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ll e d
e d a n d C a p t H oo k er k i
T h e fo rg e d l ett er s
M y a n sw er i
n M a j o r R ai
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H u n t er s a n d W i
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M y a rr i
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T h e n a m es o f th e g en t l em en C o mmi
tt ee i
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R eb el p ro c l a m a t i
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E m b a r k e d fo r E a st F l or i
M aj or D evo i
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A n est i
ma t e o f m y p rop ert y
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n h a bi
tan t s
M y sp eec h to th e i
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M y self a n d ot h ers set o u t for E a st F l o ri
va l at N ew P ro vi
d en c e
M y a rri
l t o n s L e tt er
Co l H a m i
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M y M emo ri
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Li
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r G eor g e Y o u n g
M y l ett er to G eorg e R a n d a l
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O L O N E L D A VI D F ANNIN G ,
North C a rolin a , wa s o n e of
of
the
most remarkable c ha ract ers develop ed
by the American R evolution
His own
n a rrative o f his su f
feri n gs exploit s mar
vello n s a dv en tures a n d hairbre a dth es
c a pes duri n g the war has fo r ye ars p ast
been an obj ect of qu est by writers an d
stude n ts o f American a n d C olo n i a l his
tory esp ec i a lly i
n the Maritime Provi n c e s
It wa s n ot until quite l a t ely th a t I su c
n traci n g and
c eeded i
getting t empora ry
p ossession of th e man usc rip t an d to my
sur p rise a fterw ards di sc overed that it
had been prin t ed—first at R ic hmo n d
Virgin i a i
n th e first y ear of
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the I n depe n de n c e o f th e C o n f ed era te
n an edition of fifty
S tates of Am erica i
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c opies for priva te distributio n o n ly
an d a n
with a pr efa c e sign ed
i n trodu c tio n by Joh n H Whe el er author
History o f North Ca roli n a an d
of a
n
n New York i
th a t it was reprin ted i
T he f ac t o f
n a n editio n o f 2 0 0
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these publi c ation s is n o t g en era lly k n ow n
still le ss k n ow n to
and
to Americ an
Neither
C a n adi a n read ers o f to day
the first c opy n or the r eprin t is e n tir e
quite fa ithful to the origin al an d
or
both a re o u t of pri n t an d a comp l et e
e
a
an d true copy will I a m sure be v lu d
b oth in Ca n ada an d the U n ited St at es
N o t on ly are the incid en ts related of
thrilling i n ter est but the n a rra tive s a
self vindic a tion o f on e whom Amer ic an
writers of every grade have a greed in
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xecra ti n g a s the very in c arna tion of
wicked n ess an d ferocity It was n ot
u n til about the middl e of the l ast ce n tury
th at the A m eric an publi c awok e to the
fact tha t th ere c ould have b een an y
n
p a triotism or p ublic or p riva te virtue i
the brea st o f an y on e who espoused the
n the Am eri c a n R evolution
loyal side i
It was the mel an choly fat e of a L oyalist
to be written down a vill a i n before the
ey es of p osterity ; an d it has b een l abor
fi cult to u n cover an d bring
i
on s an d di f
to li ght the re a l ch ar act ers of m an y wor
thy men fro m u n der the va st load of
obloquy with whi c h Am eri c an writers
A s an Ameri c an
ha d overwh elm ed th em
ra teu r o f n ot e on c e r em a rked to me
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S abin e s Am eri c an L oy alists was a
r evel a tio n
to the Ameri c an peop le
who had n ever before k n o w n th at there
c ould p o ssibly be two sides to the que s
tion “ H ere th en rests a T ory an d y ou
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exc laimed S abi n e him self i
surp rise
when the gra ve ofthe R ev R oger Viets was
n D i gby
S abine
p oi n ted out to him i
was as imp arti a l a s he d ared
n o doubt
n vi ew of the publi c to whi c h he wa s
be i
caterin g an d he ventured to record and
c ondemn m a ny o f th e viol en t excesse s
of the Whigs but oft en fa ils to con nect
fe c t in rel a ting the reprisals
