The History of Lincoln County, North Carolina a series of newspaper articles published in 1935 in the Lincoln County News by Alfred Nixon The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection ** PAGE BREAK ** Table of Contents TAKIN’ A LOOK AT THIS ‘N THAT.....................................................3 A. NIXON’S HISTORY LINCOLN CO. TO APPEAR SERIALLY IN NEWS.........................4 Recognized As ‘The’ History Of Lincoln.........................................4 INSTALLMENT 1.....................................................................5 The Colonial Period............................................................5 Tryon County...................................................................6 INSTALLMENT 2.....................................................................7 INSTALLMENT 3.....................................................................9 INSTALLMENT 4....................................................................11 INSTALLMENT 5....................................................................13 The Battle Of King's Mountain.................................................13 INSTALLMENT 6....................................................................15 Cornwallis In Pursuit Of Morgan...............................................15 INSTALLMENT 7....................................................................17 The Battle Of Cowan’s Ford....................................................17 INSTALLMENT 8....................................................................19 Importance Of These Engagements...............................................19 Lincoln County Pension Roll...................................................19 INSTALLMENT 9....................................................................21 Lincolnton And Lincoln County.................................................21 INSTALLMENT 10...................................................................23 Pleasant Retreat Academy......................................................23 INSTALLMENT 11...................................................................25 INSTALLMENT 12...................................................................27 Early Settlers And Churches...................................................27 INSTALLMENT 13...................................................................29 INSTALLMENT 14...................................................................31 The Scotch-Irish Side.........................................................31 INSTALLMENT 15...................................................................33 INSTALLMENT 16...................................................................35 INSTALLMENT 17...................................................................37 INSTALLMENT 18...................................................................39 The Dutch Side................................................................39 INSTALLMENT 19...................................................................42 INSTALLMENT 20...................................................................45 The Civil War.................................................................47 INSTALLMENT 21...................................................................48 INSTALLMENT 22...................................................................49 INSTALLMENT 23...................................................................50 INSTALLMENT 24...................................................................51 INSTALLMENT 25...................................................................53 ** PAGE BREAK ** The Lincoln County News (Every Monday and Thursday) LINCOLNTON, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1935 TAKIN’ A LOOK AT THIS ‘N THAT The News today begins the serialization of the late Alf Nixon’s history of Lincoln county. This history is considered by all to be the one authentic history of this grand old county and the fact that it is being carried in print at this time—prior to the 150th birthday celebration of the Town of Lincolnton—should be of interest to all loyal sons and daughters of Lincoln who bask in the sunlight of former accomplishments and achievements of sons of Lincoln county. Any person living in Lincoln need not fear the possibility of having to apologize for living in Lincoln county. It’s a noble county, founded and settled by men and women of sturdy build and honest, upright characters and the fact that Lincoln is what she is today is due perhaps to the quality of its early founders and settlers. The News offers this unique, authoritative and original compilation to its many readers in the hope that all may be better informed of the history of their county. School teachers and school children could do well by preserving the issues of this newspaper containing these installments that they may be referred to at any time in the future when matters of historical interest come up for discussion and settlement. The late Alf Nixon was a man close to the hearts of all Lincoln County. He knew Lincoln county as perhaps no other man_ ever knew it. He knew first handedly from members of the older families various incidents and happenings which he recorded with accuracy and which he has_ preserved for the posterity of Lincoln County. These records are of intrinsic value to Lincoln citizens. Various ana sundry so-called historians have bobbed up since Mr. Nixon’s day and have compiled various data but they invariably, so far as the News can escertain, have relied upon Mr. Nixon’s unerring information to furnish a background for their treatises. Hence, the News, in securing this valuable history of Lincoln, for publication, feels that no other work of its kind could be as comprehensive, as complete as original and as authoritative, as the writings of the late Alf Nixon, with whom today’s issue of The News begins serially, the publication of his Lincoln History. We hope and feel assured that the public of this county will appreciate this publication and use it in future discussions and teachings of this great, county. ** PAGE BREAK ** A. NIXON’S HISTORY LINCOLN CO. TO APPEAR SERIALLY IN NEWS First Installment To Appear Today; This History Chosen Be- cause Of Its Authenticity And Because Of Mr. Nixon’s Position As First handed Historian Of Lincoln For Years; Was Clerk .Of Court Of Lincoln For Years And Is Father Of Illustrious Lincoln Family. Recognized As ‘The’ History Of Lincoln The News is happy to announce to its big family of readers that Starting with today, the history of Lincoln County, as written by the late Alf Nixon, Clerk of Court of Lincoln for several years prior to his death, will be published serially. This history, the authentic history of Lincoln and the background for other minor historians of recent years, is particularly appropriate at this time as Lincoln enters into its 150th anniversary with a mammoth celebration to be held this Fall. The News in deciding upon this history as ‘the’ history to publish of Lincoln, used the father of one of the members of the Lincoln Historical Society, Joe R. Nixon, Lincoln Historian now, as the ‘source for its information. Mr. Alf Nixon was also the father of Kemp B. Nixon, state Senator, who is vitally interested in Lincoln and its welfare. Senator Nixon has very graciously agreed that The News use the only book known to him, bound and printed by Edwards & Broughton, of his father’s history, as our manuscript. The late A. Nixon was a son of Lincoln. He lived his entire life in this county and was perhaps the most widely known man, during his lifetime, in Lincoln county. He knew Lincoln history. He had an historical turn of mind and he exhausted every historical source available before writing his history which was accepted as the authentic Lincoln history by historical societies in the state at the time it was written. Other historians, of a later date, using Mr. Nixon's history as a background for their writings, have attempted to compile the history of this famous old county but they have not been able to equal it because they have not known first handedly the information with which they were dealing. Mr. Nixon knew all the old families in Lincoln and wrote exhaustive histories of most of them before his death. These documents today are priceless because they arc _ intimate, accurate and depict in Mr. Nixon’s own classical manner the true family history and traditions ,of Lincoln’s first families. This history will be read and preserved by all Lincoln citizens who want to know their county history from a reliable source and from a source that can’t be successfully contradicted. It is with pleasure that The News presents these installments and it is hoped that in so doing the public of Lincoln county will become more history-conscious of their grand old county. ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 1 The History Of Lincoln County (By Alfred Nixon.) The Colonial Period Lincoln County was born mid the throes of the American Revolution, and christened for a patriot soldier, then battling for independence. Prior to that time, while Carolina was a Province of Great Britain, in the bestowal of names there was manifest a desire to please royalty: New Hanover was called for the House of Hanover; Bladen, in honor of Martin Bladen, one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations; Anson, set up in 1749 from Blacen, derived its name from Admiral Anson, of the English Navy, who in 1761 was charged with the mission of bringing to her marriage with George the Third, Charlotte of Mecklenburg. So, when the western part of Anson was set up into a county in 1762, it was called Mecklenburg, with county seat the Queen City of Charlotte, in compliment to the wife of His Majesty, George the Third. As the settlements extended westward from the Atlantic seaboard new counties were formed to meet the convenience of the inhabitants. In 1768, Mecklenburg was divided “by a line beginning at Earl Granville’s line where it crosses the Catawba River and the said river to be the line to the South Carolina line, and all that part of the county lying to the westward of the dividing line shall be one other distinct county and parish, and remain by the name of Tryon County and Saint Thomas Parish.’ The name Tryon was given lin honor of Hia Excellency, William Tryon, Royal Governor of the Province. William Tryon, an officer in the regular army of Great Britain, landed at Cape Fear October the 10th, 1764, with a commission as Lieutenant-Governor of the Province. His administration as Governor of North Carolina lasted ‘from the death of Governor Dobbs, i 28th March, 1765, to the 30th day ‘of June, 1771, when he was appointed Governor of New York. In the rupture with Great Britain he was a Major-General in command 'of American Loyalists, vainly endeavoring to re-establish Royal Rule. He remained nominally Governor of New York until March 22, 1780. The name of Governor Tryon appears at the head of the list of names enumerated in the confiscation acts of both North Carolina and New York, and the county of Tryon in each of these States was expunged from the map. Tryon Mountain and Tryon City in the county of Polk, and one of the principal streets in the city of Charlotte yet preserve his name. Shortly after relinquishing the government of New York he sailed for England. where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. He died in London the 27th of January, 1788, aged 58 years. The War of the Revolution rages. The patriots are battling for independence. Oppressions of the Royal Governor have made his name odious. “The large extent of the county of Tryon renders the attendance of the inhabitants on the extreme parts of the said county to do public duties extremely difficult and expensive. For remedy whereof,” the General Assembly in 1779, instead of setting the western part off into a new county, as had been its custom, blotted the name, of Tryon from the list of counties and divided its territory into two counties, “by a line beginning at the south line near Broad River, thence along the dividing ridge between Buffalo Creek and Little Broad River to the line of Burke County”; and to the two counties thus formed were given the names of two patriotic soldiers. The western portion was named Rutherford in honor of Griffith Rutherford, of Rowan County, a Brigadier General in the Revolution; and the eastern portion Lincoln, in compliment to Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, of Rhode Island, commander of the Southern armies. Benjamin Lincoln was born January 23d, 1733, at Hingham, about thirteen miles from Boston. In February, 1777, he was appointed Major-General in the Revolutionary Army and served with gallantry throughout the struggle. At the request of the ** PAGE BREAK ** delegation in Congress from South Carolina, he was assigned to command the Army in the South. In 1780 General Lineoln was forced to surrender to the superior force of the British at Charleston, When exchanged he resumed the service, and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, where the generous Washington designated him to receive the conquered arms of the British. He was appointed Secretary of War in 1781, with permission to retain his rank in the army. He died in the house of his birth 9th of May, 1810. When Tryon was divided the Tryon court-house fell in Lincoln County, and the courts of Lincoln were held there until April, 1783, and the Tryon records are still in Lincolnton. The pioneers came into what is now Lincoln County between the years 1745 and 1749, ‘when it was Bladen County; they continued to come until the American Revolution. So the pioneer history of Lincoln County is covered by Bladen, Anson, Mecklenburg and Tryon counties. The Tryon records cover ten years of the Colonial history of Lincoln County, 1769 to 1779. When Tryon was formed, the first settlers had not been here more than a score of years. The Tryon records contain many quaint things, mingled with matters of grave public concern, and a glance at them is of interest to the student of Lincoln County history. Tryon County In a letter of Governor Tyron of date Dec. 12, 1768, he describes Tryon County as “forty-five miles in breadth due north and south and eighty miles due east and west it having been found to be that distance from the Catawba River to the western frontier line which was run last year between the Cherokee hunting grounds and this Province.” The site for the public buildings was not fixed until 1774. As there was no courthouse the courts during this time were held at private residences that happened to be convenient and suitable for the purpose. The Tryon records begin with these words: “North Carolina, Tryon county. Pursuant to Act of Assembly of the Province afore said bearing date the fifth of Dee., 11768, in the ninth year of his Majesty’s reign, for dividing Mecklenburg into two distinct counties by the name of Mecklenburg county and Tryon county and for other purposes in the said Act mentioned.” His Majesty’s commission under the great seal of the Province appointing certain justices to keep the peace for the county of Tryou is read. Ezekiel Polk, Clerk, John Tagert, Sheriff, and Alexander Martin, Attorney for Crown, produce commissions and take oaths of office. Waightstill Avery produces license of attorney and takes oath of office. The court records, beginning at April Sessions, 1769, are in the handwriting of Ezekiel Polk, the first clerk, who lived near King’s Mountain. Ezekiel Polk removed to Mecklenburg county, and afterwards became famous through his grandson, James K. Polk, president of the United States. The Tryon Courts were styled the “County Court of Pleas ard Quarter Sessions,” In this court deeds and wills were probated, estates settled, land entries recorded, guardians appointed, orphans apprenticed, highways opened overseers appointed and many other matters attended to. There were grand and petit juries and an “attorney for the crown.” These courts convened quarterly and continued without material change until the adoption of the constitution of 1868. