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Among the record of baptisms at Daniel's is this, "George Kuhn, and desen frau ihr sohn George Gebrohren den 31 ten December, 1809, Taufzengen sind Johnannes Rudisill und desen frau," which being translated reads, "George Coon and his wife, their son George was born the 31st Decem- ber, 1809, sponsors John Rudisill and his wife." The infant George grew into a man full of years and honor. An old Frenchman in Lin- colnton, Lorenzo Ferrer, often bought farm products from Mr.
presents, that I, Adam A. Springs, believing himself of sufficient judgment of mind do now set about making my will in hopes that my surviving fellow citizens will aid me in the disposal of my wish. If it should lack form, I call upon our Constitution. Then I or- dain this my last well and testa- ment as follows: As to my soul or finer part, whatever it may be, I surrender it to its author with- out any impertinent and intrusive requests against the immutable laws of Diety. In the first place, I will to be buried alongside of James Henderson on the hill on the east of the shoals formerly called Henderson's Shoals," etc.
Mr. Springs was one of the first students at the State Uni- versity, a graduate in the Class of 1798, a large real estate owner, in- cluding among his possession the Henderson Shoals on the South Fork, afterwards known as the Spring Shoals, now McAdensville, where his dust reposes beside James Henderson. The paper-writ- ing was propounded for probate, a caveat entered, the issue, devisa- vit vel non, submitted, the will es- tablished, and executed by his sur- viving fellow citizens according to the true intent and meaning there- of.
A will of marked conciseness and brevity, and the shortest in the county is that of the late V. A. McBee. Mr. McBee was a Uni- versity graduate, lawyer, three times clerk of the superior court and left a considerable estate in North and South Carolina. His en- tire will with date and signature contains but twenty-three words: "I will all my estate, real and per- sonal to my wife, Mary Elizabeth McBee, this 31st day of March, 1888. V. A. McBee."
Robert F. Hoke and Stephen D. Ramseur, twin soldiers of destiny, became distinguished Major-Gen- erals in the armies of the Confed- eracy. Their gallant deeds and noble services added luster to their home and country. The one survives, honored and loved; the soil of Virginia drank the precious blood of the other.
The laudable principles, liberty of conscience, health of state and purity of morals, the Dutch hold in sacred esteem; the great vir- tues of the home and the common duties of the good citizens have ever charmed most theor ambi- tions. Of persistent energy, high Coon, and so admired his perfect purpose, and sturdy inclination,
they have made and are making indestructible footprints of nobly performed deeds in the varied sands of life that will remain a memorial to them for all time. The Civil War
The men of Lincoln County bore an honorable part in the American Revolution, and were in evidence in the second bout with the mother country; they helped to win Texan independence and fought in the Mexican War; at the outbreak of the great Civil War, they present- ed a solid front in defense of their Southland.
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Stephen D. Ramseur, a graduate of West Point, and a lieutenant, tendered his service to the Con- federacy and was appointed cap- tain of the artillery; by promotion he passed through the grades to the rank of Major-General, and met the death of a hero at Cedar Creek, on the 19th of October, 1864.
Alvin Delane was a soldier in the United States Navy, whose flag was endeared to him by many years service. When the war clouds gathered a decision was to be made. He hesitated not; the battle cry of the South expressed his sentiment and his resolve: (To Be Continued)
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INSTALLMENT NO. 21
"In Dixie Land I'll take my stand, and live and die for Dixie."
In the darkness of the night he scaled the walls of Fort Sumter with a ladder, which served him many ours as a float on the briny deep, was rescued, became the hero of Charleston, and for the next four years a gallant Confed- erate.
William S. Bynum, the soldier boy, September 25th, 1862, at the age of fourteen years, enlisted in Company K. 42nd Regiment, and was a gallant Confederate until the surrender.
Lincoln County furnished the Confederacy eight full companies: (1) The Southern Stars, Company K, Bethel Regiment, William J. Hoke Captain; (2) Company I, 11th Regiment, A. S. Haynes, Captain; (3) Company K, 23d Regiment, Robert D. Johnston, Captain; (4) Company E. 34th Regiment, John F. Hill, Captain; (5) Company K, 49th Regiment, Peter Z. Baxter, Captain; (6) Company G. 52d, Regiment, Jo- seph B. Shelton, Captain; (7) Company H, 52d Regiment, Eric Erson, Captain; (8) Company G. 57th Regiment, John F. Speck, Captain; besides members of oth- er Companies.