c a us e a n d ef
on the part of outraged L oyalists which
those exc e sses n a turally provoked and
he enter s n o extenuating pl ea for F an
whil e as to Moody whose similar
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rrative in full the reader will find in
“
the History of An n apolis ” an d who
was pur sued in his own State by the
s ame vin dictive hatred that followed
F anning i
n his
he di
fli
den tly c on c lud es
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that evidence is wa n tin g to show tha t
he viol a ted to a serious ext ent the rules
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Both th ese men
of civilised warfare
desired to rem a i n at pea ce but like
n
ma n y an d m an y a n other similarly i
c li
ned were drive n i n to the wa r by the
homicida l or preda tory viole n c e o f their
rebel n eighbour s
As the n um erou s
town hi storie s of N ew E n gla n d show
it was the fu n ctio n of the C ommitt ee
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organ
o f C orr espond en c e and S a fety
n every
ised as a sort o f I n qui sition i
n th e tow n
township to visit every man i
ship an d comp el him to sign or refuse
to sign a pl ed ge to sup p ort the C o n ti n
s life an d pro p erty
e n ta l cause with hi
A n y who decli n ed from c on sc i en tious
religious sc rupl es as a ! uaker might
be exc u sed an d su c h was the n umb er
who sought i mm u n ity u n d er thi s p l ea
that the R evere n d Jacob Ba il ey* wrot e
that he exp ected th a t at the c lo se of the
war if the r esult should be favoura ble
to the Briti sh c a u se the Soci ety of F rie n ds
would be fou n d to have very largely
i n creased
T ho se
how ever who re
fused on an y other grou n d w ere su b
n co n tra st to which
j ec ted to trea tm en t i
the moder n boy c ott w er e merc y itself
T he c ases o f Moody Budd 1 F a nn i n g
and T homa s Brown are on ly ex a mples
imm en se n umber whose story
o f an
n ever ha s b een an d n o w never c an be
told T arri n g an d fe a th eri n g a n eutral
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an d c a rryi n g him a strid e
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or a
was a favourite p a stime of
a fe n c e r a il
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patriots ” all over the c ou n try Be
sides pe n din g the a chievemen t of
their i n depe n d en c e the va riou s St a t e
govern me n t s a ssumed the preroga tives
n respe c t to the
o f rec og n is ed n a tio n s i
s
and tried an d
cri
men l wsce ma j esta ti
executed a s reb el s a ga i n st the State those
who refu sed to be rebels a g a i n st their
king M en who w ere un willi n g to j oi n
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subverti n g by force the govern me n t
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de j u re were thus held guilty an d made
pay the fa t al p en alty of tre a son agai n st
the usurped gover n me n t de f acto : T wo
i n sta n ce s u n recorded i
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hi story come
readily to my min d as I write : A brother
o f the fa ther o f the Ho n oura ble James
W John sto n e the emine n t Nova Scotian
sta tesm an an d j urist a mere boy was
so put to dea th i
n Georgi a * an d o n e
Hut c hi n so n so n of the seco n d wife of
the R ev John Wisw a ll loy a li st R ector
Wilmot N S was
an d
o f Ayl esford
ha n ged by the rebel s when attempti n g
to visit hi
s p aren ts
r T he se two c a s es
s
a n d hi
are n o t m en tioned by S a bi n e
book abou n ds i
n
such
Proscribed
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s the se n tence he con
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an d b an i shed
re c ords and the b an ishment
ti
n u ally
was usua lly on p ai n o f dea th i Impar
ti a l hi stori an s c an not but put down
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these deeds as c old blooded murder
to u se the ex ac t ter m ap p li ed to F an
n the pr efa c e before me
mi n g s ac t s i
Nor do es S abi n e dea l much more
j ustly with the m emory o f C ol E dmu n d
F a r mi n g an d R i c h a rd L ippi n cott know n
n thi s cou n try a fter the R evolutio n a s
i
most worthy an d estim able a s well as
o n the
a ble men
an d as l a t e as 1 8 79
occ a sion of the bicen te n n ial c elebration
Ma ss on e of the or a tors
o f R o c h ester
of the day bran ded with sh a me the
memory of G en era l T imothy R uggles
