression.
I have shown the valor of her sons, and recorded the purity and patriotism of her daughters.
Free from the shackles of parties and sects, I have tried to divest
* I have now completed a work which neither the anger of Jove, nor fire, nor the sword, nor the corroding tooth of time shall be able to destroy.
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myself of all partialities or prejudice ; and present her and her sons as Cromwell would have Lely to paint his' portrait, "True, as it is."
Yet after all much remains yet to be done. 'I feel, like Newton, " that I have been but as a boy playing on the beach with pebbles, while the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me." It is to be hoped that some future hand, with bolder heart, more ad- venturous spirit, and more gifted intellect, will enter this brilliant career, and achieve for himself and her honor the bright rewards her history presents.
And yet it is believed, that in the attempt here made, the kind and attentive reader of these sketches will say that, on this beach of time some
" Gems of purest ray serene"
are discovered, that had nearly been covered by the waves of ob- livion. €
To some an objection may be that this work is chiefly a compi- lation from records, authorities, and tradition. If admitted, this should not detract from its merit. The honey of the bee is not less prized because by diligence and labor it has been
" Tolled from the scattered sweets of nature."
His work now launches on the uncertain sea of public favor. It may seem temerity (not to use a harsher term), in one so little known in the republic of letters to attempt so hazardous a voyage, and his barque may meet with adverse winds and unfriendly gales.
But to drop all metaphor and speak plain, he can only say to those who may feel disposed to find fault, or criticise this work ; that when this disposition may arise, instead of attacking these labors, take and examine them carefully, and improve on them for the benefit of North Carolina.
With a heart glowing with State pride, spend (as the author of these sketches has) ten years of the meridian of life in collecting and collating materials of her history, procure from home and abroad every author or authority which presents a line in her his- tory, from Amidas and Barlow (in 1584) and Lawson (in 1714), to the latest ephemeral notice in the newspapers of the day ; examine the records of the offices of the Board of Trade in the mother country, and our own archives at home ; correspond with some intelligent individual in every section of North Carolina ; traverse every county, from Currituck to Cherokee, and then improve upon the labors here shown.
No one will more heartily welcome their work to the public, and none rejoice more sincerely in their success than
THE AUTHOR.
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INDEX.
Abbot, Henry (Pasquotank), i. 78, 86 Abercrombie, Robert (Orange), i. 81 Abernathy, Robert (Tryon), i. 86 Alamance, Battle of, i. 59. Official account of, ii. 16 ,
Albemarle (George, Duke of), i. 30 ; ii. 89
Alderson, Wm. Hyde, i. 80
Alexander, Robert (Tryon), i. 66
, Abraham (¿b.), chairman of Con- vention at Charlotte, May '75, i. 69; ii. 267
John McKnitt (Mecklenburg), i. 69, 78
Ezra (ib.), i. 70
George A. (ib.), i. 89
Hezekiah (ib.), i. 70, 74, 79, 82, 85
-, Adam (ib.), i. 70, 74, 81
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Charles (ib.), i. 70
, Wm. Julius (ib.), ii. 267
Allen, John (Craven, (Lt. 1776), i. 80
, Thomas (Capt. '75), i. 71
Alston, Wm. (Bute), i. 78, 79, 81
, Willis (Halifax), i. 78, 81, 85
Willis, Jr. (ib.), ii. 199 Alumni of University, i. 119 Amidas, Philip (lands in N. C. 1584), i. 23 Amis, Thomas (Bladen), i. 78