Many of the Bethel soldiers won commissions of honor. Capt. Wil- liam J. Hoke became Colonel of the 38th Regiment; Second Lieut- enant Robert F. Hoke was promo- ted through the grades to the rank of Major-General; Eric Erson was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 52d Regiment; William R. Edwards, Sidney Haynes, John F. Speck, Benjamin F. Grigg, Peter M. Mull, Lawson A. Dellinger, and James D. Wells, won Captains' commissions; while David A. Coon, Ed D. Sumner, W. A. Sum- merow, and George M. Hoke were first lieutenants, and Lemuel J. Hoyle, Charles Elmer, Josephus Houser and Oliver A. Ramsour, second lieutenants.
John F. Hoke was Brigadier- General and Adjutant-General of the state. Through him the volun- teer regiments were organized. He was the first Colonel of the 23d Regiment, and at the surrender was Colonel of the 73d Regiment.
William Preston Bynum enter- ed the service as first lieutenant of the Beattie's Ford Rifles; this company was mustered in as Com- pany K, 23d Regiment; he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel of the 2d Regiment.
Robert D. Johnston, second lieu- tenant of the Beattie's Ford Rifles, rose by promotion for gal- lantry to the rank of Brigadier- general. He was wounded in Seven Pines, Gettysburg and on the Ca- tawba River.
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Other commissioned officers: Colonel Samuel D. Lowe, Lieu- tenant Colonels-Hiram W. Aber- nethy and Charles J. Hammar- skold. Majors-Sydney F. Finger and William A. Graham. Captains -James T. Adams, Phillip W. Carpenter, A. H. Houston, G. W. Hunter, James F. Johnston, Wil- liam H. Johnston, Joseph F. John- ston, James M. Kincaid, Joseph G.
eight captains, sixteen first lieu- tenants, thirty-three second lieu- tenants and 1,219 non-commission- ed officers and privates, a grand total of 1,311 Confederate soldier. Authorities :- Counties of North Carolina, by K. P. Battle; Gover- nor William Tryon, by Marshall DeLancey Haywood; Colonel Rec- ords of North Carolina; State Rec- ords of North Carolina; Public Morrison, Milton Lowe, George L. Laws of North Carolina; Public Phifer, Benjamin H. Sumner, Records of Tryon County, N. C .; Woodberry Wheeler, and C. C. Public Records of Lincoln County,
Wrenshall. First Lieutenants -.
Peter S. Beal, John H. Boyd, John | His Revolutionary Papers, by W.
P. Cansler, William H. Hill, Wal- lace M. Reinhardt, Daniel Rein- hardt, and Thomas L. Seagle. Sec. ond Lieutenant-Thomas Aberne . thy, William Arndt, William H. Hill, Wallace M. Reinhardt, Dan- iel Asbury, George W. Beam, Ca- leb Bisaner, John Caldwell,
Eli Crowell, Henry Eaton, Henry Ful- lenwider, John F. Goodson, Eman- uel Houser, Bruce Houston, Lee Johnston, Thomas Lindsey, Wil- liam M. Monday, John Rendleman, Samuel Rendleman, David Rhodes, Alfred Robinson, Samuel Thomp- son, W. A. Thompson, Henry Wells and Rufus Warlick. Chap- lains-Robert B. Anderson and Eugene W. Thompson.
Summary-Two major-generals, one brigadier-general, four colon- els, three lieutenant-colonels, two majors, two chaplains, twenty-
N. C .; General Joseph Graham and
A. Graham; History of North Carolina by John H. Wheeler; Re- miniscences and Memoirs, by John H. Wheeler; Sketches of Western North Carolina, by C. L. Hunter; Manuscript of Wallace M. Rein- hardt; King's Mountain and Its Heroes, by L. C. Draper; Narra- tives of the Battle of King's Mountain, by David Vance and Robert Henry; North Carolina, 1780-81 by David Schenck; Ger- man Settlements in North and South Carolina, by G. D. Bern- heim; History of the Reformed Church; South Fork Association, by W. A. Graham; The Broad Axe and the Forge, by Brevard Mc- Dowell; Old Lincoln Homes, by Brevard Nixon; Roster of Confed- erate Soldiers of Lincoln County, by A. Nixon.
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Muster Roll Of Cavalry Detached from the Militia of North Carolina, in pursuance of a requisition from the President of the United States, by virtue of an act of Congress passed 10th April 1812: liam Bost, Jacob Smover, Hiram Harbeson, Alexandria Nail, Henry Smith, Charles Reinhardt, Ed- ward Sanders, Matthew Haynes, Absalom Taylor, Allen Wetherly, William Price, John Henry, Moses Heron, John Rhyne, Jr., Edward Scarboro, David Ramsaur, James Seventh Company detached from the Tenth Brigade-Henry Ram- saur Captain; Wm. Green, 1st Lieut .; Jacob Sumner, 2nd Lieut. John Zimmerman, Cornet; John Fall, 1st Sergt .; John Slagle, 2nd Sergt .; Henry Smith, 3rd Sergt .; Moses Sides, 4th Sergt .; George Grist, Richard Maze, James Knox, Samuel McMin, John Wilkinson, Alexander McCorkle, John Corne- lius, Hardy Abernathy, William Porter, Frederick Kimmy, Benja- min Suttle, William Hannon, Jere- miah Runyan, Timothy Hanny, Fry, Sadler; Ezekial Hazelett, Isaac Vanzantz-42.