whose tale n ts a n d
a n ative of th e town
virtu es would prob ably ha v e made him
Pre siden t perh ap s the first Pre sid en t o f
the U n ited St a t es as he ha d bee n of
th e first C o n gres s of the disa f
fe c ted col
s c o n scienc e and j udgme n t
on i
es
if hi
could h ave permitted him to espouse
what proved to be the wi n n ing side
He fell politic a lly i
n a lost although an
hon ourable an d chivalrous c ause Bu t
more recent Am eric an writers have been
fa irer tha n S abin e an d more c ou rag
eo u s an d m an y o f them are now tre a t
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R ec tor o f A n n a p ol i
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L oy al i
n o f d ea t h
sh ed o n p a i
o f N ew Y or k a n d b an i
on a ry
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ing the eve n ts of the America n R evo
lu ti
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an d the characters a n d motives
o f its actors
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n a u di
D octor
al sp irit
j ci
Hosmer in his life of G over n or Hutch
inson does full j ustice to his worthy an d
disti n guished subj ect but we are sur
prised that he j u stifies the expulsion
o f the L oy a list s
not apprehe n di n g that
the same spirit of chiva lrous an d relig
ious fidelity that ma rked their dutiful
allegia n ce to the ol d governm ent would
have been tra n sferred to the n ew on ce
the t errible struggle in whi c h th ey had
fought an d lost wa s o ver ; an d tha t the
ability an d p a triotism o f th eir leaders
would have been of imm en se value in
helping to overc ome in st ea d o f as he
sugge sts promoting or a c ce n tua ti n g the
initi a l diffi c ulti es an d troubles tha t u n
avoid a bly b eset the n ew r epubli c Syd
ney G eorge F i sher w ith obvious p ro
ety
en title s his mo st v a lu a bl e book
p ri
whic h has b een v ery rec en tly p ublished
“
A tru e History of the Am eri c an R evo
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n
lutio
He fa ithfully exposes an d ac
counts for the sup pre ssio n an d di
stor
tio n s of the truth by the earli er writer s
but e n tirely misu n derst an d s the moder n
c olo n i a l policy of E n glan d a n d tra duc es
A p erusal
her condu c t o f the Bo er war
o f his b ook is a bsolutely n e c ess a ry to
a fair u n dersta n ding of the facts of the
revolution ary period
I n F an n i n g s origi n a l ma n u script the
chirogr aphy is exc ell en t but there is
little o r n o pun c tu a tion an d the orthog
rap hy a n d too free u se o f i n iti a l ca p ital s
is perhap s a littl e mor e irregu l ar tha n
n tho se d ays
a n d th es e
was c ommon i
errors are aggra va ted an d a distorted
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pu n ctu a tio n i n trodu c ed i
the pri n ted
s re a son to su s
edition I n fa ct th ere i
pe et that the R ichmo n d editor tri ed to
make F a n ning a ppear a m o re illiterate
man tha n he really was * It is bett er
I think that all these ecce n tri c ities
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sh ould be rectified i
the presen t re
print as manuscripts of tha t p eriod are
n these d ays
usually so deal t wi
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th e m an u sc ri
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declares that the n arrative
from its
mi n uteness of detail and ac c uracy of
d ates (which have been comp ared with
relia ble authorities ) may be depen ded
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o n a s a truthful record
and quot es the
testimo n y of the hi storia n Ba n croft to
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a uth enti c ity
its
fidelity an d value ”
Bu t the a uthor o f the p refac e starts
with an error a s to F a n n i n g s birth—plac e
which he say s wa s i
n Joh n sto n C ounty
North Carolin a w her ea s F a n n i n g de
n hi
s will that he wa s the son o f
cl a re s i
David F ar min g an d was bor n at Be ec h
n
Sw a mp i
Amelia C ounty Virgi n i a
where his fa ther left a con sid erabl e
e sta t e o f which he was the rightful
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h ir an d whi c h he still hoped at th a t
d a te ( 1 8 2 5) tha t his fa mily mi ght re
cover a lthou gh he had evide n tly given
up
a s irr etri eva bly lo st
his form er p o s
sessio n s i
n North Ca roli n a
T he ho p e
of recoverin g h i
s Virgi n ia p ro p erty
