Some neglected history of North Carolina, being an account of the revolution of the regulators and of the battle of Alamance, the first battle of the American Revolution, Part 17

Author: Fitch, William Edward, 1867-
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : Fitch
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And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall continue and be in force for one year, and no longer.


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Of North Carolina


Read three times in Open Assembly and Ratified the 15th Day of January, 1771.


WILLIAM TRYON, Governor. JAMES HASSELL, President. RICHARD CASWELL, Speaker.


A true Copy of an Act passed last session of the As- sembly.


ROBERT PALMER, Secretary. (Col. Rec. of N. C., Vol. VIII, pp. 48[ to 486.)


APPENDIX "D"


COPY OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR TRYON'S LETTER TO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF SEVERAL REG- IMENTS OF MILITIA.


NEWBERN, 19th March, 1771.


Sir,


I yesterday determined by consent of His Majesty's Council to march with a body of Forces taken from sev- eral Militia Regiments, into the settlements of the Insur- gents to reduce them to Obedience, who by their rebel- lious acts and declarations have set the Government at Defiance and interrupted the course of justice by ob- structing. overturning and shutting up the courts of Law. That some of your Regiment, therefore, may have a share in the Honor of serving their Country in this im- portant Service, I am to require you to make choice of men out of the Volunteers of the - -


Regi- ment. with Officers and non-commissioned Officers in proportion to the following Regulations, to which you will pay the strictest Regard :


Each company to consist of one captain, one Lieuten- ant, one Ensign, two sergeants, two corporals, one drum- mer, a clerk and fifty private Men, with a Field Officer and an Adjutant to the Detachment; the supernumerary Officers that are willing to march will be entitled only to provisions, and the pay of private men, if they choose to accept of that pay.


Every man to be allowed forty shillings for an encour- agement to serve in this expedition, and to be entitled to


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receive two shillings a day while in Service, the eight pence per day for provisions being stopped for the com- missaries who have contracted to serve the troops with provisions ; each Man will also have a pair of leggings, a cockade and a Haversack given him, which you are to furnish, and when delivered and a certificate thereof pro- duced, signed by the commanding officer of the Regi- ment, I will give you a Warrant on the Treasury for the amount, as well as for the forty shillings per man you shall advance as Bounty Money.


The Ration of provisions to each man per day is one pound of pickled pork and one pound of wheat flour, or one pound and a half of fresh Beef instead of pork and one pound and a half of Corn meal instead of flour. when ordered. Each company to be allowed a strong, com- modious cart, with two able horses to carry the Baggage of the men, to be provided by the Colonel of the Regi- ment or Captain of the Company, and the owner to be allowed seven shillings and six pence per day while em- ployed in the service, he finding his own Horse with corn. If a wagon is hired it must carry the Baggage of two companies, to be provided as above, and fifteen shillings per day to be allowed for it, on the same conditions as for the Carts. The Wagoners will be allowed to draw their Rations of provisions as soldiers, but to have no pay.


The men must be made sensible the better they are provided with Arms and necessaries the better condition they will be in to serve their King and Country. No Volunteer to be accepted but those who are hearty, spir- ited, and can submit to a ready obedience to orders, nor will any soldier be allowed to take his horse, as the whole will march on foot, the officers to take as few horses as possible.


It is not intended to move the troops before the twen- tieth of next month, before which time you shall be in-


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formed of the day you are to assemble your men, the time of march and the Road you are to take. .


It is recommended as a Christian Duty incumbent on every planter that remains at home, to take care of and assist to the utmost of his abilities the Families of those men who go on this service, that neither their Families nor plantations may suffer while they are employed on a service where the interests of the whole is concerned.


For the Expenditures ordered on this Expedition I shall give printed Warrants payable to Bearers; these . Warrants will become negotiable until the Treasury can pay them out of the contingent Fund, in case there is not a sufficiency of money in the Treasury to answer the nec- essary Services of this Expedition.


WM. TRYON, Gov. Gen. Commanding. (Col. Rec. of N. C.)


APPENDIX "E"


COUNCIL JOURNALS.


At a Council Held at the Council Chamber at the Palace in New Berne, 18th March, 1771.