Trum .; Elias Bost, Dragoon; Wil-
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Seventh Company detached
from the first Lincoln Regiment- Henry Rudisill, Captain; Robert Oats, Lieutenant; Philip Hain, En-
4th Sergt .; Abraham Wiatt, 1st Cor'l .; Linas Sanford, 2nd Cor'l .; David Cline, 3rd Cor'l .; Samuel Edgin, 4th Cor'l .; John Master, Private, John Tucker, Joseph Shaw, James Clark, Henry Bar- clay, Jesse Wheeler, John Ballard, George Sifford, Menucan Shelton, George Freet, William Sifford, Isaac Flemming, John Sifford, Gathp Sifford, Adam Hoppis, Martam Dellinver, Robert Wil- liams, William Lowe, Iasiah Aber- nethy, Drury Baggatt, Absalom Bumgarner, George Moore, Wil- liam Walker, Nicholas Laurence, Thomas Ash, Moses Bumgarner, Colbert Sherrill, Isaac Robertson, Jacob Burns, John Caldwell, Fred- erick Summey, Jacob Finger, Elias Plot, Henry Chipperd, Chris- topher Hoffman, Jacob Isaac, Ja- cob Dunsill, Soloman Cline, Elijah Call, John Wilson, Alfred Moore, Aaron Moore, William Johnston, Francis Asbury, John Kistler, James Martin, Samuel Turner, John Brim, Thomas Hannon, Ed- ward Sneed, William Pennett, Ja- cob Miller, Robert Wilson. John Crago, John Murphy, James Lind- say, Adam Speight, Christy Speight, 70.
Eighth Company, detached from the Second Lincoln Regiment -- George Hoffman, Captain; David Bailey, Lieutenant; Daniel Cline, Ensign; John Jarrett, 1st Sergt .; Jacob Conner, 2nd Sergt .; Thom- as Bandy, 3rd Sergt .; R. H. Simp- son, 4th Sergt .; Philip Fry, 1st Corporal; Thos. Sampson, 2nd Cor'l .; John Norman, 3rd Cor'l .; Chris. Acer, 4th Cor'l .; Daniel Shuford, Jr., Daniel Whitner, Jr., Adolph Foolz, Michael Propst, Da- vid Bost, John German, Andrew Sleter, Abram Kilyon, Jacob Link, Daniel Peterson, Abraham Sleter,
George Fisher, Payton Vauhan,
Conrad Yoder, George Mosteller,
Silas Wilson, Jacob Thorne,
George McIntosh, Thomas Hus- sign; Moses Herring, 1st Sergt .; key, Reuben Copelin, William Har- Peter Crites, 2nd Sergt .; Chris ison, Peter Harman, Ephriam Da- Lewis, 3rd Sergt .; Wm. Fullbright, vis, James Paterson, Samuel Glad- don, Benjamin Waterson, William Scoggin, Soloman Harmon, Abner Camp, David Weir, Perry G. Rey- nolds, Uell Reynolds, John Ruda- ice, John Turner, Cyrus Peed, Isaac Williams, Benjamin Ed- wards, Jacob Raugh, Michael Hev- ner, John Miller, John Taylor, Wil- liam Caldwell, William Hull, Wil- liam Bird, William Carrol, John Trout, Peter Howzer, Jacob Spen- gler, James Center, John Eders, Wiley Harris, John Harvener, Ro- bert Watts, Joseph Kyson, Thom- as Laming, Adam Husslater, Pet- er Beem, John Vickers, Joseph Carpenter, Peter Kiser,-71.
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Muster Roll
Of Detached Militia, Organized In August 1814 Lincoln County First Regiment.