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s c l ea r
l ed hi
m to refuse* to a llow his
n arra tive to be p ublish ed lest it should
w eake n his cl a im i
n th a t r eg a rd
O th er
sta tem en ts of the writer of the p refac e
resp ectin g F an n i n g s boyhood an d p hy
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si
c al
idio syn c r asie s given a s pri n c i
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p a lly tradition ary su c h a s his b ei n g
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an d u n fit
af
sca ld h ead
fli c t ed with
s fellows or to sle ep
to sit a t t a bl e with h i
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n a bed an d d esi gn ed to stigm a tise him
degra ded charac ter b elon gi n g to
as a
the dregs of so c i ety are eviden tly u n
reli able an d of doubtful good fa ith
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He sp eaks o f the
self sa ti f tio
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c old
with whic h a fter r el a tin g hi
s n ei ghbour s an d
blooded m urder of hi
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fellow c itiz en s he ap p lies to himself at
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Addres s to the R eader
the clos e of hi
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M ark the
the word s of the P salmi st :
p erfe c t man an d behold the upright for
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Bu t
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the en d o f th at man is pe
this text is n o t i
n F a n n i n g s ha n dwriting
a n d wa s n o doubt writte n there a fter
his dea th by hi
As to
s widow or son
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the all eged c old blooded murd er it
will be s een tha t i
n every c a se F a n n i n g
sp ecific a lly m en tion s the offen ce whic h
the victim was c on de mn ed to expiate
blooded murder by the
a lway s the cold —
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of on e of F a n n in g s men o r some oth er
F or i n st a n c e we fin d i
L oy a li st
n his
i n dex : C ol L i n dley mu rder ed an d
two m en h an ged for it ” I will it ali
cise thi s an d severa l other inst an c es i
n
the n a rr a tiv e
I r efer a l so to F an n i
n
gs
a c cou n t of the b a rb a rous tr ea tm en t by
the i n surgen ts of h i
s c omp an io n T hom a s
Brow n whose terribl e re p ri sa l s on h i
s
p ers ecutors are fully r el a t ed by S abi n e
Mr Wh eel er has n o t a word of c o n dem
n a tio n for these a tro c iti es; they do n o t
n th e l ea st ; W hil e the d eed s
sho c k him i
n him the mo st
o f th eir a v en g er ex c it e i
i n ten se horror H e say s i
n hi
s c opious
a n d doubtl ess l oc a lly v a lu a ble b iogr a ph
i c a l n ot es th a t C o l Balfour wa s
“
cru elly murder ed ” by F an n i n g al
though he had r ea d i
n
the n a rr a tiv e
th a t i
n a pr evious n egoti a tio n as to the
term s of a p rop o sed p eac e b etw ee n
Balfour h a d
the c o n t en din g f a ctio n s
“
l a id it do w n th a t ther e wa s n o r esti n g
”
pl ac e for a T ory s foot o n th e ea rth
showi n g th a t a c essa tio n of hostiliti es c ould
on ly be se c u red by F an n i n g s surr en d er
a n d ex ec utio n
T he c on fli c t th erefor e
wa s re n ewed with m ore d esp er a t e an d
f a t a l fury an d seei n g th at c ert a in d ea th
n the
aw a ited hi
m a t Ba lfour s h an ds i
it i
s h a rdly to be
ev en t of his c a p t u r e
won d er ed at tha t a t th eir n ext e nc oun t er
n
the first
F an n i n g shou ld try to get i
shot o r should s eek the fir st o p p ortu n ity
s i n t en ded sl ay er
o f sl ayi n g h i
I c o n c lu d e tha t F an n i n g has be en
gri evou sly m a li gn ed by A m eri c an writ
s
ers w h o h a v e be en u n a bl e to v i ew h i
with other tha n the j au n di c ed
c a r eer
I f h e h ad do n e
ey es of the p a rti san
n
j u st w h a t h e did i
n th e Am eri c an i
h e would h av e
st ea d o f th e lo y a l c a u se
b een ac c l a i m ed a s on e of th e bra v est an d
b est of th eir h ero es Mr Wh eeler say s :
H a d the d a ri n g d esp er a t e t emp er of
F an n i n g b een el ev a t ed by edu c a tion
by r el i
giou s i n flu en c es an d
c h ast en ed
dir ec t ed i
n p ro p er a n d p a trioti c c h an n el s
his n am e mi ght h a v e b een a sso c i a t ed
with th a t of the M ario n s an d Way n es
n whi c h he wa s
of the ev en tfu l ep o c h i