Anderson, Joseph (Judge, 1765), i. 47
Archdale, John (Quaker Gov.), i. 32 Armstrong, John (Capt. '75), i. 71
, Thomas (Lt. '76), i. 80
, Andrew (Lt. '76), i. 80
,James (Cornet of Horse, '76), i. 80
Arrington, Hon. Archibald, ii. 275 -, Samuel L. (Nash), ii. 275 Ashe, John Baptist (Counsellor, 1731), i. 42; ii. 279
-, Samuel, i. 73, 74, 78, 79, 82, 85 ; ii. 280 -, Samuel, Jr. (Lt. of Light Horse), i. .90; ii. 281 , John, i. 50, 51, 58, 65, 74, 78, 79, 85 , John, Jr., i. 79, 80 , John B. (Halifax), i. SO ; ii. 199, 281
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-, William S. (New Hanover), sketch of, ii. 293 Ashly, Lord, i. 29, 32 Atherton, Col. Jeptha, (Northampton), i. 78, 81, 85
Atkinson, John (Orange), i. 74, 85 Attorney-Generals, list of, 1777 to 1851. i. 107
Auld, James, i. 74
Avery, Waightstill, i. 70, 73, 85 ; ii. 56 Averytt, Alex. (Johnston), i. 85
Backhouse, John (Carteret, Cong. '76), i. 78 Badger, George E. (Wake), sketch of life and services, ii. 121
Baily, John L. (Judge), ii. 339
Benjamin (Ensign '76), i. 80
Baker, Lawrence (Hertford), i. 73, 78, 85
-- , Blake (Warren), ii. 440
Balch, Hez. James (Mecklenburg), i. 69 Ballard, Kedar (Gates), i. 80
Barber, John (Tryon), i. 86
Barlow, Arthur, 1584, i. 23
Barrat, Wm. (Capt. '76), i. 79
Barringer, John Paul (Cabarrus), ii. 67
, Paul (¿b.), ii. 67
, Daniel L. (Wake), sketch of, ii. 67,417
, Daniel Moreau (Cabarrus), ii. 67
Barrow, John (Beaufort), i. 85
Barry, Richard (Mecklenburg), i. 70
Bass, Andrew (Dobbs), i. 85
Battle, Elisha (Edgecombe), i. 78, 85 ; ii. 146
Beard, Valentine (Cornet of Horse), i. 80
Beasly, John B. (Chowan), i. 78
Beatty, Thos. (Tryon), i. 81
Beckman, C. (Rowan), i. 81
Bellamy, Wm., i. 74
Benbury, Thomas (Chowan), i. 65, 73, 79, 85 Berry, Charles, i. 47, 53
Berryhill, Wm., (Lt. '75), i. 71
Berkley, Sir Wm., i. 30
Bethune, Lauchlin (Cumberland), ii. 130
Biggs, Asa (Martin), ii. 252
Birdsong, John (Chatham), i. 85
Blackbeard (Pirate), i. 39
Black Boys of Cabarrus, ii. 65
Blair, Thomas, sketch of (Guilford), i. S1
Blakely Johnson (U. S. N.), ii. 290
Blake, Thomas (Regulator), i. 57
Bloodworth, Thomas (New Hanover), i. S1 Blount, Whitmel (Lt. '76), i. SO
-, James (Chowan), i. 71, 85
, Reading, i. 80
, Benjamin (Tyrrell), i. 86
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INDEX.
Blount, Wm. (Craven), life and services of, ii. 111
Charles (Perquimans), i. 78
Jacob (Bute), Cong. '76, i. 78, 79
, Thomas (Ensign '76,, i. 80
, Thomas (Edgecombe), sketch of, ii. 143
Boddie, Nathan (Edgecombe), Congress '76, i. 78
Boone, Daniel (Watauga), ii. 445
Borden, Wm. (Carteret), i. 85
Bonner, Henry (Beaufort), i. 81
Boyd, Thomas (Pasquotank), i. 78 , Dr. Hugh (surgeon 4th reg.), i. 79
Boyden, Hon. Nath'l (Rowan), ii. 394
Bradford, John (Halifax), i. 74, 78, 85 Bragg, Thomas (Northampton), ii. 441 Brickle, Matthias (Hertford), Congress '76, i. 78
Branch (Sheriff of Halifax), i. 75 , John (Halifax), Governor, Senator, Sec'y of Navy, sketch of, ii. 201 Brandon, Wm. (Lt. '75), i. 71
Brannon, James (Rowan), i. 81
Brevard, Dr. Ephraim, i. 69 John (Rowan), i. 74, 86 -, Hugh (¿b.), i. 81
Brier Creek, battle at, ii. 279 1
Brinkly, Wm. (Capt. '76), i. 78, 80
Browder, Isham (Guilford), i. 85
Brown, Wm. (Bath), i. 66, 73, 78, 81, 86
-, Bedford (Caswell), ii. 79 Bryan, Col. Needham (Johnston), i. 58, 65 ; sketch of, ii. 221
, Col. Needham, Jr. (Johnston), i. 78, 85
Wm. (Bute), Col. '75, i. 72, 78
, John (ib.), Cong. '76, i. 78
, William (Craven), i. 85
, John (Craven), i. 81, 85
, John, Jr., i. 81
, John H. sketch of, ii. 120
, Francis, U. S. A., ii. 120
, William (Johnston), i. 81 Bryant, Simon (Regulator), i. 57 Buncombe, Edward, i. 79
Burgess, Dempsy (Pasquotank), i. 78, 81, 86
Burke, Thomas (Orange), i. 78, 85; sketch of his life, ii. 332.