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 2 The courts of Oyer and Terminer, corresponding to our Superior Courts, were District Courts, several counties comprising gone district. Tryon County was in the Salisbury District, and each County Court appointed its quota of jurors to attend the. Salisbury Court. It 1782 the Salisbury District was divided, and Lincoln and other western counties were declared a separate district by the name of Morgan, where the Judges of the Superior Courts shall sit twice every year and hold a Superior Court of law. Lincoln County remained in the Morgan District, the courts being held at Morgan Town, until 1806, when a Superior Court was established in each county of the State to be held twice every year. The Tryon Court was organized at Charles McLean’s, and_ the Quarter Sessions for the years 1769, 1770, and 1771, were held at his house. He lived in the southern part of what is now Gaston County, on the headwaters of Crowder’s Mountain. Charles McLean was an early, active and zealous .friend of liberty. At January Sessions 1770 he produced hi3 Excellency’s commission appointing him . captain in the Tryon Regiment of Foot, and took the oath of office. In 1774 he was ene of his Majesty’s justices, and chairman of the committee appointed to select a permanent site for the court-house of Tryon County. He was a delegate from Tryon County to the Provincial Congress at Halifax, .4th April, 1776; also representing Tryon County in Assembly during the years 1777 and 1778. He tween sessions, as colonel of the Tryon Regiment, he was actively engaged against western Tories. The criminal docket of Tryon is {marked “Crown Docket,” and the {indictments are brought in the name of the “King” or “Rex,” as we now use “State.” The minutes of a few cases tried at the first term will serve to show the administration of justice: “The King v. John Doe. Petty Larceny. Jury empaneled finds the defendant guilty of the charge against him. Judgment by the Court that the defendant be detained in the Sheriff’s custody till the cost of this prosecution be paid, and that at the hour of one o’clock of this day the said defendant on his bare back at the public whipping post receive thirty-nine lashes well laid on. “Rex. vy. Thomas Pullham. Profane swearing. Submitted and fined five shillings.” “The King v. John Case. Sabbath breaking. Defendant pleads guilty, fined ten shillings and the cost.” “The King v. John Carson. Neglect of the King’s Highway. Submitted and fined one shilling and sixpence.” Letters testamentary granted Nicholas Welsh on the estate of John Welsh, deceased. William Wilson, appointed overseer of the road from the South Fork to Charles Town in that part between King’s Mountain and Ezekiel Polk’s; Charles McLean in that part between Ezekiel Polk’s and the head of Fishing Creek. The road orders extend to the “temporary line between So. and No. Carolina.” At October Sessions the claims against Tryon County for the year 1769, include a charter, twenty pounds expenses in sending for charter, eight pounds; Charles McLean, to two courts held at his house, five pounds; other items swell the amount to seventy-one pounds, sixteen shillings, and ten pence; and a tax of three shillings and two pence was levied on each of the 1221 taxable persons in Tryon County to meet the same. At July Term, 1770, “Thomas Camel came into court and prov-: ed that the lower part of his ear: was bit off in a fight with Steven. Jones, and was not taken off by sentence of law; certified to whom it may concern.” At a later term, “James Kelly comes into open court of his own free will and in the presence of said could did acknowledge that in a quarrel between him and a certain Leonard Sailor on the evening of the 2d day of June, 1773, he did bite off the upper part of his left ear of him, the said Leonard Sailor, whc prays that the same be recorded in the minutes of the said court.” This confession gave James Kelly such standing in the esteem of his Majesty’s Justices that at the same term it was “Ordered by the Court that James Kelly serve az constable in the room of George Trout and that he swear in before Thomas Espy, Esq.” From_ the court entries biting off ears was 6 popular - way of fighting, bui whole ears were at least an outward sign of honesty. ** PAGE BREAK ** An old parchment, yellowed with age, labeled “Charter of Tryon County,” encased in a frame, with great wax seal appended hangs on the court-house walls. It [) is addressed in the name of his. Majesty, “George the Third by the]. Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, and so forth, To All and Singular our Faithful Subjects, Greeting,” and is officially attested by “our trusty and well-beloved William Tryon, our Captain-General, Governor and Commander- in-Chief,” at Wilmington, 26th June, 1769. It authorized Tryon County to elect] and send two representatives tv sit and vote in the House of Assembly. The Quarter Sessions of 1772 were held at Christian Reinhardt’s. The site of his house is now in the northern corporate limits of the town of Lincolnton, on the Ramsour Battle Ground. The Tories were encamped around his house, and after the battle it was, used as a hospital. His house was| built of heavy hewn logs, with a basement and stone foundation, that served some of the purposes of a fort both during Indian troubles and the Revolution. Some evidence of its strength is furnished by this item from the record of July Sessions, 1783: “Ordered by the Court that Christian Reinhardt’s loft be the public gaol of said county until the end of next Court, October Term, 1783.” (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 3 The courts of 1773 and 1774 were held at Christopher Carpenter’s. He lived in the Beaver Dam section. There were some half-dozen Carpenters among the pioneers. Their signatures to all early deeds and wills are written in the German, Zimmerman. The commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly to select the place whereon to erect and build the court-house, prison and stocks of Tryon County, on 26th July, 1774, reported their selection of the place “called the cross-roads on Christopher Mauney’s land, between the heads of Long Creek, Muddy Creek, and Beaver Dam Creek in the county aforesaid as »most central and convenient for the purpose aforesaid.” The county court adjourned to meet at the . “house of Christy Mauney or the cross- roads in his land.” The site of the old Tryon court-house is eight miles southwest of Lincolnton, in Gaston County. October Sessions, 1774, were held at the house of Christian Mauney, and a. room in his dwelling was used as a. jail. The old county of Lincoln, with its fine farms and beautiful homes, dotted with towns and villages, and musical with the hum of machinery, the pivncers found a wild, luxuriant with native flora, the habitat of the red man and Wild animals. There were herds of fleet-footed deer; there were clumsy brown bears and _ fierce wild cats and panthers; there were droves of buffalo, and countless beavers building their dams on the creeks. The early settlers waged a relentless war on these animals and set a bounty on many of their scalps. The sealps on which a price was set were the wolf, panther, wild cat ,and such other as preyed on domestic animals. For killing a frown wolf the price was one pound; a young wolf ten shillings; a wild cat five shillings. The claims filed in court were for “scalp tickets.” As late as October Sessions, 1774, there were audited in favor of various individuals forty-nine “wolf scalp tickets.” We still retain Indian, Beaver Dam, and Buffalo Creeks, Bear Ford, Wolf Gulch, and Buffalo Mountain, Buffalo Shoals, and the Indian names Catawba and Tuckaseegee, memorials of these primeval days. In Tryon County there were many loyal subjects of the king, and there was likewise a gallant band of patriots who as early as August, 1775, adopted and signed the following bold declaration: “The unprecedented, barbarous and bloody actions committed by}| British troops on our American brethren near Boston, on 19th |i April and 20th of May last, together with the hostile operations and treacherous designs now carrying on, by the tools of ministerial vengeance, for the subjugation of all British America, suggest to us the painful necessity of having resource to arms in defense of our National freedom and constitutional rights, against all invasions; and at the same time do solemnly engage to take up; arms and risk our lives and our fortunes in maintaining the freedom of our country whenever the wisdom and counsel of the Continental Congress or our Provincial Convention shall declare it necessary; and this engagement we will continue in for the preservation of those rights and liberties which the principles of our Constitution and the laws of God, nature and nations have made it our duty to defend. We therefore, the subscribers, freeholders and inhabitants of Tryon County, do) hereby faithfully unite ourselves under the most solemn ties of religion, honor and love to our country, firmly to resist force by force, and hold sacred till a reconciliation shall take place between Great Britain and America on Constitutional principles, which we most ardently desire, and do firmly agree to hold all such persons as inimical to the liberlies of America who shall refuse to sign this association. ** PAGE BREAK ** (Signed) John Walker, Charles McLean, Andrew Neel, Thomas Beatty, James Coburn, Frederick Hambright, Andrew Hampton, Benjamin Hardin, George Paris, William Graham, Robert Alexander, David Jenkins, Thomas Espey, Perrygreen Mackness, James McAfee, William Thompson, Jacob Forney, Davis Whiteside, John Beeman, John Morris, Joseph Harden, John Robinson, James McIntyre, Valentine Mauney, George Black, James Logan, Jas. Baird, Christian Carpenter, Abel Beatty, Joab Turner, Jonathan Price, Jas. Miller, John Dellinger, Peter Sides, William Whiteside, Geo. Dellinger, Samuel Carpenter, Jacob Moony, Jr., John Wells, Jacob Costner, Robert Huleclip, James Buchanan, Moses Moore, Joseph Kuykendall, Adam Simms, Richard Waffer, Samuel Smith, Joseph Neel, Samuel Loftin.” In 1777 an act was passed establishing State courts, providing that all suits and indictments instituted and fines imposed “in the name or the use of the King of Great Britain, when this territory was under his government, and owned allegiance to him, and all breaches on penal statutes directed to be prosecuted in the name of the king shall be presented and proceeded in the name of the State.” This act terminated the “Crown Docket,” and the King or Rex as prosecutor. The “Stat, Docket” begins at October Sessions, 1777. The change of government from royal to state in Tryon County was consummated without a jar. The last Tryon court was held in. January, 1779. During this year Tryon is blotted from the list of: counties and the War if the Revolution is in progress. Lincoln County became the scene of many , thrilling Revolutionary events, (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 4 The Battle Of Ramsour’s Mill The Tories were embodied ac Ramsour’s Mill through the efforts of Lieut.-Col. John Moore and Maj. Nicholas Welch. These officers left the victorious British on the march from Charleston and arrived at their homes early in .June, 1780. Moses Moore, the father of Colonel Moore, was a native of Carlyle, England, married a Miss Winston, near Jamestown, ‘Virginia, and came to this section with the pioneers. Esther, a sister of Colonel Moore, married Joshua Roberts, a patriot soldier. The late Capt. John H. Roberts, a grandson, lived on the Moore homestead. It is situate on Indian ; Creek, eight miles southwest of Ramsour’s Mill. Colonel Moore was an active partisan throughout the Revolution. Major Welch was a son of John Welch, and was reared next neighbor to Colonel Moore on Indian Creek. He was cf Scottish descent, of great fluency of speech and fine persuasive power. They bore English commissions, were arrayed in splendid official equipments, and made lavish display of British gold, By the ‘twentieth of June, these zealous loyalists collected at Ramsour’s 1 Mill a force of 1,800 Tories, and ; Were actively engaged in their organization and drill preparatory lto marching them to unite with it he British in South Carolina. They occupied a well-chosen and advantageous position for offense and defense. It was on a high ridge that slopes three hundred yards to the mill and Clark's Creek on the west, and the same distance to a branch on the east. Col. Francis Locke collected a force of Rowan and Mecklenburg militia to engage the Tories. Lis detachments met at Mountain Greek, sixteen miles from Ramsour's on Monday, the 19th and when united amounted to four ‘hundred men. They marched at once to the assault of the Tory position. At dawn of day on the /morning of the 20th, in two miles of Ramsour’s they were met by Adam Reep, a noted scout, with few picked men from the vicinity of the camp, who detailed to Colonel Locke the position of the enemy, and the plan of attack was formed. The mounted men under Captains McDowell, Brandon and Falls, marching slowly, were to follow the road due west to the camp, and net attack until the footmen under Colonel Locke could detour to the south, and reach the foot of the hill along the |Tuckaseegee road, and make a “simultaneous assault. They proceeded without other organization or order, it being left to the officers to be governed by circumstances when they reached the enemy. The mounted men came upon the Tory picket some distance, from the camp, were fired upon, charged the Tory camp, but recoiled from their deadly fire. The firing hurried Colonel Locke into action, a like volley felled many of his men, and they likewise retired. The Tories, seeing the effect of their fire, came down the hill and were in fair view. The Whigs renewed the action, which soon became general and obstinate on both sides. In about an hour the Tories began to fall back to their original position on the ridge, and a little beyond its summit, to shield a part of their bodies from the destructive fire of the Whigs, who were fairly exposed to their fire. In this situation the Tory fire became so effective the Whigs fell back to the bushes near the branch; and the Tories, leaving their safe position, pursued half way down the hill. At this moment Captain Hardin led a company of Whigs into the field from the south and poured a galling fire into the right flank of the Tories. Some of the Whigs obliqued to the right, and turned the left flank of the Tories; while Captain Sharpe led a few men beyond the crest of the ridge, and, advancing from tree to tree, with unerring aim picked off the enemy’s officers and men, and hastened the termination of the conflict. The action now became close, and warm. The combatants mixed together, and having no bayonets, struck at each other with the butts of their guns. When the Whigs reached the summit they saw, the Tories collected beyond the creek, With a white flag flying. Fifty Tories, unable to make the bridge, were taken prisoners. Those beyond soon dispersed and made ** PAGE BREAK ** their escape. One-fourth of the Tories were unarmed, and they with a few others retired at the commencement of the battle. Seventy men, including five Whig and Tory captains, lay dead on the field, and more than two hundred were wounded, the loss on each side being about equal. In this contest, armed with the deadly rifle, blood relatives and familiar acquaintances and near neighbors fought in the opposing ranks, and as the smoke of battle occasionally cleared away recognized each other in the conflict. Moore’s defeat destroyed Toryism in this section. When Lord Cornwallis marched through the county the following January, and encamped at Ramsour’s Mill, he! lost more men by desertion than he gained by recruits. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 5 The Battle Of King's Mountain Col. Patrick Ferguson pitched his camp on the summit of King’s Mountain, the 6th of October, 1780. So well pleased was he with’ his position that he gave vent to the impious boast that God Almighty could not drive him from: it. In his army were eleven hundred men, brave and well disciplined, every one of whom knew what actual fighting meant. The patriot army aggregated a like ‘number of eleven hundred men. Their only weapon was the long barreled rifle in whose use they were experts. Ferguson had out foraging parties, and some of the patriots on foot could not keep up with the march, so it is probable the combatants on each side numbered nine hundred men. To Colonel Shelby is due the inception of the campaign and much of the mobilization of the patriot army. To its successful culmination the little band of Lincoln men sixty in number, contributed their full sHare. They united with the mountain men in pursuit of Ferguson at the Cowpens about sun: set on October the 6th. Between 8 and 9 o’clock of the same evening the army set out toward King’s Mountain in quest of Ferguson. Enock Gilmer, an advance scout, dined at noon of the 7th with a Tory family. From them he learned that Ferguson’s camp was only three miles distant, on a ridge between two creeks, Where some deer hunters had a camp the previous fall. Major Chronicle and Captain Mattocks stated that the camp was theirs and that they well knew the ground on which Ferguson was encamped; whereupon it was agreed that they should plan the battle. They rode a short distance by themselves, and reported that it was an excellent place to surround Ferguson’s army; that the shooting would all be uphill with no danger cf destroying each other. The officers instantly agreed to the plan, and without stopping began to arrange heir men, assigning to each officer the part he was to take in surrounding the mountain. To the north side were assigned Shelby, Williams, Lacey and Cleveland, and on the south side Campbell Sevier, McDowell and Winston, while the Lincoln men, under Lieut. Col. Frederick Hambright, were to attack the northeast end of the mountain. It was three o’clock in the afternoon when the patriots reached their position, and Campbell’s men were first to fire into the enemy. His column was charged by Ferguson's men with fixed bayonets, and driven down the mountain side. Shelby was advancing in quick time from the other side, so the enemy found it necessary to give attention to Shelby’s assault, when Campbell’s men returned to the fight, and Shelby and his men were forced to retreat before the dashing charge of Ferguson’s bayonets. ‘Thus back and forth, Campbell, Sevier, McDowell and Winston on the one side, Shelby, Williams, Lacey and Cleveland on the other, charged up the mountain and were driven back, only to renew the charge, until the mountain wes enveloped in flame and smoke and the rattle of musketry sounded like thunder. The South Fork boys marched to their position with quick step, Major Chronicle ten paces in ad‘vance, and heading the column ‘were Enock Gilmer, Hugh Erwin, Adam Barry and