”
otori
u
T o thi s I w ou ld say th a t
n
o s
if he h ad fou ght o n the r ev ol u tio n ary
i n st ea d o f o n the l oy al sid e Mr Y heel er
a n d ev ery oth er Am eric an w riter wo u ld
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an d
u en tly
by edu c a tio n
el eva ted
as
c h a ste n ed by r eligiou s i n fl u en c es
w ell a s “ dir ec t ed i
n p ro p er an d p a triotic
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chan n els
illustriou s a mo n g
an d tr u ly
th e Wa y n e s a n d M a rio n s of th a t eve n t
ful ep oc h H i
r eport s o f his
s e n emi es
n flu
prob a bly i
c h a r a c t er
an d c o n du c t
by whom
en c ed th e Briti sh gov ernme n t
he w as n o t tr ea ted with the sam e ge n er
fered
ty a s oth er s who h a d do n e an d su f
o si
l ess Mob viol en c e an d outrages o n
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rop
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F ar mi n g r esolut e d ari n g a n d r esourc e
ful fou ght his en emies with their o wn
method s the o n ly m ethod s a va il able
n a w ar that set f a mily ag a inst
to hi
m i
f am ily an d n eighbour a ga i n st n eighbour
a n d wa s w a g ed by sm a ll
irrespon sibl e
b an d s all through the Provi nc e ov er
whi c h a reign of t error app a lli n g to c on
t emp l a t e m ad e w r ec k of the human e
sen time n t s th a t c a st a gl a m our o v er the
o p er a tion s of regu l ar w a rfar e b etw een
As eac h petty l ead er
C hri sti an n a tio n s
fir ed with p arty rage or thirsti n g for re
ven ge ga i n ed a t emp ora ry a d v an t age
over hi
s op p o n en t s
H o p e wi
t h eri
ng
fl e d a n d m erc y si
gh e d
fa re well
He wa s an im a t ed by a c hivalrou s loy a lty
to his l a wful soverei gn an d th e ide a of a
“
”
un it ed E mpir e at le ast as di si n t er est ed
a n d quit e as c o mm en d a bl e a s th e si m il ar
sen time n t s whi c h fired the br ea st o f the
m ost f a ithful soldi er of the U n io n w ho
fought i
n the gre a t A m eri c an C i v il War
a n d h e wa s p atrioti c a lly d evot ed to the
s c o u n try a s h e saw th em
i n t erest s of hi
T he a uthor o f th e p r ef a c e ass ert s that
th e p eopl e of the South er n St a te s
ere
th e ac tors i
n th e old str u g l e h a d a ll
g
p a ssed aw ay w er e obli ged to a ga i n dr aw
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o n o f t h ese
p
on s i
c o n c l u si
n
a n o t h er fa i
r an d i
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m p a rt i
A m eri
c an
b o o k rec en tl y p u bl i
V an
sh ed
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hi
Ty n e i
s
st s o f t h e A m er i
L o y al i
c an
R ev o l u t i
on
n g of
p 1 8 4 sa y s t h a t t h e h an gi
fiv e L o y al i
st p r i
so n er s o f w a r by th e r e b el s
i
n N o rt h C a r o l i
n a l e d t o r ep r i
sa l s wh i
c h w er e
c o n ti
n u ed i
n
t h a t r egi
on
t h ro u gh th e w ar
c l ea rl y r eferr i
n g t o t h e ev en t s r ec o r d ed by
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THE N
A R R A TI VE O F C O L F A N N I N G
7
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the
sword to protect their home s an d
n vin c ed th a t he had be n f l ely
c
o
e
a s
a c cused
fir esi
des from an oppressor the North
an d wro n gly c n
(
)
o victed an d did all he
wh o attempted to imp ose o n them burdens
i
n su c h a c a se by exercisi g the
could
n
more odious than those they refused to “
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royal
e
i
n his f a vour
After
p rerogativ
bear from that n ation to whi h they
c
he* removed to D igby Nov a S c otia
this
existence a s a p eopl ”
owed
their
e ; that
a r which he lived o n a farm at the b se
“
ne
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a
the mad efl orts of the North to subdue o f the picturesque
n tai n th a t lifts its
“
mou
the S outh had brought about the re
etwe en
lofty
head
b
the town an d the
e nacting of s c e n es such as disclo
sed by
o u r veracious chro n icler ”
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scenes
at
;
n estles c osily the
Here
still
the recital o f whi c h decency revolts and o l d a
i
n which he restfully p a ssed
f
rmhouse
b efore the perpetra tors o f them even the t
he decli n i n g ye a rs of his chequered life
T ories of the first revolutionary war might
a n d her e lived his son
R oss C urri e Ca rr
hide their diminished
Ameri