Burrow, Geo. (Cong. '75,) i. 73
Burton, Hutchins G., ii. 200
-, Robert H. (Lincoln), ii. 246 -, Robert (Granville), ii. 163
Burgwynn, J. H. K. (U. S. A.), death of, ii. 121
Burrington, George (Gov. 1724), i. 40, 42 Burns, Otway (Carteret), ii. 467
Bush, John (Ensign '76), i. 80
Burton, John (Orange), Cong. '75, i. 74, 78, 81,85
Bynum, Jesse A., (Halifax), sketch of, ii. 201 , John Gray (Rutherford), ii. 400
, William (Dividing line Va. 1725), i. 41.
Cabarrus, Stephen (Chowan), life, character, and services, ii. 94 Cabot, John, i. 23
Cain, Elisha (Chatham, Cong. '76), i. 78 Caldwell, Wm. (Lt. '76), i. 80
-, David (Iredell), ii. 217
, David Franklin (ib.), ii. 217
, Rev. David (Guilford), i. 85; sketch of his life and character, ii. 181
, Greene W. (Mecklg.), ii. 267
, Joseph Pearson (Iredell), ii. 217 , Dr. Joseph (Orange), President of University of N. C., life of, i. 118
Calloway, Miss (seized by the Indians and is rescued by Daniel Boone), ii. 446
Campbell, John (Bertie), i. 64, 78
, Farquard (Cumbd.), i. 65, 78
, Ld. William, i. 76
-, Joshua (Pasquo.), i. 81
Cameron, Duncan, ii. 417 ,John A. (Cumberland), ii. 130 Thos. N. (¿b.), ii. 130
Cannon, Henry (Lt. '76), i. 80
Carr, James (Lt. '76), i. 80
Carson, S. P. (Burke), ii. 61
Carteret, Sir Geo. (Gov. of N. C.), i. 29, 30
Cary, Thos. (Gov. 1710), i. 35, 36
Cassel, Wm. (Capt. '76), i. 80
Caswell, Richd., i. 58, 65, 66, 72, 74, 78, 79, 85 ; life, character, and ser- vices, 87; parallel with Wash- ington, 90; (elected Gov. Dec., 1776), i. 86
Wm. (Ensign '75), i. 72 , Martin (Dobbs), i. 81
Casey, John (Pasquo.), i. 81
Cavendish visits No. Ca., i. 25
Cedar Spring, battle of, ii. 99
Chambers, Maxwell, i. 74
Charles II. (charter of), i. 29
Chang and Eng (Wilkes), ii. 465
Cherokee Indians in N. C., ii. 205
Cherry, Wm. (Bertie), ii. 33 , W. W. (¿b.), ii. 33
Childs, Thomas (Atty .- Genl.), i. 47
Child, Francis (Lt. '76), i. 80
-- , James (Ensign '75), i. 71
John (Congress '76), i. 77
Chronicle, Maj. Wm. (Gaston), ii. 156 Clarke, Henry S. (Beaufort), ii. 29 , Jas. W. (Edgecombe), ii. 144
, Thomas (Maj. '75), i. 71, 79
, Wm. F. (Comptroller), ii. 419
, Henry (Provost-Marshal 1725), i. 40 Clayton, Jos. (Lt. '76), i. 80 -, Francis (Wilmington), i. 66
Clements, Wm. (Lt. '76), i. 80
Cleaveland, Benj. (Ensign '75), i. 72, 83 Clingman, Thos. L. (Buncombe), ii. 53.