Robert Henry. ‘Arriving at the end of the mountain, Major Chronicle cried, “Face to the hill!” The words were, scarcely uttered when they were -fired upon by the eaemy’s sharpshooters, and Major Chronicle and William Rabb fell dead. But they pressed up the hill under the leadership = of Lieutenant-Colonel Hambright. Maj. Jos. Dixon, Capts. James Johnston, Samuel Espey, Samuel Martin ,and James White. Before they reached the _crest, the enemy charged baycnets, first, however, discharging their guns, killing Captain Matitocks and John Boyd and wounding William Gilmer and John Chittim. As Robert Henry, a lad ,of sixteen, raised his gun to fire, ‘a bayonet glanced along the barjrel, through his hand and into his thigh. Henry discharged his gun, killing the Briton and both fell to the ground. Henry observed that many of his comrades were noi more than a gun’s length in front of the bayonets and the farther‘est not more than twenty feet. Reaching ** PAGE BREAK ** the foot of the hill, they reloaded, and fired with deadly effect upon their pursuers, in turn chasing their enemies up the mountain. William Caldwell, seeing Henry’s condition, pulled the bayonet out of his thigh, kicked his hand from the bloody instrument and passed on. Thus the battle raged on all sides. No regiment, no man failed to do his duty. The unerring aim of the mountain men from behind every tree and every rock was rapidly diminishing the brave fighters under Ferguson, who began to despair. At the end of an hour Ferguson was killed ,and a white flag was hoisted in token of surrender. Three hundred of his men were dead and wounded, and six hundred prisoners. The Americans suffered a loss of twenty-eight killed and seventy-four wounded. Thus was fought one of the decisive battles of the Revolution. It was the enemy’s first serious disaster and turned the tide of war. Ferguson and his army were wiped out of existence. Its immediate result was to check the enemy’s progress until the patriots could muster strength for his final overthrow. The Lincoln County men, considering their small number, suffered considerably in the engagement: Maj. William Chronicle, Capt. John Mattocks, William Rabb, John Boyd and Arthur Patterson were killed; Moses Henry died soon thereafter in the hospital at Charlotte of the wound he received in the battle; Capt. Samuel Espey, Robert Henry, William Gilmer, John Chittim, and William Bradley were wounded. The Tories shooting down the steep mountain side, much of their aim was too high. Lieutenant-Colonel Hambright’s hat was perforated with three bullet holes, and he received a shot through the thigh, his boot filled and ran over with blood, but he remained in the fight till the end, gallantly encouraging his men. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 6 Cornwallis In Pursuit Of Morgan Morgan defeated Colonel Tarleton in a signal victory at the’ Cowpens, South Carolina, 17th! January, 1781. In less than an hour five hundred of Tarleton’s Legion were prisoners, the remainder slain and scattered, and he scampering in mad haste to Cornwallis, then but twenty-five miles distant. General Morgan, anxious to hold every one of his prisoners to exchange for the Continental line of North Carolina captured at Charleston, and then languishing on _ British prison ships, immediately began his famous retreat toward Virginia, while Cornwallis, in command of 4,000 well-equipped veterans, gave pursuit. Colonel Washington's cavalry, with the prisoners, safely crossed the Catawba at the Island Ford; the prisoners were sent on, while Washington rejoined General Morgan, who had _ crossed with the main army eight or nine miles farther down at Sherrill’s Ford, where they tarried awhile on the eastern bank. The British came by way of the old Tryon court-house, Cornwallis says “I therefore assembled the army on the 25th at Ramsour’s Mill on the south fork of the Catawba, and as the loss of my light troops could only be remedied by the activity of the whole corps, employed a halt of two days in collecting some flour, and destroying superfluous baggage, and all my wagons except those loaded - With hospital stores, and four reserved in readiness for sick and wounded.” Steadman says. that ‘Lord Cornwallis, “by first reducing the size and quantity of his own, set an example which was cheerfully followed by all the officers in his command, although by so doing they sustained a considerable loss. No wagons were reserved except those loaded with hospital stores, salt and ammunition, and four empty ones for the accommodation of the sick and wounded. And such was the ardor, both of officers and soldiers, and their willingness to submit to any hardship for the promotion of the service, that this arrangement, which deprived them of all future prospect of spirituous liquors, and even hazarded a regular supply of provisions, was acquiesced in without a murmur.” Cornwallis crossed the South Fork River at the Reep Ford, one mile from Ramsour’s Mill, and pitched his marquee on the Ramsour battle ground; O’Hara remained on the west bank of the river at the Reep place; Webster occupied the hill west of the Ramsour Mill; while Tarleton, who had ‘crossed the river three miles lower down, between the Laboratory and the present railway bridge, in rejoining his chief, camped on the hill south of Cornwallis. Foraging parties were sent out in different directions to collect grain, and Ramsour’s Mill was kept running day and night converting the grain into flour to replenish his Lordship’s commissionary. In the destruction of baggage, Cornwallis first ordered his splendid camp chest burned. His mahogany tea chest with the remainder of his tea, and six solid silver spoons, he sent to Mrs. Barbara Reinhardt, wife of Christian Reinhardt, with, a note requesting that she accept: them. These presents were treasured and carefully preserved. At ‘the breaking out of the Civil War they belonged to a granddaughter, whose sons were Confederate volunteers. Believing an old saying that whoever carries anything in war that was carried in another: war by a person that was not killed, will likewise be unharmed, she gave each of her sons one of the silver spoons, and the others to ‘neighbor boys, and in this way the spoons were lost and Federal bullets shattered faith in their charm. The chest is yet preserved. After the conflagration many irons were tumbled in the millpond while others left on the, ground were picked up by citizens. The Milldam was taken down the next summer and much iron valuable to the farmers taken out. A few defective muskets were found; also one piece of artillery, so damaged it was not removed from the mud. Where the whiskey and rum bottles were broken the fragments lay in heaps for years. These were afterwards gathered up and sold to the potters for glazing purposes. ** PAGE BREAK ** To this destruction of his whole material train and necessary outfit for a winter campaign Judge Schenck attributes the final discomfiture of Cornwallis at Guil. ford Court House. The supplies he burned could not be replaced short of Wilmington, and thither he was compelled to go when a reverse met his arms. While here Cornwallis requested Christian Reinhardt to point out Colonel Moore’s position ,and describe the battle of Ramsour’s Mill. At the conclusion his only observation was that Colonel Moore had a fine position, but did not have the tact to defend it; that he ought not to have risked a battle but should have fallen back to Ferguson. Early on the morning of the 28th the British broke camp and marched toward Beattie’s Ford, a distance of twelve miles, to Jacob Forney’s. The moving Britons, in, scarlet uniforms, with glittering muskets, made an impressive sight, and tradition still preserves their route. Jacob Forney was a thrifty farmer and well- known Whig. Here they encamped three days, consuming his entire stock of cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry, and taking his horses and forty gallons of brandy. Some state that Cornwallis approached the Catawba on the evening of the 28th, and found it considerably swollen and impassable for his infantry and this caused him to fall back to Jacob Forney’s plantation. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 7 The Battle Of Cowan’s Ford The tardiness of Cornwallis was not altogether due to the flushed condition of the Catawba, however much the swollen waters of the Yadkin and the Dan may have later impeded his pursuit. The prime cause of delay was the vigilance of the Whigs in guarding the several fords. On the approach of the British, Gen. William Davidson palced guards at the Tuckaseegee Tool’s and Cowan's ford; with his greatest force and Capt. Joseph Graham's cavalry troops, he took position himself at Beattie’s Ford; while Morgan and Washington were at Sherrill’s Ford. Cornwallis kept posted on these dispositions. Cowan’s was a private ford, guarded only by Lieut. Thomas Davidson with twenty-five men. After gathering the best information he could obtain, Cornwallis resolved to attempt the passage at Cowan’s Ford, Each army was keeping close watch on the movements of the other. On the 30th , Captain Graham’s cavalry was dispatched across Beattie’s Ford and ascertained that the British Were encamped within four miles, and in two miles they discovered one hundred of the enemy's cavalry, who followed them to the river but kept at a respectful distance, evincing fear of an ambuscade. Green, Morgan and Washington came to Davidson’s headquarters at Beattie’s Ford on the afternoon of the 31st and held consultation. The British vanguard of four or five hundred men appeared on the opposite hill beyond the river and viewed the American position. After Genera! Green's departure, leaving a portion of his force at Beattie’s Ford. under Colonel Farmer, General Davidson, with 250 men and the cavalry, marched down the river four miles to Cowan's Ford, where he arrived after dark. The river at Cowan’s Ford is one-fourth of a mile wide. The wagon ford went directly across 'the river. The horse ford, entering ‘at the safe place, obliqued down the river, through an island, and came out on the Mecklenburg side a quarter of a mile lower down. The latter was the shallower and most used, and the one the British were expected to follow ,so General Davidson took position on the hill over looking the ford. Above the coming out place of the wagon ‘ford was a narrow strip of level bottom and then an abrupt hill. Lieutenant Davidson’s picket remained at their post on this level strip, fifty steps above the landing and near the water’s edge. Cornwallis broke camp at one in the morning of the first of February, and detached Lieutenant Colonel Webster with that part of the army and all the baggage to Beattie’s Ford, where General Davidson was supposed to be posted, with direction to make every possible demonstration by cannonading and otherwise of an intention of forcing a passage, while he marched to Cowan’s Ford, arriving at the bank of the river as day: began to break. The command of the front was given to Colonel Hall of the Guards. Under the guidance of Frederick Hager, a Tory living on the west bank, employed by Cornwallis on account of his familiarity with the ford, the bold Britons plunged into the river, with the firm determination, of encountering the small band of: Americans on the eastern bank. When one hundred yards in the river they were discovered and fired upon by Lieutenant Davidson’s picket which aroused the guard, who kept up the fire, but the enemy continued to advance. No sooner did the guide who attended the light infantry to show them the ford, hear the report of the sentinel’s musket then turned around and left them. This, at first seemed to portend much mischief but in the end proved fortunate for the British. Colonel Hall, forsaken by his guide, and not knowing the true direction of the ford, led his column directly across the river to the nearest point of the opposite bank. The picket fire alarmed Davidson’s camp, who paraded at the horse ford, then Graham’s cavalry was ordered to the assistance of the picket. By the time the cavalry were in position on the high bank, and ready for action the British were within fifty yards of the Mecklenburg shore, The cavalry poured a destructive fire into the advancing columns. The British did not fire a gun while in the water; as they ** PAGE BREAK ** landed they loaded their guns and fired up the bank. The firing was kept up some minutes, but the Whigs soon retreated from the unequal contest. By the time his Lordship crossed the river Webster had his force in array on the face of the hill: fronting Beattie’s Ford, and was: making demonstrations of attempting a passage. His front lines were firing by platoons, a company went into the water fifty steps and fired; while four cannons were booming for half an hour,; the flying balls cutting off the. limbs of trees and tearing up the, opposite bank, the sound rolling down the river like peals of thunder. All this however, was only a feint. Colonel Farmer, being notified and all united at John McKnitt Alexander’s that afternoon, eight miles from Charlotte; while Cornwallis united his force two miles from Beattie’s Ford at Given’s farm. In this action the Americans lost General Davidson, a gallant, brave and generous officer, and three others. Of the British, Colonel Hall and another officer and twenty-nine privates were killed and thirty-five were wounded. The Horse of Cornwallis was shot and fell dead as he ascended the bank. Lord Cornwallis on the 2nd of February returns his thanks “to the Brigade of Guards for their cool and “determined bravery in the passage of the ‘Catawba, while rushing through that long and diffieult ford under a galling fire.” (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 8 Importance Of These Engagements On the 18th of June, 1780, Gen_feral Rutherford, in command of the Mecklenburg and Rowan militia, marched to attack the Tories at Ramsour’s Mill. At the Catawba, Col. William Graham, with the Lincoln County Regiment, united with General Rutherford, swelling his command to twelve hundred. He encamped at Col. Joseph Dickson’s three miles from the Tuckaseegee, twenty miles from Ramsour’s and about the same distance from Colonel Lockee on Mountain Creek. General Rutherford dispatched a message directing Colonel Locke to join him at the Dickson place on the evening of the 19th or the morning of the 20th. However, no junction was formed and after a hard and well fought battle Colonel Locke defeated the Tories. General Rutherford followed the Tuckaseegee road and arrived at Ramsour'’s Mill two hours after the battle. The dead and most of the wounded were lying where they fell. General Rutherford remained here two days sending Davie’s Cavalry and other troops in pursuit of the Tories, thus accenting the victory and making the defeat crushing and complete, subduing the loyalist spirit, with consequent encouragement of the patriots. Three days after the battle Allaire, who was with Ferguson, referring to the battle of Ramsour’s Mill, recorded in his diary; “Friday, 23d. Lay in the field at Ninety- six. Some friends came in, Four were wounded. The militia had embodied at Tuckaseegee, on the .South Fork of the Catawba River. Were attacked by a party of rebels, under command of General Rutherford. The militia were scant of ammunition, which obliged them to retreat. They were obliged to swim the river at the milldam. The Rebels fired on them and killed thirty.” Col. John Moore with thirty men reached Cornwallis at Camden, where he was threatened with a trial by court martial for hastening, organization in advance of Ferguson. The Battle of Ramsour’s mill was fraught with important results. It was fought at a gloomy period of the Revolution, when the cause of liberty seemed prostrate and hopeless in the South. The victorious British considered South Carolina and Georgia restored to English rule and were planning the invasion of North Carolina. It marks the turning point in the war. But for this battle Moore and Welch could have reinforced Ferguson with an army of 1,500 or 2,000 men, and there might have been no King’s Mountain, or King’s Mountain with a different result. But instead of aid to Ferguson, the Lincoln Regiment with the South Carolinians under Hill and Lacey were again encamped “on the Catawba, and when Colonel Williams crossed the Tuckaseegee, and united with these troops, the entire force encountering no opposition, followed the Tuckaseegee road, via Ramsour’s Mill, the Flint Hill road to Cherry Mountain, later uniting with the mountain men at the Cowpens, the next day helping to destroy Ferguson, and gain the glorious victory, that makes the name of King’s Mountain famous in our country’s history, of which the Battle of Cowpens, Guilford Cornwallis at Yorktown were the direct consequences. Lincoln County Pension Roll On the pension roll as late as 1834, more than fifty years after the Revolution, the following is the Lincoln County list of Soldiers yet living and drawing pensions: Robert Abernethy, Vincent Allen, Christian Arney, Matthew Armstrong, Robert Berry, Jonas Bradshaw, Casper Bolick, Alexander Brevard, Samuel Caldwell, William Carroll, John Chittim, Michal Cline, Samuel Collins, Martin Coulter, Thomas Costner, George Dameron, Joseph Dixon, Peter Eddlemon, William Elmord, Samuel Espey, James Farewell, Abraham Forney, Robinson Goodwin, Joseph Graham, William! Gregory, Nathan Gwaltney, Nicholas Hafner, Simon Hager, John Harman, John Helms, James Henry, James Hill, John Kidd, John Kincaid, Robert Knox, Shadrack