Present : His Excellency the Governor. James Hassell. Martin Howard & The Honorable Esquires


Robert Palmer. Samuel Cornell.


The Governor laid before the board a letter he had in- tercepted of Rednap Howell's to James Hunter, dated Halifax, 16th February, 1771, last, and ordered the same be read and inserted in the Journals. Read the said let- ter, which reads as follows :


HALIFAX, 16th Feb., 1771.


JAMES HUNTER :


Respected Friend --


On my setting out for Halifax my horse fell sick, which detained me some time, so that on my arrival here I had certain information that Harmon was at liberty, so that I found it needless to raise the country, but I am satisfied it would be easily done if occasion required; however I have animated the people here to join the Regulators. On Saturday next come two weeks they are to have a meet- ing for that purpose. If it once takes a start here it will rapidly run into the neighboring counties of Edgecomb, Bute and Northampton, and thus undoubtedly facilitate


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Justice to poor Carolina. I will now inform you of such things as I have learned since I left home. At New Bern the Governor called a general muster of a thousand and one hundred (1,100) men; after treating them at yours and my expense, he tried to prevail on them to march against the rebels ( Regulators), but at one man's absolute refusal, he ordered him to be turned out of the ranks as a Traitor, which he very readily did, and all the regiment followed, or were following him ; the Governor, perceiving his mistake, says, "Gentlemen, you mistook me: I only meant, should they come down and destroy all your livings, would you not fight them?" They an- swered yes, on which he dismissed . them. They then gathered in Companys of 6, 8, 10, and 12, growling, and swearing would the mob come down they would join them. In Dobbs a general muster was called for the same purpose, but only seven men attended. I am in- formed the Clerk's places in the New Counties are par- celled out among the Quality; one Cooper is designed for your country, but if you suffer any rascal to come there may eternal oppressions be your lot: as I cannot solely depend on the Irish ahead, pray you will reserve that morsel for yours to serve ; for as the whole province is in your favor, you may do as you list in that respect. I understand Butler and you are to be outlawed : despise it, laugh at it. We hear that the Governor has sent a proclamation to you importing as the French and Span- iards are now at War with us, it's a pity to breed a civil War among ourselves ; that the Chief cause of the trou- ble was the counterfeit money, for which the great men were to blame; artful villain! if he could have raised the Province on us before, he would have told another tale. However, if this be true, the day is ours in spite of Luci- fer. I give out here that the Regulators are determined to whip every one who goes to law, or will not pay his just debts, or will not agree to leave his cause to men


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where disputes; that they will choose representatives, but not send them to be put in Jail : in short, to stand in defiance, and as to thieves, to send them out of the coun- try. I leave the plan to your consideration. From Your sincere friend, REDNAP HOWELL. (Col. Rec., Vol. VIII, p. 536.)


INDEX


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Alamance, Battle of. PAGE


219


Battle-ground, description of. 208


Monument to ... 261


Camp, Gov. Tryon's headquarters. 199


Albemarle Settlement. . 21


Alexander, Capt. Adam, oath of. 190


Alexander, Capt. "Black" Bill.


190, 190


Allegiance, Tryon's oath of.


Anson County. petitioners from. I33-136


Army of Gov. Trvon destroys Harmon Husband's property. .. 234


Artillery of Tryon kills Capt. Montgomery. 222


Ashe, Col. John, acts against Regulators. 31. 34, 70, 187


Ashe, Lieut .- Col. John Baptista, captured and beaten by Reg- ulators . 12, 216


Army of Gov. Tryon arrives at Hillsborough. 212


Association Alamance Battle-ground organization of, to erect monument 205


"Atticus" letter written by Judge Maurice Moore. 81


Bancroft's opinion of Gov. Tryon and Edmund Fanning. 165


Baptist emigrants to North Carolina. 103


Barbecue given by Tryon. . 41


Battle-ground of Regulators, description of. 208


Battle of Alamance. Americans learn lesson at.


257


In heat of action .. 219,


220


Regulators captured at. 224 Report of, by Gideon Wright. 224


Bees at Merrill's plantation scare Tryon's army ..


240


Berkeley, Gov. William, of Virginia, visits "Land of Eden' IS


"Black Boys" of Cabarrus blow up Waddell's ammunition- train 190, 196


Names of. 190


"Boston Tea Party" 42


British tyranny first resisted at Alamance.