Cogdell, Richd. (Cong: '75), i. 64, 73, 74 Cole, Wm. Temple (Rowan), i. 79, 80
Collins, Wm. F., ii. 418
Columbus (discovers America 1492), i. 23 Colvill, Maturin (Cong. '76), i. 78
Comptrollers of No. Ca., from 1782 to 1851, i. 108
Congress, list of members from N. C., Con- , tinental, from 1774 to 1788, i. 109
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Conner, Henry W. (Catawba), ii. 82 Cook, James (Craven), i. 64, 72, 79, 80 Cooper, John (Cong. '76), i. 77 Coor, James (Craven), 64, 78, 82, 83 Cooley, Dr. Saml. (Surg. 5th Reg.), i. 79 Corbin, Francis (Agent of Ld. Granville), i. 47 Cornwallis, Ld., i. 75, 77; life of, ii. 180 ; march through Lincoln Co., ii. 233
Correy, Archd. (Cong. '76), i. 78
Costner, Jacob (Tryon, Maj. '76), i. 81
Coulie, John (Regulator), i. 57
Council, Austin (Capt. '76), i. 80
Courts, Danl. W. (Treasurer), ii. 419
Craig, Col. (Onslow), i. 58. , David (Lt. '76), i. 80
, Burton (Rowan), sketch of, ii. 395
Crawford, Charles (Capt. '75), i. 71 , John (Cong. '75), i. 74, 77
Cromwell, Oliver, ii. 199
Croom, Major (Cong. '75), i. 73 -, Hardy (Lenoir), ii. 223 Crowell family, ii. 199
Culpepper, John (Rebellion of 1678), i. 31 -, John (Montgomery), ii. 271
Cumming, Wm. (Pasquotank), i. 78
Custen, John (Lt. '76), i. 80
Dallas, George M., ii. 151 Dandridge, Wm. (dividing line Va., 1725), i. 41 Daniel, Robt. (Gov'r. 1704), i. 34
, Jos. J. (Halifax), Judge of Supreme Court of N. C., life and character of, ii. 200
, J. R. J. (¿b.), Attorney-Genl., Mem- ber of Congress, ii. 201
Davidson College, i. 129
, George (Capt. '75), i. 71
, William (Meckg.), i. 79 ; ii. 267
, George (Anson), i. 81, 85
, John (Meckg. Dec. '75), i. 70, 81 Davie, Wm. Richardson; sketch of life, character, and services, ii. 188
Davis, Thos. (Com. '76), i. 74 Davis, Wm. (Capt. '75), i. 71 Dawson, John (Councillor), i. 47 -, Levi (Maj.), i. 79 Dare, Eleanor, child of (first-born Ameri- can), i. 25
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Darnell, Henry (Lt. '76), i. 80 Daugh, Peter (Pasquo.), i. 81
Davis, Wm. (Capt. '75), i. 71, 79
-, Devotion (Capt. 276), Pasquo., i. 86
Day, Wm. (Councillor), i. 47, 86 Deberry, Edmund (Montgomery), life and character of, ii. 270
De Kalb, Baron (his death, by an eye-wit- ness,) ii. 164 Dent, William (Guilford), i. 74, 78 -, Jr. (Lt.), i. 80 Denton, James (Bute), i. S5 De Rossett, Lewis H. (Councillor, 1760), i. 47
Devane, John (New Hanover), i. 78, 85 Dick, John M. (Guilford), ii. 183 Dickerson, John (Capt. '76 of Light Horse), i. 90
Dickson, Henry (Capt. '75), i. 71 -, William (Duplin), i. 65, 78, 85 , Robert, (¿b.), i. 81 Dobbin, James C. (Cumberland), sketch of, ii. 131
Dobbs, Arthur (Gov. 1754), i. 46 , Edward B. (Councillor 1765), i. 47 Donoho, Thos. (Lt. '76), i. 80
Donnell, John R. (Craven), ii. 120 -, Richard Spaight (Guilford), ii. 120