Lefcy, Tapley McHannas, Marmaduke Maples, Samuel Martin, Thomas Mason, William Mayes, William McCarthy, William McLean, Nathan Mendenhall, Alexander Moore, John Moore, William Moore, Jeremiah Mundy, Humphrey Parker, Hiram Pendleton,: Jacob Plonk, ** PAGE BREAK ** William Potter, William Rankin, Charlie Regan, Adam Keep, Michael Reep, Joshua Roberts, James Robinson, Henry Rumfeldt, Peter Serum, John Stamey, Bartholomew Thompson, Charles Thompson, Phillip Tillman, Conrad Tippong, Robert Tucker, John Turbyfill, Charles Whit, John Wilfong, Joseph Willis, James Wilkinson, and Elisha Withers. (To be continued) :Court House and the surrender of ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 9 Lincolnton And Lincoln County When Tryon County was divided the Tryon Court house fell in, Lincoln County, but too near its western border for public convenience. The courts for part of the years 1783 and 1784 were held at the house of Capt. Nicholas Friday. His residence stood on the east side of the river, seven miles south of Lincolnton. The courts of July and October sessions, 1784 were ‘held at the house of Henry Dellinger, and his spring house was designated as the “gaol.” This ‘spring house was a two story affair, the lower stone, the upper logs; the upper story was used as the public jail, Some of the prisoners escaping, the sheriff was ordered “to make use of a room in Henry Dellinger’s house to be strengthened for the purpose of a common gaol.” The sheriffs, for protection against the escape of prisoners, from these very odd jails, always had entered on the court record their “protest against the sufficiency of said gaol.” The site of Henry Dellinger’s home is Magnolia, six miles southeast of Lincolnton, where the late John B. Smith lived. While the location of the county seat remained an open question, the may of the county changed. In 1753, the western portion of the Granville domain was set up into the county of Rowan. Rowan in 1777 was divided by a line beginning on the Catawba River at the Tryon and Mecklenburg corner, thence up the meanders of the said river to the north end of an island, known as “the Three Cornered Island,” etc., and the territory west and south of said line erect. ed into a new county, by the name of Burke, and the county seat, Morganton, located fifty miles from the southeast part of the county on the Catawba. It being represented to the General Assembly that “certain of the inhabitants of Burke labor under great hardships in attending on courts and other public meetings from their remote situation from the court house,” in 1782 it enacted that all that part of Burke from Sherrill’s Ford to the Fish Dam Ford of the South Fork “and from thence a southwest course to Earl Granville’s old line,” be taken from Burke and added to Lincoln County. In 1784 a greater slice of Burke was added to Lincoln. The line separating the counties began at the Horst Ford on the Catawba and ended at the same point in the Granville line. This is now a noted point, known as the “Three County Corner,” the corner of Lincoln, Burke and Cleveland, and is the only established point in the old Granville line west of the Catawba River. The act of 1784 appointed Joseph Dickson, John Carruth, John Wilson, Joseph Steel and Nicholas Friday, commissioners to locate the county town, which they did by entering for the purpose -three hundred acres of “vacant tand unappropriated land, lying «between the lines of Christain ‘Reinhardt and Phillip Cansler in our county of Lincoln on both sides of the wagon road leading from the Tuckaseege Ford to Ramsour’s Mill and including the forks of the road leading to Cansler’s sawmill.” The grant for same was made December 14th, 1785, to “Joseph Dickson in trust for the citizens of Lincoln County.” The! General Assembly, in 1786, grant-: ed a charter for Lincolnton, recit- ' ing that the place is “a healthy, and plasant situation and well watred.” The same year the town; lwas laid off into lots. At the in-: tersection of Main and Aspin: ‘streets the two principal streets ‘of the town, was laft a_ public square on which the court-house jwas erected. The first hundred lots laid off the commissioners disposed of by a town lottery, the draft of which and the papers con-| nected therewith are yet on file. iChances were taken by the prominent men of that day and also by many ladies. A specimen ticket ‘reads: “This ticket entitles the bearer to whatever number is ‘drawn against it in the Lincoln Lottery, No. 86, Jo. Dickson.” The ‘corporate limits have been twice ‘extended in the last decade, and ,the western boundary now rests ‘on Clark’s Creek and the South Fork River. In the history of Lincolnton andi Lincoln County the name of, Joseph Dickson stands ** PAGE BREAK ** conspicuous. The site of his homestead is two miles northwest of Mount. Holly ,on the line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Gen. Rutherford, en route to attack the Tories at Ramsour’s Mill, encamped at Dickson's the night before the battle. He accompanied General. Rutherford next day over the ground then vacant land, where five years later, the grant was made to him as proprietor in trust for the citizens of Lincoln County. He was one of the immortal heroes of Kings Mountain. With the rank of major he was one of the officers that led the South Fork boys up the rugged northeast end of the mountain, facing with undaunted spirit the lead and the charge of the enemy’s bayonet. In 1781 he opposed the British invasion of North Carolina, serving with the rank of colonel. During this year he was elected county court clerk, which office he held the next ten years. He was chairman of the committee that selected the site of Lincolnton, and the grant for the land on which the town was built was made to him. The grantor to all the original purchasers of lots is, “Joseph Dickson, Esq. proprietor in trust for the commissioners appointed to lay off a town in the county of Lincoln by the name of Lincolnton.” He was chosen Senator from Lincoln County in 1788, and continuously succeeded himself until 1795. In 1789 he was one of the forty great men of the State selected by the General Assembly to constitute the first trustees of the University of North Carolina. He then served as a general in the militia. From 1799 to 1801 he was a member of Congress. December 27th, 1803, he sold his plantation of twelve hundred acres, and removed to Rutherford County, Tennessee, where he died, April 24th, 1825, aged eighty years, and was buried with military and Masonic honors. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 10 Lincolnton is situate 869 feet above sea level in the hill county of the great Piedmont belt. In the county are Reece, Clubbs, Daily, Rush and Buffalo Mountains; they are small peaks not larger than Hog Hill in the northern part of the county. From Lincolnton mountains are visible in almost every direction. On the northeast is Anderson’s Mountain; in the southwest looms up King’s Mountain, on whose historic heights was fought the memorable battle that broke the power of the British crown; in line with King’s Mountain to the south can be seen Spencer, Crowder and Pasour Mountains; in the north and north west are Baker’s Mountain, Carpenter, and Ben’s Knobs, and numerous peaks of the South Mountains; while in the distance in solemn grandeur lies the upturned face of the Grandfather; and yet still farther away rise the far-distant peaks of the great Blue Ridge.- The Carolina and Northwestern Railway comes in from Chester, South Carolina, and runs northwesterly into the heart of the mountains of North Carolina; while from the east comes in the Seaboard Air Line, and ex:tends westwardly to Rutherfordton. Lincoln thus remained a large county until 1841, when the first slice was taken to form, with a portion of Rutherford the county of Cleveland. In 1842, Catawba was set up from Lincoln by an east and west line passing one and a half miles north of Lincolnton. In 1846, the southern part was set off into the county of Gaston, by a line to pass four and a half miles south of Lincolnton, and four miles of Catawba ceded back to Lincoln. The formation of these new counties reduced Lincoln to a narrow strip, ten miles in width with an average length of thirty miles, and it is with this strip that the remainder of this narrative will deal. Lincoln County is bounded on the north by Catawba County; on the east by the Catawba River, which separates it from Iredell and Mecklenburg; on the south by Gaston; on the west by Cleveland, and one-fourth mile of Burke. First Superior Court Clerk Lawson Henderson was long an influential citizen, filling the offies of county surveyor, sheriff, and clerk of the county and Superior Courts. He was a son of James Henderson, a pioneer settler, and was appointed Superior Court Clerk for life under the Act of Assembly of 1806 establishing a Superior Court in each county of the State. He served from April term 1807 to Fall term, 1833, when he resigned. At the Fall term, 1833, John D. Woke applied for the clerk’s office, having been elected pursuant to act 132. Then followed the suit of “Hoke vs. Henderson, in which Mr. Henderson was the winner. This was a famous case. It decided that an office is property, and was not reversed until 1903, and then by a majority opinion, two justices dissenting. Pleasant Retreat Academy. This school occupied four acres in the northern part of Lincolnton. From its institution it bore the attractive name of Pleasant Retreat Academy. The older students delighted to speak of its refreshing shades the oak and the hickory interspersed with the chestnut and the chinquepin and the spring at the foot of the hill. It was chartered by the General Assembly, 10th December, 1843, with the following trustees; Rev. Phillip Henkle, Rev, Humphrey Hunter, Lawson Henderson, Joseph Graham, John Fullenwider, John Hoke, Peter Forney, Robert Williamson, Daniel Hoke, J. Reinhardt, Vardry McBee, David Ramsour, Peter Hoyle, Henry Y. Webb, George Carruth, William MeLean, Robert Burton, John Reid, and David Reinhardt. In this school were trained a long roll of men whose names adorn their county’s history. Of its students — James Pinkney Henderson, son of Maj. Lawson Henderson, sought the broad area of the “Lone Star State” for the full development of his giant intellect and won fortune and fame. An eminent lawyer, Attorney-General of the Republic of Texas, its minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to France, England and ** PAGE BREAK ** the United States, Major-General of the United States Army in the War with Mexico, Governor, of Texas, and at the time of His death United States Senator, he adorned the positions his courage and talents won. William Lander, brilliant, impetuous and chivalric, was one of the foremost advocates of the bar and member of the convention from Lincoln County that passed the Ordinance of Secession. Afterwards his splendid eloquence found congenial fellowship amid the fiery spirits of the Confederate Congress. Lawyer, solicitor, legislator and member of the Confederate Congress, he has a monument of love and affection in the hearts of those who knew him. His brother, Rev. Samuel Lander, was a man of broad scholarship, an educator of note, and a preacher of wide repute. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 11 Thomas Dews, when a mere lad, entered the State University, graduated in the class of 1824, taught awhile in Pleasant Retreat, and began the practice of law. He was drowned in Second Broad River, August 4th, 1838, aged 30 years, 2 months, and 25 days. His remains lie in honor beneath a marble shaft, the tribute of a noble hearted woman to the man, who adored her while he lived, and marks the spot where rests her lover and her love. Judge William H. Battle, knew Mr. Dews at Chapel Hill and often spoke of his talents and his genius. Toward the! close of an address before the literary societies at the commencement of 1865, growing reminiscent, Judge Battle said: “I will occupy a few more moments of your time in recalling from the dim recollections of the past the names of a few men, each of whom was regarded as a college genius of the day, and who with well directed energies, and a longer life; might have left a name the world would not willingly let die. In the year 1824 Thomas Dews, a young: man from the county of Lincoln, took his degree of Bachelor of Arts, dividing with Prof. Sims, Judge Manly and ex-Governor. Graham the highest honor of the class. His parents were poor, and it is said resorted to the humble occupation of selling cakes for the purpose of procuring means for the education of their promising boy. After graduation, he studied, law and commenced the practice: with every prospect of eminent, success, when unhappily, a morbid. sensitiveness of temperament drove him to habits of intemperance, during one of the fits of which he came to an untimely end his name, which ought to have gone down to posterity on account of great deeds achieved by extraordinary talents, will probably be remembered only in connection with a happily turned impromptu epitaph.” Yet it has gone down in history immortalized by his neighbor and friend, Col. James R. Dodge a distinguished practitioner for many years at the Lincoln'ton Bar. Colonel Dodge, was a son of Gen. Richard Dodge and Sarah Ann Dodge, his mother being a sister of Washington Irving, of New York. Those acquainted with the playful writings of Washington Irving will not be surprised at the spontaneous retort of his nephew. But one residence separated the Dews home from that? of Colonel Dodge in Lincolnton. At Apirl term 1832 of Rutherford Superior Court, David L. Swain, afterwards Governor, was on the bench and in the bar were Samuel Hillman, Tom Dews and Mr. Dodge. While Mr. Dodge was ad, dressing the jury, Judge Swain recalled a punning epitaph on a man named Dodge, wrote it on a piece of paper, and passed it around to the merriment of the bar; and when Colonel Dodge had finished his speech, he found lying on his table: Epitaph Of James R. Dodge, Esq., Attorney-At-Law. “Here lies a Dodge, who dodged all good, and dodged a deal of evil, Who after dodging all he could, He could not dodge the Devil.” Mr. Dodge read the paper, turned it over and wrote on the other side: Epitaph Of Three Attorneys: “Here lies a Hillman and a Swain, Whose lot let no man choose, They lived in sin and died in pain, And the Devil got his Dews” ** PAGE BREAK ** Among the post bellum students are Hoke Smith, lawyer journalist, Secretary of the Interjor, and Governor of Georgia; William Alexander Toke, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina; William W. Shipp, Lieutenant Tenth United States Cavalry, killed on San Juan Hill, Battle of Santiago, July Ist, 1898; T. H. Cobb, Beverly C. Cobb, David W. Robinson, Charles E. Childs, Charles C. Cobb and Lemuel B. Wetmore, Lawyer; Silas McBee, Editor of the Churchman; Rev. William L, Sherrill of the Western North Carolina Conference; William E. Grigg, banker; Blair and Hugh Jenkins, Charles and Henry Robinson, merchants; William W. Motz, architect and builder; William A. Costner, Thomas J. Ramsour, Charles M. Sumner, farmers and a long list of others. The Pleasant Retreat Academy property has been transferred to the Daughters of the Confederacy for a Memorial Hall. In this there is eminent fitness, for among its students were William A. Graham, Confederate States Senator; William Lander, member of the Con federate Congress; Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur; Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke; Col. John F. Hoke; Col. William J. Hoke; Maj. Frank Schenck; Captains James F. Johnston, Joseph W. Alexander, George W. Seagle, George L. Phifer, James D. Wells, and others, making an honor roll of more than a hundred Confederate soldiers. Lincolnton Female Academy was chartered by the General Assembly December 21st, 1821, with James Bivings, Vardry McBee. David Hoke, John Mushatt, Joseph E. Bell, and Joseph Morris, Trustees. Four acres on the south side of the town were conveyed to the trustees for school purposes, and the two school properties were connected by Academy street. The Female Academy likewise had a long and useful career. It is now the site of the Lincolnton Graded School. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 12 Early Settlers And Churches The early settlers of Lincoln were of Scotch-Irish and German origin. There were but few of other nationalities. They came in swarms, by “hundreds of wagons from the northwards.” About the year 1750, the Scotch-Irish settlement covered both banks of the Catawba, so the eastern portion of Lincoln was populated by this race, while the South Fork and its tributaries—the remainder of the county were contemporaneously settled by Germans. The Scotch-Irish are stern and virile, noted for hatred of sham, hypocrisy and oppression. The German are hardy and_ thrifty characterized by love of home and country, tenacious of custom and slow to change. Both were a liberty-loving, God- fearing - people, among whom labor was dignified and honorable. A charm about these pioneers is that their heads were not turned by ancestral distinction. They were self-reliant and mastered the primeval forest, with its hardships and disadvantages. They became adepts in handicraft and combated the foes of husbandry in an unsettled region. They were the silent heroes who Shaped destiny and imbued unborn generations with strength of Character and force of will. The early Scotch- Irish preachers taught the creed of Calvin and Knox, and the first place of worship on the east side was Presbyterian. The pioneer Germans were follower3 of the great central figure of the Reformation, Martin, Luther, and the Swiss Reformer, Ulrick Zwingle, and the oldest place of worship on the west side is Lutheran and Reformed. Today the county is dotted with churches which, according to numerical strength, rank in the following order; Methodist Episcopal, Baptist. Lutheran, Methodist Protestant, Presbyterian, Reformed and Protestant Episcopal. When churches were few camp meetings were held by the Presbyterians, Baptist, Reformed, Protestants and Methodists. They have all been discontinued except one, the celebrated Rock Springs Camp Meeting of the Methodists in East Lincoln. There a great arbor is surrounded by three hundred tents, and the meeting has been held annually since 1830, It is incorporated after the style of a town, and governed much the same way. It is held on forty-five acres of ground conveyed 7th August, 1830, by Joseph M. Mundy to Freeman Shelton, Richard Proctor and James Bivings, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Lincoln circuit. The estate an owner has in a lot is conditional, and ceases upon failure to keep and maintain a tent on it. The meeting continues one week and embraces the second Sunday in August. It is attended by all denominations from the surrounding counties by from ten thousand to fifteen thousand people. Deep religious interest is manifest and many date their conversion from these meetings. Viewed from a social standpoint this is also a great occasion. The old camp ground combines the best elements of social life in the country, city and summer resort. Rock Springs is the successor of an older camp ground called Robey’s which was situate near the Catawba Springs. The memory of the old people runs back to the time when the printing press had not filled the churches with hymn books, when there were no church organs, nor organists to lead the choir. In those days the congregation sung, being led by a precentor called the clerk, a man of importance, anil the minister lined out the hymn. Four young men from Lincolnton attended a camp meeting. When the minister lined out a couplet of a familiar hymn, the congregation followed the clerk, sung the couplet and paused for the next. The four boy filled with the spirit of John Barleycorn, paused not, but in well-trained musical voice, carrying the several parts finished the stanza; then the second and the entire hymn to the dismay of the minister, the clerk, and dumbfounding of the congregation. A charge of disturbing public worship was preferred in the courts, conviction followed and the offenders sentenced to sit one hour in the stocks. ** PAGE BREAK ** Most of the people in North Brook, the western township in the county, are Methodist Protestants, and they have one church, Fairfield, near the ‘Catawba River on the eastern side of the county. Long Creek was the first Baptist church established in Lincoln County, either in 1772 or 1777. It is on Long Creek, one mile from Dallas. Hebron was organized at Abernethy’s Ferry on the Catawba about 1792. Six miles from Beattie’s Ford was Earhardt’s church, constituted in the 18th century. Abraham Earhardt, upon whose land the church was created, was an ordained minister and preached at his church and elsewhere. He married Catherine Forney, sister of Peter, Abram, and Jacob Forney, and owned more than a thousand acres of land, on which he operated a flouring mill, tan yard, blacksmith shop and a distillery. The Reinhardt place is now the home of Maj. W. A. Graham. Today the Baptists have churches in every section, of the county. The act of the Provincial Assembly in 1768, erecting that portion of Mecklenburg County west of the Catawba into a separate county by the name of Tryon, also created Saint Thomas Parish; and, according to the custom of that day, county and parish were coterminous. While nominally under a church establishment, no clergyman of the Church of England exercised any pastoral care in colonial days. In 1785 Robert Johnston Miller, afterwards known as Parson Miller, came to Lincoln, and became the religious teacher, lay reader, and catechist of the Episcopalians he found in the county. While avowing himself an Episcopalian, he received Lutheran ordination. In 1806 he resigned his Lincoln charge to David Henkle, a Lutheran licentiate, and removed to Burke. From 1785 to 1823, Parson Miller was almost the only Episcopal minister in this region. In 1823 John Stark Ravenscroft was selected Bishop, Parson Miller, being in the chair. The Bishop visited Lincoln County in 1824, and in the three parishes of Smyrna, White Haven and St. Peter’s confirmed forty-one persons. In 1828 he again visited Catawba Springs and endeavored to collect the remains of the three old parishes in .that neighborhood, but found it a hopeless task. While at the Spring, he preached at Beattie’s Ford and “on Sunday in the public room at the Springs to such of the company as a very rainy day detained from visiting a camp meeting in the vicinity.” (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 13 In the year 1835 Dr. Moses A. Curtis, the noted botanist, was stationed at Lincolnton. The year 1837 found him in another field. On the 2d of March, 1842, Col. John Hoke conveyed to “E. M. Forbes, Jeremiah W. Murphy, T. N. Herndon, Michael Hoke, Leonard E. Thompson and Haywood W. Guion, vestry and trustees of the Saint Luke’s church in Lincolnton, the lot on which Saint Luke’s church yet stands. Its rectors have been Rev. E. M. Forbes, Rev. A. F. Olmstead, Rev. J. C. Huske, Rev. T. S. W. Matt, Rev. H. H. Hewitt, Rev. C. T. Bland, Rev G. M. Everhart, and Rev. Dr. W. R. Wetmore for forty years - from 1862 until his death. Rev. Robert Johnston Miller was born in Scotland July 11th, 1758. His parents designed him for the ministry, and sent him to the Dundee classical school. Before he entered the ministry he migrated to America, arriving in Charlestown, Massachusetts, A. D. 1774. Soon after the colonies declared their independence § and young Miller at once espoused the cause of liberty, and when General Greene passed through Boston, he enlisted as a Revolutionary soldier. He participated in the battles of Long Island, where he was wounded in the face, of Brandy wine, White Plains, and the siege of Valley Forge. With the army he traveled south, where he remained after peace was restored and the army disbanded. He began his work as a licentiate of the Episcopal church without authority to administer the sacraments. His people of White Haven, Church, in Lincoln County, sent a petition to the Lutheran pastors of Cabarrus and Rowan, with high, recommendations, praying that he: might be ordained by them, which was accordingly done at St. John’s church, Cabarrus County, on the 29th of May, 1794. His ordination certificate reads; “To all to whom it may concern, Greetings; Whereas, A great number of Christian people in Lincoln County have formed themselves into a society by the name of White Haven church, and also have formed a vestry: We the subscribers having been urged by the pressing call from the said church to ordain a minister for the good of their children, and for the enjoyment of ye gospel ordinances among them, from us, the ministers of the Lutheran Church in North Carolina, have solemnly ordained,” etc., “according to ye infallible word of God, administer ye sacraments, and to have ye care of souls; he always being obliged to obey ye rules, ordinances and customs of ye Christian Society, called ye Protestant Episcopal Church in America,” etc. This White Haven was situated near the Catawba, on the opposite side of the great highway from Castanea Presbyterian Church. The Lutherans subsequently built a White Haven three miles north on the same highway. Rev. Miller attended the Episcopal Convention, held in Raleigh, April 28th, 1821. His object was to connect himself fully with the Episcopal Church, to which he really belonged. As there was no Episcopal diocese at the time of his ordination in the state, he felt it his duty to form a temporary connection with the Lutheran Church, was admitted a member of the Lutheran North Carolina Synod at its organization in 1803, and labored for her welfare twenty-seven years, until 1821, when he severed that connection, and was ordained to deacon’s and priest’s orders in the Episcopal ministry. Mr. Miller likewise attended the Lutheran North Carolina Synod in 1821, and from its minutes the following is quoted: The president now reported that the Rev. R. J. Miller, who had labored for many years as one of our ministers had been ordained by the Bishop of the Episcopal Church as a priest at a convention of that church; that he had always regarded himself as belonging to that church, but because the Episcopal Church had no existence at that time in this State, he had himself ordained by our ministry, with the understanding that he still belonged to the Episcopal Church. But as the said Church had now reorganized itself (in this State) he has united himself with it, and thus disconnected himself from our Synod, as was allowed him at his ordination by our ministers. Rev. Miller then made a short address before the Synod and the congregation then assembled in which he distinctly explained his position, so that no one should be able to say that he had apostatized from our ** PAGE BREAK ** Synod, since he had been ordained by our ministerium as a minister of the Episcopal Church. He then promised that he would still aid and stand by us as much as lay in his power. With this explanation the whole matter was well understood by the entire assembly, and was deemed perfectly satisfactory. Whereupon it was resolved that that the president tender to Rev. Miller our sincere thanks, in the name of the Synod, for the faithful services he had hitherto rendered our church. This was immediately done in a feeling manner. Mr. Miller died in 1833. One of the last acts of his ministry was to marry in that year Col. Michael Hoke and Miss Frances Burton, daughter of Judge Robert H. Burton. The marriage took place at Beattie’s Ford. A carriage was sent to bring Mr. Miller from Burke to solemnize it. Some time after marriage Colonel and Mrs. Hoke were confirmed. One of their sons is the distinguished Confederate General, Robert F. Hoke. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 14 Col. W. L. Saunders, eminent authority, pays the State a tribute (Col. Records, IV, Pref. Notes), that applies to Lincoln County: “Remembering the route that General Lee Took when he went into Pennsylvania on the memorable Gettysburg campaign, it will be seen that very many of the North Carolina boys, both of German and Scotch- Irish descent, in following their great leader, visited the home of their ancestors, and went thither by the very route by which they came away. To Lancaster and York counties in Pennsylvania, North Carolina owes more to her population than to any other part of the known world, and surely there was never a better population than they and their descendants—never better citizens, and certainly never better soldiers.” As the waters of the Catawba, that have its eastern border, and the South Fork, that flows through its center, united as they left old Lincoln in their onward sweep to form the Great Catawba, so have the settlers on the Catawba and the South Fork merged into a Scotch-Irish-German people, preserving the virtues, and mayhap the weaknesses, of a noble ancestry. These settlements will be noticed separately. The Scotch-Irish Side Early in the eighteenth century the Scotch-Irish emigrated to Pennsylvania, and from thence some came direct, while others, and their descendants settled in Virginia before coming to this section. A few of these settlers may have been of other nationalities, but a careful writer has referred to this part of the country as “one of the areas of North Carolina, dominated by the sturdy Scotch-Irish strain; where the thistle and and the shamrock were planted toward the close of the eighteenth century; were they throve and flourished, and unaided produced results marvelous for the place and time. The Scotch gumption and Irish ardor, finely blended, was the patrimony of this section.” On the early maps the Great Catawba marked the tribunal division between the Catawba and the Cherokees. East of the river dwelt the Catawbas, once a numerous and powerful people, This nation “writ its name in water,” the Catawba embalms it and it will be perpetuated while its majestic waters flow. “To where the Atlantic lifts her voice to pour A song of praise upon the sounding shore.” As the white settlements extended, the Cherokees receded toward the setting sun, and occupied the peaks of the Blue Ridge. Roving bands raided the settlements. One of the Beatty’s went into the range in search of his cattle. He was discovered and pursued by the Indians. When within a mile of home he concealed himself in the hollow of a large chestnut tree. The bark of his little dog disclosed his hiding place and cost him his scalp and his life. The old chestnut disappeared long eince, but the place where it stood is yet well known. Jacob Forney and two of his neighbors were attacked by a band of Cherokees. One of them, Richards, was wounded and scalped. Forney, though shot at many times by the Indians, reached his log fort in safety. The neighbors buried poor Richards where he fell. “No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud they wound him.” The site of his lone grave in the depth of the wildwood is yet pointed out, situate near the old log fort where Jacob Forney first settled. ** PAGE BREAK ** Among the settlers on this side occur the names, Allen, Anderson, Armstrong, Baldridge, Ballard, Barkley, Barnett, Beal, Bell, Beatty, Black, Bradshaw, Brevard, Bryant, Cherry, Childers, Cooper, Cox, Daily, Davis, Derr, Duncan, Edwards, Graham, Hunter, Hutchinson, Jetton, Johnston, Kelly, Kincaid, King, Knox, Little, Long, Lowe, Lucky, Lynch, McAlister, McGaul, McCombs, McConnell, McCormick, McIntosh, McLean, McMinn, Nixon, Proctor, Regan, Reid, Robinson, Shelton, Stacy, Thompson, Wilkinson, Wingate, and Womack; while in the western part, are found, Alexander, Baxter, Blackburn, Cobb, Goodson, Henderson, Hill, McBee, McCaslin, Potts, Ramsey, Williamson, Wilson, and others. The first pale face to set foot on the soil of Lincoln was the bold pioneer, John Beatty. One of his land grants bears date July 17th, 1749. He settled on the west bank of the Catawba. The shoal at this point, over which the river tumbles with a gentle murmur, forms a splendid ford. It was at this ford John Beatty crossed, and it yet bears his name, Beattie’s Ford. As the soil of Lincoln at Beattie’s Ford felt the primal tread of Angle-Saxon, Beattie’s Ford deservedly figures largely in the recital. The old pioneer, John Beatty, located his home above the ford, in the shade of the hillside, overlooking the beautiful Catawba. Near by gurgled a limpid spring, its waters trickling off in a sparkling brooklet to the river. John Beatty had two sons, Thomas and Abel, and one daughter, Mary, the wife, of Matthew Armstrong. It is always interesting to hear the last words of the departed. John Beatty’s will bears date 5th January, 1774. In this he gives to Margaret Beatty certain items of personality and his homestead to William Beatty. These were his grandchildren, the children of Thomas Beatty. Marked traits of his character are apparent in this document. A short quotation will exhibit his love for rectitude and obedience, and desire to keep his homestead in the line of his own blood; “And if ye above named Margaret or William Beatty or either of them does misbehave or be disobedient when come to ye years of maturity, either going against their parents will in the contract of marriage or any way remarkable otherwise, that legatee is liable to ye loss of his part of this legacy, and to be given to ye other, the offending person entirely cut off at their parents discretion, or those that it may please to have the guardian and care over the above-mentioned persons William and Margaret Beatty. And further I do not allow the said lands that is left to ye above named William Beatty to be ever sold or disposed of by any means or person whatsoever, but to firmly remain and continue in the line and lawful heirs of the above named William Beatty's body and te continue in that name as long as there is a male heir on the face of the earth, and after for the lack of a male heir to ye nighest female, heir.” (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 15 Thomas Beatty died in 1781, leaving three sons, John, Thomas and William. The inventory of his estate exhibits in minute detail the entire possessions of a well- to-do man of pioneer period. A few items ranging between his broad acres and a fine-tooth comb will indicate the extent and variety of this possessions "944 acres of land, ten Negroes, seventeen horses, sixty-six cattle, eighteen hogs, thirteen sheep, thirty-four geese, five ducks, lot poultry, five pewter dishes, sixteen pewter plates, twenty-four pewter spoons, one pewter basin, one pewter tankard, one crook and two pot hooks, one dutch oven, and griddle and frying pan, one dough trough, one chest, two spinning wheels, and one big wheel, three pair cards, cotton, wool, and tow, one check reel, one weaving loom, twenty three spools, for spooling cotton, five reeds for weaving, nine sickles, one foot adze, one thorne hack, one hackel, two iron wedges, two bleeding lances, one hair sitter, two