105


Brown, William, condemned at Hillsborough court martial and respited. 242


237


Burrington. George, appointed Governor 27


Burston, John, signs Regulator petitions. 125


Butler, John, signs Regulator petitions. 125


Butler William, prominent as a Regulator 1 2.4


Byrd. Gen. Jacob, acts with Regulators. 167, 206, 20: Locates in North Carolina. 23


298 + 299


Buffalo Ford on Deep River, Tryon's army crosses.


197, 198


Alexander, Col. Moses, acts against Regulators 239


T


300


Index


PAGE


Caldwell, Dr. David, a minister and physician. 236


Addresses Regulators just as battle begins 218


As a Regulator. ..


Intercedes for Regulators just before the battle. 201


217


Cameron, Paul C., now owns place where Regulators were executed 246


Cape Fear Mercury, one of the first newspapers. 179


Carr, Gen. Julian S., at unveiling of Monument at "Ala-


mance Battle-ground" .. 261


Caruthers vindicates Ashe, Caswell, Harvey, and Harnett. 97


96,


Caswell, Col. Richard, acts against Regulators. 70


Joins Tryon's army. 188


Cavalier's early settlers in North Carolina. 17


Cherokee Indian boundary line run by Tryon, and cost of 275


Give Tryon cognomen "Great Wolf of North Carolina' 30


Charles I. and Charles II. Land Grants to North Carolina. 23. 23


Chatham, Lord, pleads in Parliament for Colonists


Chowan settlers seek freedom in Carolina. .


22


Christian, Thomas, a Regulator ...


125


Cobham, Dr. Thomas, Surgeon to Tryon's army 204


Convention of Regulators. 1 25


Copeland, James, condemned at Hillsborough court martial and respited. . 242


Corruption, stench of, reaches England. 97


Cox, Herman, condemned at court martial and respited. . 242, 155


Cox, William, as a Regulator. 125, 155


Dare, Virginia, first white child born in North Carolina. 20


Declaration or oath of the Regulators. . 125


De Graffenreidt, Baron, leads Swiss colony to North Carolina. 26


De Marianda Don. visits Tryon's Palace. .


De Rossett. Moser John, stamp officers take oach from 37


Diligence, the British Man of War. brings over stamped paper for North Carolina. . 35


Disruption of Hillsborough Court by the Regulators 17!, 172


Diviny, Samuel, a leader among the Regulators 171


Dixon, Simon, a Regulator. . 125


Dobbs, Arthur, appointed Governor of North Carolina 29


Dies at Brunswick. . 30


Dockett of Regulator's "mock" court at Hillsborough. . . 173, 174 Draper, Sir William, visits Tryon at his Palace and writes Lutin quatrain. . . 45, 46


Dress of a poor woman sold off her back by Sheriff for taxes. 102 Drummond, William.


23


Dry, Col. William, acts against Regulators.


105


Duel between Thomas Whitehurst and officer of Viper at Tryon's barbecue .. 42


Eden, the Land of, visited by Governor of Virginia. 18


Emigrants, Baptist. 103


French Hugenots. 26


From Pennsylvania


29


From the South.


Lutheran 29


103


Presbyterian 103 Scotch-Irish. 103


Swiss 26 Quakers 103


Emmerson, James, condemned at Hillsborough Court and respited 242


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Execution of Capt. Benjamin Merrill.


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Of James Few .. 250


Of James Pugh. 248 Of prisoners at Hillsborough 245


229


Of Robt. Matear. 250


Exhorbitant marriage license fees charged by county clerks. .177


Expedition against the Regulators, cost of. 276


Extortion of county officers. 177, 178


Extortion. Tryon's recommendation to General Assembly to prevent 98-100


Fanning, Edmund, accumulates fortune. 182


Appointed adjutant-general. 182


Clerk of Orange County Court 55


Commissioned judge .


76


Compelled to plead law before "mock" court by Regu-


lators


Convicted of extortion. 163


Demeanor of. toward Colonists 170


Education and nativity.


175,


I76


House demolished by Regulators. 175


Indicted by Regulators. ..


168,


I73


Lampooned by Rednap Howell. 180, ISI


On Cherokee boundary line expedition.