Doty, Benijah (Onslow, Cong. '76), i. 78
Dougherty, Geo. (Lt. '76), i. 80 Downe, Henry (Mecklenburg), i. 70
Drake, James (Nash), attack of tories up- on, ii. 274 Drummond, Wm. (1st Gov. of N. C. 1681), i. 30
Duels between Simpson and Whitechurst, i. 53
- Wilkes and Martin, i. 63
Stanly and Spaight, ii. 112
Stanly and Henry, ii. 129 Carson and Vance, ii. 61
Duffy, Wm. (Cumberland), sketch of, ii. 128 Duke, And. (Lt. '76), i. 80
Dunn, John (Rowan), petition of, ii. 377
Dupre, Lewis (Brunswick), i. 85 Durant, Geo., i. 29
Easton, John (Carteret), i. 73, 85 Eaton, Wm. (Con. '75), i. 74, 82, 86
-, Thos. (Bute), i. 81, 85
-, Charles A. (Granville, Cong. '76), i. 78 , Pinkinthan, (Capt. '76), i. 79 , Wm. (Northampton), i. 81
Eborn, John (Hyde), i. 80 Eden, Charles (Govr. 1713), i. 38, 40 , Penelope, i. 40 Edwards, Isaac (Newbern), i. 66 , Weldon N. (Warren), sketch of, ii. 441 Elizabethtown, battle of, ii. 36
Elliot, Charles (Judge '65), i. 47
Ellis, Robert (Lt. Col., '75), i. 72, , Richard (Com., '75), i. 73
,John W. (Rowan), Judge, sketch of, ii. 394
Emmet, James (Cap. '76), i. 80 Enloe, John (Captain, '76), i. 80 Ennet, James (Captain, '76), i. 79
Etheridge, Wm. (Ensign, '76), i. 80
Evans, George (Pitt), i. 86
Everigin, Edward (Pasquo.), i. 65
Everhard, Sir Richard (Gov., '25), i. 41
Ewert, Robert (Com., '75), i. 74
Exum, Benjamin (Dobbs), i. 85
Fannen, David (Chatham), a desperate ma- rauder and Tory, ii. 84 Fanning, Edmund (Orange), i.55, 56, 57, 58 ; life, services, and death, ii. 331 Farr, James (Lieutenant, '76), i. 80 Fay, Joshua (Com. Va. line), i. 44 Fenner, Wm. (Lieutenant, '75), i. 72 Ferguson, Colonel Patrick, biography of, ii. 102 Fisher, Hon. Charles (Rowan), sketch of life of, ii. 391
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Fishing Creek (Sumpter surprised at), ii. 194 | Fitzwilliams, Richard (dividing line, Va., '25), i. 41
Flat Rock, battle at, ii. 190
Flennigen, John (Mecklenburg), i. 70
Folsome, Ebenezer (Cumberland), i. 81
Ford, John (Mecklenburg), i. 70
Foreman, Joshua (Rutherford), sketch of, ii. 399
Forney, Jacob (Lincoln), sketch of, ii. 241 , Peter (ib.), ib., 244
Daniel M. (ib.), ib., 245 -, Abram (ib.), ib., 245
Forsythe, Benj. (Stokes), ii. 147, 404 Frankland, state of its rise, progress, and fall, i. 91
Fraser, Jeremiah (Tyrrell), i. 66, 86 Frohawk, John (Salisbury), i. 50
Fuller, Brittain (Wake), i. 86
Gale, Christopher (Chief Justice, '24), i. 40 Gales, Joseph (Wake), ii. 416 -- , Weston R. (¿b.), ii. 417 , Seaton (¿b.), ii. 417
Galloway, Charles (Com., '75), i. 74
Gardiner, Wm. (Ensign, '75), i. 72
Gaston, Alexander (Craven), i. 73
, William (ib.), life, character and services of, ii. 114 Gates, General Horatio, life, services, and character, ii. 159
Geddy, John (Halifax), i. 66 .