James Finley, Captain; Wm. J. Wilson, 1st Lieut .; Richard Cowan, 2nd Lieut .; Andrew Barry, 3rd. Lieut .; John Beard, Ensign; Am. brose Gualtney, Andrew Slinkard, John Hogan, Henry Sadler, George Berry, Jacob Troutman, William Lincoln County Second Regi- ment-Daniel Hoke, Captain; John B. Harris, 1st. Lieut .; Gilbert Short, James Graham, Isaac Mur- rel, John Hunt, Benedict Jetton, Benjamin Proctor, John Lutz, Wil. | Melliken, 2nd Lieut .; Isaac Mau- liam Little, Richard Proctor, Wii- iam Nance, Jun .; James White. William Nance, William Tucker, Ambrose Cobb, Jacob Cloniger, Samuel Pew, Thomas Sadler, Needam Wingate, David Smith, Jun .; Robinson Moore; William Meginese, John Rhodes, John Me- giness, William Sutton, John Ma-) low, Bedford Childers, Thomas Tucker, Samuel Abernethy, Red Errowood, Robert Lucky, Charles Edwards, Anthony Long, Freeman Shelton, Ruben Grice, John By. num, William Hill, Willis Ballard, William Killian, Robinson Harris, brand. Anthony Hinkle, Ashman Gwin, (To Be Continued) James Hicks, Daniel Killian, Fred- eric Killian, Edward Carroll, John RO( Jenkins, Thomas Dickson, John Venable, Austin Ford, Peter Tit- man, James McCarver, William Rockford, Robert Alexander, Wil- 1 liam McCarver Wiertt Jenkins, of Reuben Jenkins Jacob Rhyne, Adam Rhyne, Solomon Rhyne sh WE John Rhodes, John Bynum, David H. Costner, Jacob Smith, George na House, Amos Robeson, Alexander McCullock, Reece Price, Moses a
Grissom, Thomas Groves, Hiram d Harris, James Shannon, Jacob S Fite, Ezekiel McClure, John Mern- er, Samuel Williams, James Mc-
Clure, William Lattimore, John Damon, Anderson Wells, William Hamilton, John Leeper, John Glover, Alexander Rankin, Wil- liam Reed, Steward Jenkins, Wi !- liam Bluford, John Hanks, Ebner Rumflet, John Carthy, Jacob Ken- edy, John Oats, John Part- ner, William Adams, John Black - wood.
ney, 3rd Lieut .; Peter Hoke, En- sign; John Carpenter, Henry Huff- steddler, Moses Barr, Jacob Plonk, William Carpenter, Joseph Black, William Ferguson, Cudeas Smith, Jonas Rudisill, Peter Mauney, Da- vid Kizer, Peter Eaker, George Seller, Peter Costner, John Hoff- steddler, William Guntlessey, Dan- iel Glotfelder, Elias Glotfelder, Rudolph Glotfelder, Lewis Huet, Philip Ikerd, Thomas Smith, John Bumgarner, Willie Hops, Archi- bold Cobb, Elisha Saunders, Joshua Hunter, Conrade Helde-
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Peter Reymer, Bostian Best, John Houser, Solomon Shoup, Samuel Bigham, William Wilks, Charles Williams, James Chapman, Na. tional Pew, Jacob Houser, John Watterson, Joseph Wear, James Patterson, Preston Goforth, Hugh Spurlin, Isaac Millinax, James Elilott, Thomas Earsword, George Goforth, Jacob Harmon, Robert
Barber, Young Marden Thomas
Black, David Dickson, Hardy Long, Solomon Childers, Christo- pher Carpenter, James Endsley, Anthony Clark, David Bookout, Archibold Endsley, John Wright, Thomas Craigs, Phillip Haynes, John Whitworth, Joshua Howell, Samuel Collins, John Monser, Cas- per Boiick, George Bowman, Hen- ry Lickman, Matthew Boovey, Charles Ward, William Harmon, David Huntley, Marbain Lickman, George Turner, Abraham Tray, Henry Lickman, jun .; Samuel Sui- livan, Christian Bolinger, Christo-
pher Hope, Michael Ingle, William Cline, John Shafer, Henry Houser, Ransom Husky, Matthies Barring- er, Michael Dellinger, Daniel Black- burn, Jacob Horner, Aaron Moore, David Dick, Joseph Helebrand, Jo- seph Leonhart, James Lemons, Daniel Fulbright, Francis Summit, Nicholas Carpenter, Peter Lor- ance, Joseph Ashe, John Earncy, Alfred Sherrill, Elias Shine, Con- rade Ward, Avery Guane, Andrew Yount, Phillips Hedrick, Benedict Levant, John Cowan, George Shook, Jacob Fullbright, Leonard Kagle, Ephriam Christopher, Wil- liam Echard, John Hedrick, Aaron Downson, Peter Keller, Gabriel Isaac, Samuel Peterson, Frederic Knup, Francis King, Peter Raby, Michael Sattonfield, Joseph Rob- inson, Miles Abernethy, David Hawn, Valentine Taylor, John Snyder, James Bridges, James Jones, Benjamin Newman, Sterline Singleton, John Ward, John Got- felder, James Fisher, Samuel Set- ton, William Black, David Warlick, Elisha Wilson, Nimrod Wilson, Henry Killian, Solomon Killian, Daniel Coulter, Henry Coulter and John Shuford.
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