riddles, three gimlets, thirteen bushels flax seed, six bushels, buckwheat, one slide, two bells, and collars, 750 clapboard nails, four pair half worn horse shoes, one redding comb, one fine-tooth comb, three coats and one great coat, two jackets, one pair buckskin breeches, one pair trousers, three hats and two linen shirts,” constitutes about one-fourth of the articles enumerated. In the pioneer stage every man was his own carpenter, and the women knew how to card, spin; weave, and sew. The men wore linen shirts and buckskin breeches; the women, arrayed in their own handiwork, were beautiful in the eyes of the forester. The patrimony of the son was broad acres; the dowry of the daughter was 2 horse and saddle, cow and calf, spinning wheel and check reel. The Young men were gallant, and the young maids charming. The young men learned the art of horsemanship not only in the chase, but by the constant habit of traveling on horseback, and every woman was an expert horse-rider. The horse sometimes served as a_ tandem, the men riding in front, the women behind; and if trustworthy tradition is given credence the young men sometimes augmented the pleasure of this system of equestrianism by making their steeds caper, thereby frightening heir innocent companions into a firm embrace to retain their positions. Most of the early Scotch-Irish were Presbyterians, and the religious center was Beattie’s meeting house. This place of worship was established by the pioneer, John Beatty, one mile west of Beattie’s Ford. The meeting house stood on a level plat of ground in a beautiful grove of oak and hickory near a spring. Beattie’s meeting house was built of logs. In 1808, it was decided to erect a more commodious edifice, and a plat of several acres was conveyed for the purpose by James Little to “James Connor, Alexander Brevard, John Reid and Joseph Graham, trustees.” The kirk is named in the deed, Unity. In 1883 another church was erected and additions to the former church lands made by conveyances from Robert 4B. Burton, W. S. Simonton, and Mary King to “John D .Graham, D, M. Forney, and John Knox, trustees.” This is the conventional structure of that period with its gallery and large pulpit. From the first settlement this was a place of worship. The headstones date back to 1776. Dr. Humphrey Hunter, a native of Ireland, and soldier in the Revolution, was pastor from 1796 to 1804. Next came Rev. Henry N. Pharr. He was succeeded by Patrick Sparrow. Mr. Sparrow’s father was potter in Vesuvius furnace. When lads the future Governor Graham was hard put to it to keep pace with Patrick, and the members of the Governor’s family ascribed some of his success to this auspicious rivalry in the old field schools. General Graham thus having the lad’s aptitude brought to his attention, interested others with him in giving Patrick an education. When he became pastor of Unity an old negro servant of General Graham’s expressed her surprise at his rise of fortune, by exclaiming that the boy who ate ash cakes with her children had become her master’s preacher. Mr. Sparrow was the first professor of languages at Davidson College, and afterwards President of ** PAGE BREAK ** Hampden-Sydney. The present pastor is Rev. C. H. Little, descended from a pioneer family. About the year 1790 Maj. John Davidson, with his sons-in-law, Maj. Joseph Graham and Capt. Alexander Brevard, crossed from the Mecklenburg side into Lincoln, and with Gen. Peter Forney engaged in the manufacture of iron. These were all Revolutionary soldiers. The beginning of the nineteenth century witnessed civilization progress with leaps and bounds. Then followed years of plenty. The virgin soil brought fourth bountifully. Herds of cattle and droves of swine ranged al large unrestrained by any stock law. Deer, turkey, wild geese and duck abounded. The Catawba was filled with shad, trout, and red horse. A trackless wilderness had been transformed into a moving, populous community. Instead of the wigwam, was the homestead dwelling. Instead of the Indian War-whoop, was to be heard the furnace blast breathing forth actual and potential energy, and the stroke of the great trip hammer at the mighty forge as it beat the heart throbs of commercial activity. They were years of peace and growth, of marriage and home building, of quiet domestic happiness. The different grants to the Beatty’s approximate three thousand acres. William and John Beatty sold to John Fullenwider, and early iron master; and Thomas Beatty to Alfred M. Burton. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 16 Mr. Fullenwider divided his purchase between his sons-in-law, Alfred M. and Robert H. Burton; they settled on their splendid estates and became potent influences in the community. Alfred Burton settled above the ford, the old John Beatty house_ constituting one wing of the residence he erected. Robert H. Built a spacious mansion below the ford. They were learned lawyers and elegant gentlemen. Their dust reposes in Unity graveyard, beside that of their kinsman, Hutchings G. Burton, once Governor of the State. Robert H. Burton, filled the office. of Superior Court Judge. After, Judge Burton’s death his home-| stead was purchased by Col. John H. Wheeler, the genial historian. Colonel Wheeler filled the office| of State Treasurer and many positions of trust, but is best known for his great work, “Wheeler's history of North Carolina.” This! he compiled at Beattie’s Ford, devoting to it about ten year’s time. The preface bears date, “Ellangowan, Beattie’s Ford, N. C, 1st July, 1851.” Three brothers - Charles, James, and Henry Conner - from Antrim, Ireland, settled near Beattie’s Ford. James was a captain in the Revolution. Henry, the youngest, a patriot soldier, located near Cowan’s Ford. Colonel Wheeler sold out at Beatty’s Ford to Major Henry W. Connor, the son of Charles. Major Connor derived his title for service under General Graham in the campaign against the Creek Indians. He was a man of great popularity and represented his district in Congress twenty three years. His homestead was identical with Judge Burton’s. Skilled physicians of sweet memory are William B. McLean and Robert A. McLean, father and son. The elder was a son of Dr. William McLean, a_ continental surgeon, resident in the forks of the Catawba. Jacob Forney first settled on the creek near the present town of Denver, the scene of his Indian troubles. This farm passed to a son, Capt, Abraham Forney, a soldier of the Revolution, and yet belongs to his descendants, Gen. Peter Forney, son of the pioneer, was a patriot soldier, member of the House, Senate and Congress. As presidential elector, he voted for Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson. He erected a forge at his home and Madison furnace on Leeper’s Creek that was afterwards owned by J. W. Derr. He obtained possession of ‘valuable ore beds, and commenced building his iron works in 1787, and recorded that he produced hammered iron in his forge 26th August, 1788. Maj. Daniel M. Forney, eldest son of Gen. Peter Forney, received his title in the war of 1812, also served as Senator from Lincoln County, and member of Congress. He erected a_ palatial residence, modeled after a house at the national capital. The site chosen is an eminence ‘between creeks, where Jacob Forney lived when the British quartered on him. This picturesque old mansion, with its long white columns, surrounded by a grove of original oaks, yet retains the charms of its ancient architecture. Major Forney sold to Alexander F. Gaston, a son of Judge Gaston. It next passed to James Anderson, and is now owned by Mrs. W. E. Hall, Henry Y. Webb, Bartlett Shipp, William Johnston, C. L. Hunter, and Christian Reinhardt married daughters of Gen. Peter Forney. Henry Y. Webb was a lawyer and represented Lincoln County in the House of Commons. Bartlett Shipp was a lawyer, # member of the Legislature, and of the constitutional convention of 1835. His son, William M. Shipp was a member of the House of Commons, Senator, Superior Court Judge, and Attorney General of the State. W. P. Bynum married Eliza, daughter of Bartlett Shipp, and settled on the Henry Y. Webb homestead. He was an eminent lawyer, Colonel in the Confederate Army, Solicitor, of his district ,and Justice of the Supreme Court. His son, William S. Bynum, was a Confederate soldier and Episcopal clergyman. William Johnston, a physician, married Nancy Forney, and located at Mt. Welcome, General Forney’s homestead. .His five sons were gallant Confederate soldiers. William H., Robert D., and James I., entered the service in ** PAGE BREAK ** the Beattie’s Ford Rifles, which was mustered into service as Company K., 23d Regiment; William H. and James F., won captain’s commissions while Robert D., by promotion became a distinguished Brigadier General; Joseph F., late Governor of Alabama and now United States Senator from that State, was Captain of Company A, 12th Regiment; Bartlett S. Johnson served in the Confederate States Navy, Dr. William Johnston was a son of Col. James Johnston, a soldier of the Revolution, one of the heroes of King’s Mountain, the first Senator from Lincoln, and leder at Unity. When Gaston County was set up from Lincoln, Colonel Johnston’s homestead on the Catawba fell in Gaston County. Dr. C. L, Hunter was a scientist and historian. He was the son of Rev, Humphrey Hunter, a soldier in the Revolution. Mary, daughter of Gen. Peter Forney, married Christian Reinhardt, u planter, and they migrated west. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 17 Joseph Graham attained the rank of Major in the Revolution and his title as general in 1814, when commissioner Brigadier General, and sent in command of North Carolina troops to aid General Jackson in the Creek War. To his narratives of the battles of Ramsour’s Mill, King’s Mountain and Cowan's Ford is largely due the preservation of the Revolutionary history of this section. Revolution and his title as General in 1814 when commissioner Brigadier General, and sent in command of North Carolina troops to aid General Jackson in the Creek War. John D. Graham, his eldest son, retiring from Vesuvius furnace, erected a brick residence on the Catawba below Beattie’s Ford, now the home of his son, Clay Graham. James was a lawyer and politician, representing is district in Congress sixteen years. William A., the general’s youngest son read law and located at Hillsboro for the practice of his profession. He was twice Governor, United States Secretary of the Navy, and Confederate States Senator, and candidate for Vice President on the Scott ticket. Pure and spotless in private life, and learned lawyer, a ripe scholar, a statesman of ability and clear judgment, he is esteemed b many as the greatest man produced by the state of North Carolina. William A. Graham, son of the Governor, Major and Assistant Adjutant General, historian and author, the present Commissioner of Agriculture, resides at Forest Home, the ancestral homestead. Robert Hall Morrison, D.D., the first President of Davidson College, an eminent divine, was the: honored pastor of Unity for forty years. He married Mary, daughter: of Gen. Graham. Cottage Home, his homestead, is intimately associated with the Confederacy, for it was there that J. P. Irwin, Lieut. Gen. D. H. Hill, Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Brig-Gen. Rufus Barringer, Maj. A. C, Avery, and Col. John E. Brown, respectively married Harriet, Isabella, Anna, Eugenia, Susan, and Laura, daughters of Dr. Morrison. His sons were Maj. William W. Morrison, Joseph G, Morrison, A.D.C., on General Jackson’s staff, Robert H. Morrison, A.D.C., to General Barringer and General Hib. His youngest son, Alfred J. Morrison, was a lawyer, politician, and Presbyterian minister. Alexander Brevard early received a captain's commission in the Confederate Army. He built Mount Tirzah and Rehobeth Furnaces. Captain Brevard’s homestead passed to his son, Robert A. Brevard, then to his grandson, Alexander F. Brevard, and upon his death to Brevard McDowell, a great grandson, Captain Brevard and General Graham were honored elders at Unity, but were buried in a private cemetery of their selection where Machpelah church was afterwards built. Vesuvius furnace passed into the hands of J. M. Smith, a man who by his own initiative and endeavor rose to position and influence and left a name distinguished for good sense, kindness of heart, and business tact. He built Stonewall furnace on Anderson Creek. On the post road between Beattie’s Ford and Vesuvius furnace are the Catawba Springs, a famous resort in ante-bellum days. This was formerly Reed’s Springs, owned by Capt. John Reed, a soldier of the Revolution and Senator from Lincoln County. Valuable factors of this community are the Asbury’s and Mundy’s, descendants of Rev. Daniel Asbury and Rev. Jeremiah Mundy, pioneer Methodist ministers. Rev. Daniel Asbury, when a youth, was taken by a band of Shawnee Indians, carried to the far northwest and held in captivity five years. In 1791 he established in Lincoln County the first Methodist church west of the Catawba River. Rev. Jeremiah Mundy was a native of Virginia and located in Lincoln County in 1799. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War three years and a minister for thirty five years. ** PAGE BREAK ** As one thinks of the old country *squire who settled disputes between his neighbors, of the kindhearted physician, and the “lords of the manor” it seems “there were giants in those days.” But life was not all serious; it had its great sunshiny side. They were apt at repartee, fond of innocent jokes, and in social intercourse, peals of laughter went the merry round; for, has not the wisest of men said, “there is a time to laugh?” And, alas, in those halycon days, they loved not the flagen to excess, but indulged a morning horn to ward off the rising vapors, and the invitation to sample the liquid contents of the sideboard was a mark of hospitality. The sweet women, the embodiment of all that is true, charming and good, raised high the standard of social purity. The blushing bride became the uncrowned queen of the home, around which the husband entwined the noblest affections of his heart. In this genial clime the pioneers found a fertile undulating with hills and chequered with creeks and and bountifully supplied with springs. One mile west of Beattie’s Ford, and flowing for some nee parallel with the river, is a large branch. On this they found maritime city, with streets of water through meadows green, habitation of the beaver. This animal had felled trees, builded a great dam ponding the waters many acres, so it was called Beaver Dam Branch. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 18 The Burton Mill was situate on site of the old beaver dam. The water from the pond was conduct: ed through a race to the great overshot wheel, the motive power'| of the mill on the ridge between the Ford and Beaver Dam Branch three highways came together. At their convergence was situate the village of Beattie’s Ford with its post office of Beattie’s Ford supthese roads was the great stage line via Lincolnton and Salisbury connecting far distant points. The ard, Lingerfelt, Link, Lohr, Loretz, plied a wide extent of country. The approach of the stage was announced by winding blasts from tin horn of the driver. Exhaustless iron beds were discovered in other sections in connection with limitless coal veins, and the fires of the charcoal furnace were quenched, and the furnace last and forge hammer were heard no more. Some of the leading spirits opposed the entrance of rail roads, and their tracks were laid over other routes. Trade centers sprang up on their lines, and the stores at Beattie’s Ford closed. The long interregnum of peace came to an end. The noise of war again was heard in the land, and this section suffered in blood and treasure and shattered homes. The Dutch Side The German settlers came from Pennsylvania. Their ancestors a. some of them came from Germany. Their settlement covers the whole of the county, eveept the eastern portion bordering on the Catawba, and in this portion among the Scotch-Irish were the German families of Cloninger, Earnhardt, Forney, Hager, Lockman, Keever, Killian, Nantz, Siford and others. The names of the ,German pioneers, deserve special mention, and many follow: Aderholdt, Anthony, Arndt, Bangle.: Benick, Beisaner, Beam, Bolinger, Boyles, Botz, Coulter, Dellinger, Detter DeVepaugh, Deitz, Eddlemon, Finger, Freytag, Gantzler, Gross, Haas, Hafner, Helderman, Hallman, Hartzoge, Houser, Heedick, Heil, Heltebrand, Henkle, Hoke, Huber, Hull, Jared, Jonas, Jundt, Keener, Kizer, Kistlers, Klein, Kneep, Krauss, Kuhn. Lantz, Leeper, Lchnhardt, Leonard, Lingerfelt, Link, Lohr. Loretz, Lorentz, Lutz, Michel, Miller, Mosteller, Plonk, Propst, Quickel, Ramsaur, Rein, Reinhardt, Rinck, Rudisill, Sain, Scheidel, Schenck, Schafordt, Scronce, Seigel, Schrum, Seitz, Shoup, Shull, Sigmon, Speigel, Strutt, Summerow, Troutman, Tutherow, Warlick, Weber, Weekesser, Wehunt, Weiand, Weiss, Wetzstcin. Wisenhunt, Workfan, Yoder, Zimmerman. Many of the American names have been angilicised, and the spelling changed. To be a Zimmerman when one could be a Carpenter was too unprogressive. Likewise Weber became Weaver, Kruss, Crouse; Huber, Hoover; Freytag, Friday; Gantzler, Cansler; Heil, Hoyle; Jundt, Yount; Kuhn, Coon; Klein, Cline; Reib, Reep; Weiss, Wise; Wetzstein, Whetstone, and so with many others. They selected the finest lands and settled along the streams. Their first dwellings were log cabins, then