Gee, Drury (Northampton), i. 78, 81
Gibson, Walter (Bladen), i. 64
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, i. 23 Giles, Jno. (Rowan), sketch of, ii. 390
Gillaspie, James (Duplin), i. 85
Gilliam, Robert B. (Granville), ii. 65
Glasgow, James (Dobbs), i. 73, 81 ; elected Sec. of State, i. 86
Glover, Wm. and Thos. Carey, i. 35 Goffe, Arthur (Receiver-Gen. 1725), i. 40 Gold mines of N. C. (first discovery of), ii. 63
Gold Hill (Rowan), ii. 395
Gooding, Christ. (Lt. '76), i. 80
Goodman, Wm. (Capt. '76), i. 80
Gorham, James (Pitt), i. 72, 86
Gorrel, Ralph (Congress, Guilford, '76), i. 78,85
Governors of N. C., list of, (from Richard Caswell, 1776, to David S. Reid, 1851), i. 98
Graaffenreidt, Baron de, i. 36, 37 Graham, Wm. (Meck'g), i. 70
-, George (ib.), i. 71; ii. 265
, Gen. Joseph (Lincoln), life and character, ii. 233 -, James (ib.), ii. 247
-, William A. (¿b.), Speaker of House, Senator, Sec. of Navy, ii. 337 William (Tryon), i. 86 Granbury, Geo. (Lt. '76), i. 79 , Thos. (Capt. '76), i. 80 , John (Lt.), i. 80
Granganimeo, (native Indian), i. 24 Granger, Caleb (Capt. '75), i. 71 Grant, Reuben (Onslow), i. 80 Thomas, (Ensign '76), i. 80
Granville, Lord, i. 34, 41 Gray, John (Capt. '76), i. 79, 80
, William (Bertie), i. 85
, Thos. (Duplin), i. 65, 78, 85
Simon (Edgecombe), i. 81
, William (ib.), i. 73, 74
, William (Onslow), i. 65
Greene, Gen. Nathl., life and character of, ii. 167
Green, Roger, i. 29
, James (Clerk to Council), i. 74 , William (Capt. '75), i. 71
Greenville, Sir Richd., i. 25
Gregory, Isaac (Pasquo.), i. 73, 81, 86
Groves, Wm. (Lt. '76), i. 80
Guilford Court Honse, battle at, ii. 173
Guion, Dr. Isaac (1st Rgt.), i. 72 .
Guthrie, John S. (Chatham), ii. 86
Hadley, Joshua (Ensign '76), i. 80 , Thomas (Campbellton), i. 86 Haines, Thos. (Capt. '76), i. 80, Hall, Clement (Lt. '75), i. 72
, Robt. (Dr. 3d Regt.), i. 79
-, Spence (Currituck), ii. 134
-, Hon. John (Warren), ii. 440.
, Hon. Edwd. (ib.), ii. 440
, Thos. H. (Edgecombe), ii. 144
Hamilton, Hanson (Regulator), i. 57 Hamilton, John (Com. '75), i. 74 Hampton, Adam (Tryon, Lieut. '76), i. 80, 81 Hancock, Jos. (Hyde), i. 78, 85 Hanging Rock, battle at, ii. 192 Harden, Jos. (Tryon), i. 72, 86
Hardison, John (Martin), i. 85 Harnett, Cornelius, i. 42, 73, 74, 79, 82, 85, 86 ; sketch of, ii. 281
Harriott, (Historian), visits N. C., i. 25 Harris, Thos. (Capt. '76), i. 79
, Edward (Judge), ii. 352
, Dr. Charles (Cabarrus), ii. 68
, James (Meck'g), i. 70
Harrison, Thomas (Orange), i. 81 Hart, Thos. (Orange), i. 65, 79 Harvey, John (Gov. 1680), i. 31, 65
, Thos. (Gov. 1693), i. 32, 65
John (Perquimans), i. 64; ii. 341
Benjamin (¿b.), i. 65, 86
Thos. (ib.), i. 78, 86
Miles (¿b.), i. 73, 78, 86
Hassell, James (Judge and Councillor -- Gov. 1771), i. 61
Hatch, Lemuel (Craven), i. 64, 78, 81 Hawkins, Philemon (Bute), i. 59, 78, 85, ii. 426 Wm. (ib.), Gov. in 1811, ii. 440
, Benjamin (ib.), sketch of, ii. 426
, Micajah Thomas (¿b.), ii. 440
Haynes, Eaton (Northampton), Cong. '76, i. 78 Haywood, Wm. (Edgecombe), i. 74, 78, 85, 86; ii. 143 Judge John (Halifax), ii. 200
Wm. H., jr. (Wake), ii. 418 Heath, Wm. (Craven), Tory, ii. 122 Henderson, Judge Richard, his life and character, i. 102 Pleasant (Orange), i. 80; ii. 334
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INDEX.