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Receives whipping at Hillsborough Court at hands of Regulators 172


Sends couriers to Governor Tryon ... , 175


Few, James, captured and made prisoner, and later hanged at Battle of Alamance. 229 Fitch, Haynes, of Norwalk, Conn., property burned by Tryon 270


Flower of freedom blooms at Alamance Battleground. . . 260. 265


Fort Dobbs built west of Salesburg. 30 Fort Raleigh built on Roanoke Island. 20


Fowle, Judge Daniel G., present at unveiling of monument, Battle of Alamance .. 261


Franklin, Benjamin, friend of Harmon Husband 107


Frohock. John, clerk of Rowan County Court. 64


Lampooned .by Rednap Howell 180, 18f


Receives letter from Gov. Tryon. 66


Writes letter to Gov. Tryon.


Fudge, Jacob, receives letter from Edinund Fanning. 200


155


Funeral of deceased soldier after Battle of Alamance.


260, 265


Gillespie, Daniel, a Regulator. 167, 171


118


Thomas Person, assemblyman from.


Granville's land agents and their thievery 28. 29, 177


"Great Wolf of North Carolina." Gov. Tryon's cognomen given by Cherokee Indians ... 30


Hale, Nathan, monuments erected to memory of. 250


Revolutionary patriot captured by British and executed. 249 Hamilton, Ninian, a Regulator. 124


Harnet, Cornelius, member General Assembly


73


Harris, Robert, fights Regulators. 197


Harvey, John, a Regulator. 70,


102


Hearne, Nehemiah, omigrates from Maryland to North Caro- lima 28


Index


PAGE


.252


Fundamental Constitution for North Carolina. 25


Granville County, "Nut Bush" papers read in. Regulator meetings in. 106


173


302


Index


PAGE


Henderson, Judge Richard, adjourns Hillsborough Court. 63


Hillsborough council of war .... 60


Court, disruption of. by the Regulators 63


Execution and Tryon's officiousness at. .


Expedition against Regulators in which Tryon "fights in the air," cost of. 242, 244


Tryon's army reaches, for court martial 24I


Hinton, Col. John, acts against Regulators. . 183


Holt, Capt. Michael, Battle of Alamance fought on his planta- tion 200


His home converted into hospital for Tryon's wounded .. Holt, Hon. Thomas M., address, unveiling monument, Ala- mance Cattle-ground


261


Holt, Mr. L. Banks ..


210


Houston, Dr. William, appointed "stamp agent 37


Oath resigning stamp office. 38


Howell, Rednap, as a Regulator. poet and school teacher. . 167, 171 As a statesman 227, 223


Lampoons Fanning and Frohock .. 180, ISI


The moving spirit of the Regulation


Writes letter to James Hunter 295


Hunter, Col. Theophilis, of Wake County. 187


Hunter, James, appointed settler. 125


Prominent Regulator. . 3.2


Receives letter from Rednap Howell. 295


Signs Regulator petitions. . 167, 171, 173


Hunter's Lodge, Tryon's army goes into camp at. 187


Husband. Harmon, a friend of Benjamin Franklin.


A Quaker .. 108


Acts as sheriff, throws taxes on table before the Governor 5 2


And the Whiskey Insurrection of Pennsylvania. 236


Arrested by Tryon's orders. 52


Captain Messer goes to overtake him. 232


Flees from Battle of Alamance. 218


His family, and as a citizen. 211,


235


Landed estates at Buffalo Ford on Deep River. II7


Member of the General Assembly .. 47, 73, 33, 101


"Nut Bush" papers from book about the Regulation. . IIS


Prominent in Pennsylvania. 236


Receives letter from Ralph McNair. 156


"Sermon on Asses," by. 108


Signs Regulator petitions. 171, 173, 167


Tryon devastates farm of.


234


Indians, Cherokee, boundary line. 275


Indian cognomen for Tryon ..


Fashion of fighting adopted by Regulators. 30 221


Tuscarora massacre .. 26


Indictments at Hillsborough Court, Regulators and others. . . 171


Jackson, Isaac, as a Regulator .. 124


Jamestown settlers move to North Carolina. 20


Jersey Settlements, inhabitants of, refuse to pay exorbitant fee for marriage license.