followed the rude painted mansion. A few of the old red painted houses, built near the Springs yet stand, monuments of a bygone age. They have always built large barns. Sweet memories of the pioneers, and many valuable papers linger among their descendants. To give some illustrations of pioneer times and conditions a few. notes of one family will be made. Derrick Ramsour came with ‘the pioneers about 1750. He erected a mill on Clark’s Creek, near its junction with the South Fork River, that was a noted industry and place in colonial days. The subjects of the king often divided their estates to prevent the oldest son becoming sole heir under the English law of primogeniture. In April, 1772, impelled by natural love and affection, he conveyed his property to his two surviving sons, Jacob and David; first, however, required them to enter into a bond in the sum of one thousand pounds proclamation money for his support, ** PAGE BREAK ** conditioned that they pay unto him every year during his natural life, “fifteen pounds proclamation money, twenty-five bushels clean sound wheat, twenty five bushels Indian corn, fifty two pounds of good butter, four hundred weight of good wholesome beef, one sixth of the net profits of the fruit trees, thirty pounds sugar, three pounds Bohea tea, two pounds coffee, twelve gallons of whiskey, four bushels of malt, one bushel of salt.” They also engaged to erect “a commodious and Their first dwelling were long aid Derrick Ramsour, in order to live retired with a sufficient store and store room, and furnish the same with the necessary furniture sufficient for his accommodations which building is to be erected on such a part of the premises as he the said Derrick Ramsour, pitches upon.” Also to find for him “one good feather bed and decent and necessary furniture, and find and provide for him sufficient firewood, ready hauled to his dwelling, to be cut a foot length as often as occasion or necessity shall require; and also to supply him with a gentle riding horse, saddle, and bridle, to carry him wheresoever he may require to go, together with a sufficient and necessary stock of wearing apparel both wolen and linen, warm and decent, and becoming one of his circumstances to wear, together with the proper food and washing! during his natural life.” Then by bill of sale. he conveys to his sons Jacob and David his “whole stock of black or neat cattle running on the said lands whereon I now live, or to be found in the woods or range, whether in my own proper mark, or the mark of those from whom I might heretofore have purchased; also all and singular my horses, mares. colts, yearlings, etc., which of right doth or ought to belong to me, Whether at this time in my actual possession, or running their range at large, also all my stock of hogs, and sheep, be the same more or less in number, wherever to be found, together with my. wagons, gears, plows, harness still and vessels, plantation and carpenter tools of every kind whatsoever.” To Jacob he conveys the plantation situate in the forks of the South Fork River and Clark’s, Creek and adjoining tracts, in all, 960 acres, including the mill. This adjoins the western limits of Lincolnton. The residence erected by Derrick stood beside that of Jacob on the slope of the hill a few. hundred feet to the west of the mill that was destined to become historic during the Revolution. South Fork River, in a great bend, forms its junction with Clark’s Creek. In this bend are three hundred acres of fertile bottom. Jacob Ramsour died in 1787 and was buried in a private burying round on the highest part of the ridge west of his house. To David Ramsour he conveyed six hundred acres lying’ three miles farther up the river. This tract is likewise situate in a great bend of the river including a broad sweep of level bottom. On this farm today is the one-story cabin built of immense hewn logs, erected by David Ramsour, a relic of pioneer days and architecture. The great stone chimney is built entirely inside the house with fireplace seven feet across, over which is the mantel nine feet long hewn out of log. In the chimney are cross bars from which the pot hooks were suspended to hold th cooking utensils in position over the fire. This cabin occupies a knoll, commanding a fine view with picturesque surroundings. It slopes toward the south forty yards to the river. Near by is the rock walled spring with stone steps leading down to its cool waters, shaded by giant white oaks. Next stands the old red painted mansion characteristic of the early Dutch, built by his son, John Ramsour, every part of which is put together with hand forged nails. A little way out in the bottom is the brick mansion of Jacob Ramsour, son of John. These with the modern residence of Thomas J. Ramsour, in view of each other, standing in a radius of half a mile, represent four generations of the Ramsour family. On a gentle knoll in the great bottom is the family burying ground, where rests Jacob Ramsour, who died in 1785, and many of his descendants. The Germans encountered many hardships incident to the settlement of the new country, but one of their most trying ordeals was the change of their language from their native German to English. They called themselves Dutch and their language ** PAGE BREAK ** Dutch, and so are called to this day both by themselves and others. The pioneer Germans were Lutherans and Reformed, and they usually occupied the same house of worship, where on alternate Sabbaths they worshiped, and this is still the case in a number of churches. Four miles northwest of Lincolnton the pioneers established a place of worship and a school house called Daniel’s, on a tract of fifty acres, but did not take a grant. In 1767 a grant was issued to Matthew Floyd for the tract of fifty acres including a “schoolhouse.” In 1768 it was purchased by Nicholas Warlick, Frederick Wise, Urban Ashehanner, Peter Statler, Peter Summey and Peter Hafner, who conveyed it to the “two united Congregations of Lutherans and Calvinist.” The services were in German, and the records written in German script until 1827. On this tract each has a brick church and by them stands the brick schoolhouse. Eleven miles oast of Lincolnton, on the great highway is the site of the “Old Dutch Meeting House.” The deed is from Adam Cloninger to the “German Congregation of Killian’s Settlement.” The first church lot in Lincolnton was conveyed June 10th, 1788, to Christian Reinhardt and Andrew Hedick, trustees for the societies of Dutch Presbyterians and Dutch Lutherans” of the town J. and vicinity, “for the intent and purpose of building thereon a meeting house for public worship, schoolhouses, both Dutch and English, and a place for the burial of the dead.” This was called the old White church and occupied the site of the present Lutheran Church. The reference in title deeds to “Calvinists,” and “Dutch Presbyterians” is to the German Reformed or, as now known, the Reformed Church. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 19 The pioneers brought with them Luther’s German translation of the Bible. No dust was allowed to gather on this precious volume. These have been handed down from generation to generation ana in almost every family today can be found the Dutch Bible of the pioneers printed in a language now considered foreign, yet justly esteemed precious heirlooms, Rev. Johann Gottfried Arndt came from Germany as a school teacher in 1778, and was ordained into the Lutheran ministry in| 1775. He died in 1807, and was buried beneath the old White! church in Lincolnton. The inscription on his tombstone is in German, above it an eagle and thirteen stars, and the motto of the new republic, E. Pluribus unum.. The Reformed preacher of this time was Rev. Andrew Loretz, a native of Switzerland. He died in 1812 and was buried at Daniel’s. On the gable of his mansion outlined in colored brick, are the initials of his name and the date, A. L. 1793. Only the German was used during their pastorates. Living in the same county, and preaching in the same churches, these godly men were devoted friends, and engaged that whichever died first should be buried by the survivor. The Lutheran pastor at Daniel’s is Rev. Luther L. Lohr, and in Lincolnton Rev. Robert A. Yoder, D.D., descendants of the Dutch settlers. While Rev. William Ramsour Minter, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Lincolnton, is a grandson of Jacob Ramsour, and great-grandson of David Ramsour, both elders in that church; David Ramsour was a son of Jacob Ramsour, owner of the historic Ramsour’s Mill. The North Carolina Synod held an historic meeting in the “old White church” in May, 1820. Then occurred the first rupture in the Lutheran Church in the New World. The President maintained his position in a long discourse in the German, the secretary followed in a longer one in English. This church and others withdrew and, July 17th, organized the Tennessee Synod. At its first meeting German was made the business language and all its transactions were to be published in German. In 1825 the minutes were published in both German and English. In 1826 David Henkle was appointed interpreter for the members who did not understand the German, and it was ordered that the business of Synod shall be transacted in the German language using the first three days, afterwards the English shall be used.” But perhaps the greatest hindrance was in the State. The English was the dominant language. The laws were written and expounded in English and all public affairs conducted in that language and this prevented many from active participation in public affairs. The change was gradual bul was perhaps most marked between the years 1820 and 1830. The entire German population outgrew the use of the German tongue. In their pulpits, no longer is it heard, nor have they German schools. Now the Pennsylvania Dutch is seldom ever heard, and even the accent and idiom remain on but few tongues; yet it is sometimes observed in the use of the letters v and w, b and p, t and d. This is seen in some of the family names: Bangel and Pangle are the same name; likewise Boovey and Poovey, Tarr and Darr, David Darr was called Tavy Tarr. Avenerable elder of fragrant memory, when the preacher ascended the pulpit to begin service, was accustomed to step to the door and proclaim to those outside, “De Beobles will now come in, to breaching is reaty.” The Pennsylvania Dutchman had his humorous side, for “A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men.” They had their sports and amusements, their holidays and gala days, their Easter fun and Kriss Kringle frolics. Many of their sports and amusements partook more of skill and labor than dissipation and debauchery, such as corn shuckings, choppings, log rollings, house-raisings, spinning matches, quiltings and the like, tending to manly vigor and modest womanhood, and brightening the links of friendship and ** PAGE BREAK ** brotherly love. By hunting deer and turkey, the squirrel and other game they became expert riflemen. In the fall of the year shooting catches were common, the usual prize a quarter of beef or a turkey. A witness at court, when asked to fix the date of a certain transaction, replied “at shooting match time.” They were great fanciers of fine stock, and the old Dutch farmer never felt more lordly than hauling great loads with his sleek team of horses. The race track also has its devotees. Two prominent Germans were once called to the bar of the church for some cause resulting from a noted race run on the Warlick path. The one who lost expressed proper contrition. The other was incorrigible. Proud of his horse stakes, and exulting in the plaudits of the community, he promptly responded “I am sorry. I von. Mr. H. Werry sorry, he loss.” On the Dutch side are many signs and folk lore of interest. The Dutch farmer is a close observer and is often governed by signs. The moon is a powerful potentate. Its phases are closely watched, and there is a time to plant every seed, cut timber and do many things. A champion turnip grower used an incantation of virtue in casting the seed, resulting in a fourfold quantity. Each time he threw the seed with his hand he repeated a line of the following: “Some for the pug, Some for the fly, Some for the Devil, And in comes I.” Michael Schenck, in 1813, erected the first cotton factory, run by water power, south of the Potomac. It was a small affair located on a branch, one mile east of Lincolnton, but proving profitable, attracted Col. John Hoke and Dr. James Bivins, and they became partners of Michael Schenck. The firm in 1819 erected the Lincoln Cotton Mills, with three thousand spindles, on the South Fork, the beginning of the cotton mill industry in this section. This mill was burned in 1863. There are situate in Lincolnton and within four miles along the South Fork, thirteen cotton mills controlled by descendants of the Dutch. The only cotton mill in the county at the close of the war was Elm Grove, owned by John F. Phifer, now operated by Robert S. Reinhardt. The Confederate States government, about 1864, erected a laboratory for the manufacture of medicines on the site of the old Lincoln factory. In 1887, J. A. Abernethy and D. E. Rhyne erected the Laboratory Cotton Mills on the site of the Confederate laboratory, R. E. Costner, J. A, Anthony, L. J. Dellinger, John M. Rhodes, and W. A. Rudisill are mill men. Daniel F. Rhyne is proprietor of three mills. Other successful mill men are J. A. Abernethy, Edgar Love and J. M. Roberts. The late Capt. Joseph G. Morrison erected the Mariposa Mills, at the old Forney forge on Leeper’s Creek. Paper mills were operated for many years on the South Fork. Among the noted manufacturers of paper were William and Rufus Tiddy. One of the noted pioneers was Daniel Warlick. His entries approximate three thousand acres. In 1769 he made division of it among his five sons and four daughters. The oldest enterprise in the county today is the mill established on; a branch five miles west of Ram-! sour’s. It was once destroyed by the Cherokees. This property has’ passed from father to son, and is today owned by Jacob R. Warlick, a great grandson. It is now a modern roller-mill, the motive power a waterfall of sixty-two feet. The old highway from Ramsour’s Mill of Warlick’s Mill crossed the South Fork River at Reep’s Ford, just below the present Ramsour bridge. Here lived Adam Reep and his brothers, Adolph and Michael, all Whig soldiers. Just to the west, in a private burying ground rests Nicholas Heamer, a patriot soldier and one of the last survivors of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill. ** PAGE BREAK ** The subject of dress properly occupies large space in woman’s thought. In the olden time there were no stores near with heavily laden shelves from which to select, but they knew how to color, then combine the colors in beautiful fabrics, and were experts in fine weaving. They perhaps were not bothered with gores, and biases, frills and puffs, yet they had their trouble in cutting, fitting, and arranging the trimming as do those of the present with the latest fashion magazines and fashion plates, It is certain that in the vigor and strength of perfect development they were fair to look upon, equal at home, in the parlor or in the kitchen, alive to the wants of humanity and duty to God. Much of this inspiring record is due the examples, counsels and prayers of pious mothers; and while the songs of the nursery mingle with lessons of peace and love, and tender hearts are impressed with religious truth the result will be men and women of high type. As the century waned the German citizens were becoming prominent in public affairs. In 1797 John Ramsour represented Lincoln County in the House of Commons and twice afterwards. Then follows John Reinhardt in 1799, Peter Forney in 1800. Peter Hoyle was elected in 1802 and fourteen times afterwards; Henry Hoke in 1808; David Shuford in 1806. Then follows Loretz, Killian, Cansler and others. Henry Cansler was long and influential citizen. He filled the offices of County Surveyor, Sheriff, Clerk of Court and member of the General Assembly. His father and grandfather each wrote his name in the German, Phillip Gantzler, Jacob Costner was one of the first justices of Tryon County, sheriff of Tryon 1774 and 1775, major of the Tryon Regiment in 1776, died in 1777. Ambrose Costner, his great- grandson, planter and financier, was often the popular representative of Lincoln county in the House and Senate. John F, Reinhardt, Confederate soldier, planter, commoner and senator, is a great grandson of Christian Reinhardt, “agent of the Dutch Presbyterians.” He owns the Bartlett Shipp Homestead. His father Franklin M. Reinhardt, operated the Rehobeth Furnace. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 20 Andrew Hedick, a great-grandson of Andrew Hedick, “agent of the Dutch Lutherans,” resides on the ancestral homestead. He lost his right arm in the fearful struggle at Chancellorsville. After the war he attended Pleasant Retreat, and prepared himself for school teaching. For many years he filled the office of county treasurer and is one of the county’s honored citizens, Andrew Hedick is likewise the survivor of the usually mortal wound of a musket ball passing entirely through his body, as are also Abel Seagle and David Keever. David Schenck, grandson of Michael Schenck, was a great advocate and lawyer, a judge of the Superior Court and historian, He removed to Greensboro in 1882 and has a monument in the Guilford Battle ground. John F. Hoke, son of Col. John Hoke, was a captain’s commission in the Mexican War, and commanded his company with gallantry in the battles of Cerro Gordon, Tolema and National Bridge. He was adjutant-genera] in North Carolina, and colonel in the Civil War. He was an able lawyer and often the representative of Lincoln County in the General Assembly. His son, William A. Hoke as citizen, lawyer, legislator, judge of the Superior Court, and now justice of the Supreme Court occupies a large space in public esteem. Michael Hoke, son of Col. John Hoke, was an eminent lawyer and an accomplished orator, whose brilliant career added luster to this county and Commonwealth. The campaign of 1844 justly ranks among the famous in the history of the State. There were many causes contributing to its intensity. It was a presidential election. Henry Clay, the Whig nominee, a matchless orator and the idol of his party, made a speech in Raleigh on the 12th day of June of that year. James K. Polk, of Tennessee, a native of Mecklenburg and graduate of our State University, was the nominee of the Democrats. The republic of Texas was seeking annexation to the United States, and this was a burning issue. Each political party was on its mettle, and marshaling its forces for a battle royal. Standard bearers must be selected with care and the very best. Each party named a son of Lincoln County as its candidate for Governor, The Democrats nominated Michael Hoke, a gentleman, of fine person, fine address, of long legislative experience and high position at the bar, whose ease of manner and brilliancy of oratory won for him troops of friends. The Whigs were equally fortunate in the selection of William A. Graham, a man of exalted character and ability; and, like his competitor, the fitness of his conduct, his open, generous temper, and elevated mode of argument met the highest expectation of his most ardent admirers. Never in any campaign were two political antagonists more evenly matched. Both were in the prime of life. Hoke was only thirty-four, and Graham forty years of age. Both, were strikingly handsome men tall, well-formed and graceful of polished manner and placid temper, pure of character and free from guile. While processing all these amiable qualities when it came to the advocacy of the principles of their respective parties, or assaulting those of the other, they exhibited the courage of a Washington and the aggressiveness of a Jackson. The dignified and majestic presence of Graham was formidably rivaled by the matchless manner and ready humor of Hoke. Their joint canvass was a battle of giants. Graham was elected Governor, Clay carried the State and Polk was elected President. Hoke scarce survived the campaign. He died September 9, 1844, at the youthful age of 34 years, 4 months and 7 days. 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 December, 1809, sponsors John Rudisill and his wife.” The ** PAGE BREAK ** infant George grew into a man full of years and honor. An old Frenchman in Lincolnton, Lorenzo Ferrer, often bought farm products from Mr. Coon, and so admired his perfect integrity, and “full measure of potatoes,” that one of his bequests was: “I will and bestow to honest George Koon one hundred dollars.” Lorenzo Ferrer, having been introduced, shall have place in this history. He was a native of Lyons, France, but spent his long life from early manhood in Lincolnton. He died August 16th, 1875, aged ninety-six years. He had his coffin made to order and gave directions concerning his grave. It is marked by a recumbent slab, supported on marble columns. The first paragraph of his will is in these words. I, Lorenzo Ferrer. here write my last will and testament whilst I am in possession of my faculties, as I have shortly to appear at the tribunal of St. Peter at the gate of eternity; when St. Peter is to pronounce according to my merits or demerits: for our Lord Jesus Christ entrusted the key of Heaven to St. Peter and enjoined him to admit the deserving to enter into Heaven and enjoy an eternal happiness, but to condemn the undeserving defrauders to the everlasting sulphurious flames in the Devil’s abode. Therefore, I am endeavoring to comfort myself in such a manner in order to merit an eternal happiness in the presence of God, and his angels, and in company with St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Titus and the other saints. For I am anxious to converse with those happy martyred saints and rejoice with them at the firmness, patience, and willingness they endured at their martyrdom for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am also in hope t9 see and embrace my kind friends Michael Hoke, William Lander, and other good and honest friends with whom I hope to enjoy and eternal felicity,” etc. Adam Springs approached the dark river with no such beatific vision. In the confident possession of a sound mind and good judgment he likewise wrote his own will, the first part of which follows: “North Carolina, Lincoln County - Know all men by these presents, that I, Adam A. Springs, sufficient believing himself of 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 ordain this my last well and testament as follows: As to my soul or finer part, whatever it may be, I surrender it to its author without 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 University, a graduate in the Class of 1798, a large real estate owner, including 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-writing was propounded for probate, a caveat entered, the issue, devisavit vel non, submitted, the will established, and executed by his surviving fellow citizens according to the true intent and meaning thereof. 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 University graduate, lawyer, three times clerk of the superior court and left a considerable estate in North and South Carolina. His entire will with date and signature contains but twenty-three words: “T will all my estate, real and personal to my wife, Mary Elizabeth McBee, this 3lst day of March, 1888. V. A. McBee.” Robert F. Hoke and Stephen D. Ramseur, twin soldiers of destiny, became distinguished Major-Generals in the armies of the Confederacy, 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 virtues of the home and the ** PAGE BREAK ** common duties of the good citizens have ever charmed; most theor ambitions. Of persistent energy, high purpose, and sturdy inclination, they have made and are 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 presented a solid front in defense of their Southland. Stephen D, Ramseur, a graduate of West Point, and a lieutenant, tendered his service to the Confederacy and was appointed captain 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 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) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 21 “In Dixie Land I'll take my stand, and live and die for Dixie.” In the darkness of the night he sealed 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 Confederate. 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. 62d, Regiment, Joseph B. Shelton, Captain; (7) Company H, 52d Regiment, Eric Erson, Captain; (8) Company G. 57th Regiment, John F. Speck, Captain; besides members of other Companies. Many of the Bethel soldiers won commissions of honor. Capt. William J. Hoke became Colonel of the 38th Regiment; Second Lieutenant Robert F. Hoke was promoted 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. Summerow, 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 volunteer 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 entered the service as first lieutenant of the Beattie’s Ford Rifles; this company was mustered in as Company K, 28d Regiment; he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel of the 2d Regiment. Robert D. Johnston, second lieutenant of the Beattie’s Ford Rifles, rose by promotion for gallantry to the rank of Brigadier-General. He was wounded in Seven Pines, Gettysburg and on the Catawba River. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 22 Other commissioned officers: Colonel - Samuel D. Lowe, Lieutenant Colonels - Hiram W. Abernethy and Charles J. Hammarskold. Majors - Sydney F. Finger and William A. Graham. Captains - James T. Adams, Phillip W. Carpenter, A. H. Houston, G. W. Hunter, James F. Johnston, William H. Johnston, Joseph IF. Johnston, James M. Kincaid, Joseph CG. Morrison, Milton Lowe, George L. Phifer, Benjamin H. Sumner, Woodberry Wheeler, and C. C. Wrenshall. First Lieutenants - Peter S. Beal, John H. Boyd, John P, Cansler, William H. Hill, Wallace M. Reinhardt, Daniel Reinhardt, and Thomas L. Seagle. Second Lieutenant - Thomas Abernethy, William Arndt, William H. Hill, Wallace M. Reinhardt, Daniel Asbury, George W. Beam, Caleb Bisaner, John Caldwell, Eli Crowell, Henry Eaton, Henry Fullenwider, John F. Goodson, Emanuel Houser, Bruce Houston, Lee Johnston, Thomas Lindsey, William M. Monday, John Rendleman, Samuel Rendleman, David Rhodes, Alfred Robinson, Samuel Thompson, W. A. Thompson, Henry Wells and Rufus Warlick. Chaplains - Robert B. Anderson and Eugene W. Thompson. Summary - two major-generals, one brigadier-general, four colonels, three lieutenant-colonels, two majors, two chaplains, twenty eight captains, sixteen first lieu. tenants, thirty-three second lieutenants and 1,219 non-commissioned officers and privates, a grand total of 1,311 Confederate soldiers. Authorities: Counties of North Carolina, by K. P. Battle; Governor William Tryon, by Marshall DeLancey Haywood; Colonel Records of North Carolina; State Records of North Carolina; Pubic Laws of North Carolina; Public Records of Tryon County, NC; Public Records of Lincoln County, N. C.; General Joseph Graham and His Revolutionary Papers, by W. A. Graham; History of North Carolina by John H. Wheeler; Reminiscences and Memoirs, by John Hi. Wheeler; Sketches of Western North Carolina, by C. L. Hunter; Manuscript of Wallace M. Reinhardt; King’s Mountain and Its Heroes, by L. C. Draper; Narratives of the Battle of King's Mountain, by David Vance and Robert Henry; North Carolina, 1780-81 by David Schenck; German Settlements in North and South Carolina, by G. D. Bernheim; History of the Reformed Church; South Fork Association, by W. A. Graham; The Broad Axe and the Forge, by Brevard McDowell; Old Lincoln Homes, by Brevard Nixon; Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Lincoln County, by A. Nixon. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 23 Muster Roll Of Cavalry Detached from the Militia of North Carolina, in pursuance of s requisition from the President of the United States, by virtue of an act of Congress passed 10th April 1812: Seventh Company detached from the Tenth Brigade - Henry Ramsaur Captain; William 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 Fry, Sadler; Ezekial Hazelett, Trum.; Elias Bost, Dragoon; William Bost, Jacob Smover, Hiram Harbeson, Alexandria Nail, Henry Smith, Charles Reinhardt, Edward Sanders, Matthew Haynes, Absalom Taylor, Allen Wetherly, William Price, John Henry, Moses Heron, John Rhyne, Jr., Edward Scarboro, David Ramsaur, James Grist, Richard Maze, James Knox, Samuel McMin, John Wilkinson, Alexander McCorkle, John Cornelius, Hardy Abernathy, William Porter, Frederick Kimmy, Benjamin Suttle, William Hannon, Jeremiah Runyan, Timothy Hanny, Isaac Vanzantz – 42. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 24 Seventh Company detached from the first Lincoln Regiment - Henry Rudisill, Captain; Robert Oats, Lieutenant; Philip Hain, Ensign; Moses Herring, 1st Sergt.; Peter Crites, 2nd Sergt.; Chris Lewis, 3rd Sergt.; William Fullbright, 4th Sergt.; Abraham Wiatt, 1st Cpl.; Linas Sanford, 2nd Cpl.; David Cline, 3rd Cpl.; Samuel Edgin, 4th Cpl.; John Master, Private, John Tucker, Joseph: Shaw, James Clark, Henry Barclay, Jesse Wheeler, John Ballard, George Sifford, Menucan Shelton, George Freet, William Sifford, Isaac Flemming, John Sifford, Gathp Sifford, Adam Iloppis, Martam Dellinver, Robert Williams, William Lowe, Iasiah Abernethy, Drury Baggatt, Absalom Bumgarner, George Moore, William Walker, Nicholas Laurence, Thomas Ash, Moses Bumgarner, Colbert Sherrill, Isaac Robertson, Jacob Burns, John Caldwell, Frederick Summey, Jacob Finger, Elias Plot, Henry Chipperd, Christopher Hoffman, Jacob Isaac, Jacob 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, Edward Sneed, William Pennett, Jacob Miller, Robert Wilson. John Crago, John Murphy, James Lindsay, Adam Speight, Christy Speight, 70. ** PAGE BREAK ** 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.; Thomas as Bandy, 3rd Sergt.; R. H. Simpson, 4th Sergt.; Philip Fry, 1st Cpl.; Thomas Sampson, 2rd Cpl.; John Norman, 3rd Cpl.; Chris. Acer, 4th Cpl.; Daniel Shuford, Jr., Daniel Whitner, Jr., Adolph Foolz, Michael Propst, David Bost, John German, Andrew Sleter, Abram Kilyon, Jacob Link, Daniel Peterson, Abraham Sleter, George Fisher, Payton Vauhan, Conrad Yoder, George Mostziles, Silas Wilson, Jacob Thorne, George McIntosh, Thomas Huskey, Reuben Copelin, William Harrison, Peter Harman, Ephraim Davis, James Paterson, Samuel Gladdon, Benjamin Waterson, William Scoggin, Soloman Harmon, Abner Camp, David Weir, Perry G. Reynolds, Uell Reynolds, John Rudaice, John Turner, Cyrus Peed, Isaac Williams, Benjamin Edwards, Jacob Raugh, Michael Hevner, John Miller, John Taylor, William Caldwell, William Hull, William Bird, William Carrol, John Trout, Peter Howzer, Jacob Spengler, James Center, John Ederr, Wiley Harris, John Harvener, Robert Watts, Joseph Kyson, Thomas Laming, Adam Husslater, Peter Beem, John Vickers, Joseph Carpenter, Peter Kiser - 71. (To be continued) ** PAGE BREAK ** INSTALLMENT 25 Of Detached Militia, Organized In August 1814 Lincoln County First Regiment. James Finley, Captain; William J. Wilson, 1st Lieut.; Richard Cowan, 2nd Lieut.; Andrew Barry, 3rd. Lieut.; John Beard, Ensign; Ambrose Gualtney, Andrew Slinkard, John Hogan, Henry Sadler, George Berry, Jacob Troutman, William Short, James Graham, Isaac Murrel, John Hunt, Benedict Jetton, Benjamin Proctor, John Lutz, William Little, Richard Proctor, William Nance, Jr.; James White, William Nance, William Tucker, Ambrose Cobb, Jacob Cloninger, Samuel Pew, Thomas Sadler, Needham Wingate, David Smith, Jr.; Robinson Moore; William Meginese, John Rhodes, John M:2siness, William Sutton, John Malow, Bedford Childers, Thomas Tucker, Samuel Abernethy, Red Errowood, Robert Lucky, Charles Edwards, Anthony Long, Freeman Shelton, Ruben Grice, John Bynum, William Hill, Willis Ballard, William Killian, Robinson Harris, Anthony Hinkle, Ashman Gwin, James Hicks, Daniel Killian, Frederie Killian, Edward Carroll, John Jenkins, Thomas Dickson, John Venable, Austin Ford, Peter Titman, James McCarver, William, Rockford, Robert Alexander, William McCarver, Wiertt Jenkins, Reuben Jenkins Jacob Rhyne, Adam Rhyne, Solomon Rhyne, John Rhodes, John Bynum, David Costner, Jacob Smith, George House, Amos Robeson, Alexander McCullock, Reece Price, Moses Grissom, Thomas Groves, Hirai Harris, James Shannon, Jacob Fite, Ezekiel McClure, John Merner, Samuel Williams, James McClure, William Lattimore, John Damon, Anderson Wells, William Hamilton, John Leeper, John Glover, Alexander Rankin, William Reed, Steward Jenkins, William Bluford, John Hanks, Ebner Rumflet, John Carthy, Jaob Kennedy, John Oats, John Partner, William Adams, John Blackwood. ** PAGE BREAK ** Lincoln County Second Regiment - Daniel Hoke, Captain; John B. Harris, 1st. Lieut.; Gilbert Melliken, 2nd Lieut.; Isaac Mauney, 3rd Lieut.; Peter Hoke, Ensign; John Carpenter, Henry Huffsteddler, Moses Barr, Jacob Plonk, William Carpenter, Joseph Black, William Ferguson, Cudeas Smith, Jonas Rudisill, Peter Mauney, David Kizer, Peter Eaker, George Seller, Peter Costner, John Hoffsteddler, William Guntlessey, Daniel Glotfelder, Elias Glotfelder, Rudolph Glotfelder, Lewis Huet, Philip Ikerd, Thomas Smith, John Bumgarner, Willie Hops, Archibold Cobb, Elisha Saunders, Joshua Hunter, Conrade Heldebrand. Peter Reymer, Bostian Best, John Houser, Solomon Shoup, Samuel Bigham, William Wilks, Charles Williams, James Chapman, National 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, Christopher Carpenter, James Endsley, Anthony Clark, David Bookout, Archibold Endsley, John Wright, Thomas Craigs, Phillip Haynes, John Whitworth, Joshua Howell, Samuel Collins, John Monser, Casper Boiick, George Bowman, Henry Lickman, Matthew Boovey, Charles Ward, William Harmon, David Huntley, Marbain Lickman, George Turner, Abraham Tray, Henry Lickman Jr.; Samuel Sulivan, Christian Bolinger, Christopher Hope, Michael Ingle, William: Cline, John Shafer, Henry Housev, Ransom Husky, Matthies Barrinzer, Michael Dellinger, Daniel Blackburn, Jacob Horner, Aaron Moore, David Dick, Joseph Helebrand, Joseph Leonhart, James Lemons, Daniel Fulbright, Francis Summit, Nicholas Carpenter, Peter Lorance, Joseph Ashe, John Earncy, Alfred Sherrill, Elias Shine, Convade Ward, Avery Guane, Andrew Yount, Phillips Hedrick, Benedict Levant, John Cowan, George Shook, Jacob Fullbright, Leonard Kagle, Ephraim Christopher, William Echard, John Hedrick, Aaron Downson, Peter Keller, Gabriel Isaac, Samuel Peterson, Frederic Knup, Francis King, Peter Raby, Michael Sattonfield, Joseph Robinson, Miles Abernethy, David Hawn, Valentine Taylor, John Snyder, James Bridges, James Jones, Benjamin Newman, Sterline Singleton, John Ward, John Gotfelder, James Fisher, Samuel Setton, William Black, David Warlick, Elisha Wilson, Nimrod Wilson, Henry Killian, Solomon Killian, Daniel Coulter, Henry Coulter and John Shuford. ** PAGE BREAK **