Henderson, Archibald (Rowan), ii. 386 -, Leonard (Granville), ii. 163
Henly, Peter (Judge 1747), i. 47 Herritage, John (Lt. '75), i. 71 Herron, Benj. (Councillor 1765), i. 47 Henry, Jacob (Carteret), ii. 74 , Louis D. (Cumberland), sketch of, ii. 129
Hewes, Jos. (Edenton), i. 66, 74, 79, 82, 87; life, character, and services, ii. 94
Hicks, Thos. (Duplin), i. 65
High, Alsop (Lt. '76), i. 80
Hill, Green (Bute), i. 64, 78, 81
, William (Com. '75), i. 74
, William (Lt. '75), i. 71
-, William (Sec. of State), ii. 419
-, Hon. John (Stokes), ii. 406
, Whitmel (Martin), i. 78, 82, 85; sketch of life of, ii. 252
Hinds, Richard (Edgecombe), ii. 144 Hines, Jos. (Guilford), i. 85
Hinton, Noah (Bertie), i. 85
-, Charles L. (Wake), ii. 418
, Col. John (Wake), i. 5, 9, 74, 78
Hogan, James (Halifax), i. 79, 81, 85 Isaiah (Chatham), i. 85
Hogg, Thos. (Lieut. '75), i. 71
Hoke, Michael (Lincoln), sketch of, ii. 246 -, John F. (ib.), ii. 246
Hollingsworth, John (New Hanover), i. 78, 85 , Charles (Lieut. '76), i. 89 Holmes, Owen (New Hanover), sketch of, ii. 293 Holton, Robt. (Com. S. C. Line), i. 43 Hooks, Charles (Duplin), ii. 139
Hooper, William (New Hanover, Congress '75), i. 65, 66, 74, 82, 86 ; sketch of, ii. 282
, Wm. (Perquimans); i. 86
, Wm. (Wake), i. 78
Hopson, John (Ens. '76), i. 80
Hoskins, Charles (U. S. A ), ii. 95
Howard, Martin (Judge), his life, character, and services, i. 100 Howe, Robt. (Brunswick), i. 64, 71 Howell, Rednak (Regulator), i. 63 Hunt, Memucan (Granville), i. 65, 78, 85 Hunter, Wm. (Regulator), i. 56, 57 - -, Thomas (Chowan), i. 65, 78
, Jacob (Chowan), i. 85
, Thomas (Edgecombe), i. 81
, Humphrey (Gaston), sketch of life of, ii. 151 Thos. (Martin), i. 85
Husbands, Herman, i. 55, 63. (His book, containing "An impartial ac- count of the rise of the Regu- lators_in Orange)," ii. 301; sketch of his life, ii. 348 Hyde, Edward (Gov'r 1710), i. 36; death, 38
Indians, Massacre in N. C. (1711), i. 37 -, Cherokees in N. C., ii. 205 Ingram, James (Northampton), i. 85 Innes, Col. James (New Hanover), i. 46 Insane Hospital of N. C., i. 136 Insurrection of Slaves, ii. 210 Iredell, James (Chowan), life, character and services, ii. 93
Iredell, James, jr. (Chowan), ii. 94 Irwin, Henry (Edgecombe), i. 72, 78; sketch of life and services, ii. 142
-, Robt, (Meckg.), i. 70, 78, 85 Irvine, Thos. P. (Newbern), ii. 120
James, John (Capt. '76), i. 80
Jarvis, Sam'l (Currituck), i. 65, 78, 85
Jefferson, Peter (Va.), i. 44
Jaycocks, Chs. (Cong. '76), i. 78
Jenkins, John (Gov. 1680), i. 31
Johnson, Charles (Chowan), ii. 94
-, Jonas (Edgecombe), i. 81, 85; sketch of, ii. 143 1
, Gabriel (Gov. 1734), i. 43
, Wm. (Hillsboro'), i. 74, 79, 86
, John (Bertie), i. 73, 78, 85
, Samuel (¿b.), i. 65, 74, 76, 78 ; life, character and services of, ii. 91 , Thomas (Onslow), i. 85 Joyce, Nathan (Currituck), i. 65 Jones, Mrs. Wilie, ii. 186
, David (Ensign '76), i. 80
-- , Mrs. Allan, ii. 186
Daniel (Lt. '76), i. 80
-, Thos. (Chowan), i. 65, 73, 78, 82, 85
, Reuben P. (Craven), ii. 94
-, Frederick (Com. '75), i. 73
James (Capt. '76), i. 80
, Francis (Beaufort), i. 85
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