Johnston Act called "Riot Act". 173


284


Johnston, Gabriel, appointed Governor.


Johnston, Gov. Gabriel, administration of 23


35


Jones, Wylie, sent by Tryon to capture Harmon Husband's papers 229


Justice, miscarriage of, leads to disruption of Hillsborough Court 172


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303


Index


PAGE


King's birthday celebrated by Tryon's army at the Moravian settlements 237


Lawyers chastised at Hillsborough Court .. 172


Leaders of the Regulators, names of ..


Leech. Col. Joseph, acts against Regulators. 167


187


Legislature refuses to reimburse Fanning for loss of property destroyed by Regulators. . 162, 176


Legislation to weaken organization of Regulators. 53


Letter from Alexander Martin to Governor Tryon 280


From Fanning to Jacob Fudge ... 155


From John Frohock to Governor Tryon. 280


From Ralph McNair to Harmon Husband. 156


From Rednap Howell to James Hunter .. 295


"Liberty Bell." the first, rang in North Carolina. 262


Liberty and independence, spirit of, breathed first by Regu- lators 166


Lindsay, William, fights against Regulators. 197


Literary productions of the early settiers in North Carolina. . 180


Long, Rev. Daniel Albright, organizes Alamance Battle- ground Association ... 261


Lord Chatham pleads in Parliament for Colonists 182


Lord North pleads in Parliament for Colonists 182


Lowe. John, an organizer of the Regulators. 124


Luckie. William, acts against Regulators 197


Lutheran emigrants to North Carolina. 53


Malcolm. Capt. Donald, drops white flag and flees. 214


Marshall. Ichin, a Regulator .. 125


Martin, Alexander, at Battle of Alamance 217


As Governor ... 106


Receives letter from Gov. Tryon. 65,


66


Writes letter to Gov. Tryon ... 280


Martin, Francis Xavier, visits Palace. 46


Matear, Robert, executed at Hillsborough.


250, 251


McPherson brothers capture Tryon's cannon 222


Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.


263


Mercer, Forrester, condemned at Hillsborough court martial and respited.


Merrill, Capt. Benjamin, captured by Fanning. 242


Executed at Hillsborough 252


Forces Waddell's retreat 252


Speaks on the scaffold. 197


253


Messer, Capt. executed at Hillsborough.


251


Taken prisoner at Battle of Alamance.


230


Wife and son of, plead for his life ..


231, 232


Moffett, William, Regulator leader ..


125, 155


Montgomery, Capt., killed by Tryon's artillery 222


As leader of the Regulators . .


220


Moore, Judge Maurice, appointed Colonel by Tryon


78


Feels "iron fists" of Tryon.


79


Suspended from bench 76


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Writes "Atticus" letter .. 8I


Writes to -Gov. Josiah Martin 94


Moravian settlements .. 28, 232


Tryon celebrates King's birthday at ..... 237


Moravian Records of the Battle of Alamance. 224


Morehead, Major M., writes of Regulators. 95, 250


Names of petitioners from Anson County I33-136


From Orange and Rowan Counties. 137-143


Neel, Thomas, acts against Regulators. 197


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Index


PAGE


New Berne, palace built at. 26


North Carolina Gazette .. 38


North, Lord, pleads in Parliament for Colonists 162


"Nut Bush" papers by Harmon Husband. 118


Oath of allegiance administered by Tryon 230


Of the Regulators. 166


Orange County, Fanning, clerk of the Court of.


Farmers prepare for resistance to British oppression.


Revolution of Regulators started in .. 183


Outlawing Proclamation of Gov. William Tryon


Palace of Gov. Trvon, cost of. 44, 275


Description of. 44


43


Parsons, George, moulded bullets for battle of Alamance ..


Person, Hon. Thomas, assemblyman and leader in Granville County 106, 167. 171. 191


Founder of Person Hall at Chapel Hill 199


Prominent as a Regulator ... 32,


Petitions from Regulators of Anson County 128


From Regulators of Orange and Rowan Counties. 125


From Regulators to Gov. William Tryon. 201


Potatoes, Irish, carried to Queen Elizabeth by Sir Walter Raleigh 20


Discovery of, on Roanoke Island by Sir Walter Raleigh .19


Shipment of. to Ireland, . 20


Potter, Capt., loss to his company at Battle of Alamance


225


Presbyterian emigrants in North Carolina .. In3


Printing-press. the first one in North Carolina 120


Prisoners captured at Battle of Alamance. . =29, 250


Condemned at Hillsborough court martial.


212


Condemned at Hillsborough court martial and later re. spited =42


Pryor, John, a Regulator. 125


Pugh, James, a patriot and crack sharp-shooter. 167, 227


Capture of, by Tryon's Army 229, 230


Execution of. . 248


Kills fifteen of Tryon's artillerymen 223


Monument to memory of. 250


While on scaffold lectures Tryon and Fanning. 248 Trial of ... 242


Quaker emigrants in North Carolina: 103


Quaker, Harmon Husband a prominent .. 108


Raleigh, Fort, built in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh. 20


Raleigh, Sir Walter, landing of on North Carolina soil.


Records from the docket at Hillsborough Court.


Regulator advertisement No. I 18


Advertisement No. 2 49


Advertisement No. 3 49


Advertisement No.


Advertisement No. 5. 50


Advertisement No. 6. 122


123


Advertisement No. 7 124


Advertisement No. 8


124


Advertisement No . 136


Advertisement No. 10 I44


Advertisement No. 11 115


Meeting and causes leading to organization or .. . 54, 113. 121 Regulators and Rowan County officers hold joint meeting. 6.3


As good citizens upheld just laws 162.164


55


Material for. imported from England.


224


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305


Index


PAGE Regulators, as prudent. far-seeing men. 183, 184 As soldiers were crack sharp-shooters 209


Battle-ground, description of .. 208 Seymour Whiting's poem on. 208


Camp at Alamance Battle-ground .. 200


Capture Gen. Waddell's ammunition-train. 190, 196


Captured by Tryon's army at the Battle of Alamance ... 224


Convention held at Adam Sally's. . 125


Court at Hillsborough. Francis Yorke, clerk. 173


Gov. Tryon's repeated broken promises to. 165


Laws passed to weaken their organization .. 53


Led by Capt. Benj. Merrill capture Gen. forces 196, Loss. killed and wounded. at the Battle of Alamance .. . 224 Not an impediment to legislation. . 74


197


Petition to Gov. Tryon just before the Battle of Alamance 201 Suffer extortion from county officials .. 177. 178


The first blood of, shed at Alamance Battle-ground 266


The first meetings and organizations of. 51


Unequal representation of, in General Assembly 72


Whip lawyers at Hillsborough Court. .. 172


Revolution. the first battle of. at Alamance and not Lexington 266


Richards, Doctor, surgeon to Tryon's Army. 228


"Riot Act" .(Johnson Act) 52,


284


Romily. Samuel, Esq. 70


Ross. Frank. acts against the Regulators.


107


Rowan County officers meet Regulators in convention at Mrs. Steele's 61.


65


Waddell's camp at Pott's Creek in.


106


Rush, Dr. Benjamin, friend of Harmon Husband. 236


Rutherford, Griffith, fights against the Regulators. . 197


Sallings, George Adam, Regulators hold convention at house of 36,


125


Schaw, Robert, acts against the Regulators. 19,


Scotch-Irish immigrants to North Carolina. 103


Scuppernong grape, discovery of, by Sir Walter Raleigh in North Carolina. 19


"Sermon on Asses" by Harmon Husband 118


Settlements on the Catawba River. 29


On the Yadkin River.


29


The Jersey. 237,


238


The Moravian.


237


Settlers, the early, in North Carolina. .


Sneed. Samuel, an enemy to the Regulators. 33


197


Southerland. Capt. Raleigh, weeps at not reaching Alamance in time to assist Regulators in battle. 254


Soldiers, the wounded, roasted alive on battle-field by Tryon's orders 225


Spencer, Samuel, of Anson County, acts against the Regula- tors


"Stamp Act" Riot at New Berne, North Carolina 36, 37 .


Passed in Parliament. . 30


State of Franklin settled by defeated Regulators. . 268


Steele, Mrs. Elizabeth, entertains Regulators, and Gen. Na- thaniel Green 63


A very patriotic woman. 66


Stephen, Samuel, a Regulator 155


Writes letter to Gov. Tryon 66


Waddell's


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Index


PAGE


Stewart, James, condemned at Hillsborough court martial and respited . 212


Stony Creek. Tryon's army goes into camp at. .. 259


Surry County, Capt. Raleigh Southerland, a Regulator leader from


Thompson, Col. William, acts against the Regulators. 254


Shot in cold blood by Gov. Gen. Tryon .. 187


219


Visits Gen. Tryon's Camp to intercede for the Regulators just before the battle ... 218


Tryon. William, appointed Lieut-Governor of North Carolina. 30


Tryon, Gov. William, administers "oath of allegiance" .. 239, 240 Addresses the General Assembly. . 74 And the combined army celebrate the King's birthday. .. Appointed Governor-General of the Province of North Carolina 36


233


Appoints Edmund Fanning clerk of Orange County Court 55


Appoints Edmund Fanning judge. 76


Army of. crosses Decp River and goes into camp at Reedy Creek


237


Arrives at Hillsborough with the prisoners in chains 242


As a writer and diplomat .. 275,


277


Begins march to Hillsborough with his prisoners. 239


Bids farewell to the palace.


259


Burns Norwalk, Conn. 273


Character and military attainments of. 273


230


Farewell to his officers and army


258


Gives barbecue for the common people.


41


Hangs without trial a poor lunatic, fames Few 220


Hat pierced with Regulator's bullet 2 2 2


In camp at Guilford Court House 241


Issues "outlawing proclamation" 241


Joined by Gen. Hugh Waddell's detachment. 237


Leads a charge and routs Regulators from their position. 223


Letters to his colonels, preparing for war .. 139, 292 Makes report of his losses, killed and wounded. 226


Officiates at the execution. SI. 244


Orders battle-field set on fire and burns alive wounded Regulators 225


Orders Gen. Hugh Waddell to Salisbury to meet wagon- train of munitions of war .. 188


Orders Gen. Hugh Waddell with a brigade back to Salis- bury 239


"Pillages with fire and sword as he marches through Reg. ulators' country. 232, 233


Receives commission as Governor of New York. 257


Receives petition from Regulators' camp. . 201 Receives Rev. Dr. David Caldwell at camp 217 Replies to Frohock and Martin. 66


Replies to the Regulators' petition. 215


Secures legislation to oppress Regulators. . 53


Secures passage of the "Johnson Act" (Riot Act) 234


Sends out white flag .. 219


Sends out second white flag. 222.


Shoots Mr. Robert Thompson in cold blood. 218


Takes Regulators prisoners. 223


Taxes the people to build palace at New Berne. ... 44, 275


Transcript from order book, "campaign against Regula- 20$


tors'


..


Devastates Regulators' property.


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Tryon, Gov. William, visited by Robert Thompson, Dr. Cald- well, and Alexander Martin ... 218 With army crosses Haw River at Wood's Ferry 188


With army equipped, marches to the westward .. 198 With army goes into camp on the banks of the Alamance. 201 With army goes into camp on the Eno. 187


With army, halts at Hunter's Lodge. 187 With his colonels marching in line of battle ..


213


Viper, the British sloop, brings stamped paper for the Colony of North Carolina. . 31, Waddell, Gen. Hugh, detached from Tryon's army with brig- 36 ade and artillery 238


Joins Tryon's army. 237


Ordered to meet convoy of powder from Charleston at Salisbury Regulators capture his wagon-train of munitions of


ISS war 190, 196


Regulators force him to retreat and cross the Yadkin .... Resists "Stamp Act".


196


187 Wake County division commanded by Col. Theophilis Hunter. Walker, Capt. John Baptista, taken prisoner by, Regulators and whipped 212, 217


41


War, Gov. Tryon's preparations for.


White, John, Governor of the first settlement .. 20


185


Whitehurst, Thomas, falls in duel with an officer of the Dili- gence 42


Wright, Gideon, reports the Battle of Alamance and acts against Regulators. .. 233 Whiting Seymour, writes poem on Regulators' Battle-ground. 208 Yorke, Francis, appointed clerk of the Regulators "mock"


court at Hillsborough 173


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