F an n i n g when the writer k n ew him from
c ans o i
the present day will c onsider him
of the l a st c en tury till
the
early
sixties
a s wro n g in these extra vagan t pronoun ce
his death
ments as we con sider him in his estimate
I n New Brun swick his n a m e is per
o fF a nning
etu a ted in a stre a m known as F an n
p
i
n
s
g
a
S bine who stra n ge to say k n ew Brook formin g part o f the bou d ry li
n a
ne
n
n othi g of this n a rra tive says that F an
etw een Ki n s an d
b
ue
en s C ou n ti es o n
g
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ni
n
g s c orresp ond ence ( although where
est side o f the R iv er St Joh n
the
w
n
O
and how he got access to it is ha rd to this str ea m he built a mill p rt of the
a
c onj ectur e a n d he c ould have se en but d arn o f whic h still exists an t
d
h
e c ellar
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little o f it ) affords am p l e eviden c e ” th a t o f his hou se c an be s
een a bout h a lf a
“
he wa s ofte n in volved in qu arrels with mile dist an t
In
hi
s will
b
eside s the
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his n eighbours which is sc arcely c om
men tion of his i n heritan c e i
G eorgi a
n
patible with the fa ct that he was chosen he spok e o f the c l a im hi
s family h ad o n
t hr ee times to repr esent them i
the the ge n erosity o f the Briti sh G ov rn ment
n
e
Provi n cia l P a rlia m en t in whi c h he sat a s but a lthough that G over n me n t ra n t ed a
g
member for ! u ee n s C ou n ty from 1 791 pe n sio n to Moody s widow n othi n g w
as
to Ja n u a ry 2 7th 1 80 1
His w ill how
ever do n e for th e widow or c hildr en o f
ever d ated at D igby M ar c h r oth 1 82 5 F a n n i n g
four d ay s before his d ea th shows him to
In the c emetery of Holy T rin ity C hurc h
have had at th a t time som e differe n c e with D i by is a ston e with the followi n g i
n
g
E lk an a h Morto n the Judge of Prob a te
scri p tio n :
a wid ely known an d e st eem ed * but some
I n m em o ry o f
wh a t p u n c tilious a n d st ern m a gi strat e
Co l D a vi
d F an n i
ng
wh o d ep a rt e d t h i
fe
s li
an d o f
fic ial for he ex p resses a wi sh tha t
M a rc h 1 4 t h 1 8 2 5
he should have n othi n g to do with the
i
n th e
probati n g of the will but th a t some
sev en t i
et h y ea r o f h i
s a ge
other j ud ge should deal with it
H u m an e affa bl e gen tl e a n d ki
nd
A sad an d most extr a ordin ary episode
A p la i
n
h o n est o p en m oral m i
nd ;
H e li
e i
n G od he
v e d t o di
put an u n tim ely en d to hi
s c a r eer i
s tr u st
n the
p u t hi
To ri
se tri
u m p h a n t wi
t h the j u st
legislature by c a lli n g fo r the va c a tio n of
his seat he b ei n g the o n ly m ember of a
O n an other sto n e n ear by evid en tly
British
c oloni al
l egi slature ever so erec t ed by hims elf is the followi n g
af
fect ed
A black woma n of bad r epute
epit ap h c urious for its mi n ute n ess o f
k n ow n as S a ll L ondon ch a rged him with d et a il ” : I n memory of D avid Willi a m
fe n c e for w hich a t th a t day th er e w as
son o f D a vid an d S ar ah F an n i n
an of
g who
n o altern ative but the de a th p en alty T o
the aston i shm ent of the public he wa s
*N ot i
n 1 790 a s W i
l so n i
n hi
s Hi
st o r y o f
c onvicted on her u n sup p orted eviden ce
n 1 799 a s st a t ed b
Di
ne
gb y sa y s n o r i
y S abi
but the j udgme n t was p romptly n ullified
o n ed i
n t h e p r ec ed i
ng
TF or th e fac t s m en t i
n d eb t e d
t er i
s i
to D r
by the G overnor of the Provinc e who wa s p aragra p h th e wri
H an n ay th e a bl e h i
st o r i
an a n d a rc h aeo l o gi
st
*S ee H i
s p age 42 6
o f N ew Bru n swi
story of A n n a p ol i
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TH E N A R R
8
di ed
A TI VE O F CO L F A N N I N G
.
July 1 5 1 8 1 0 aged 1 6 years 1 1
months an d 1 day an d 1 1 hours an d 3 7
mi n utes
He left a d aught er F erebee who mar
ried first Simeon Smalle of Main e ;
ker of a New
se c o n d Peter H an selp i
York Dutch L oyali st fa mily an d left
issue H i
s o n ly survivi n g son
R o ss C
C F a n nin g lived a n d died o n the p a t er n a l
hom este a d where he c on duc ted the farm
and op era ted a c ardin g mill H e it was
who p ermitt ed Mr Porter C Bli ss on
b eh alf of the Ma ssac husetts Historic a l
Soc i ety to cop y the m an u script probably
not lon g a ft er his fa ther s de a th It is to be
hop ed he n ever saw the prin ted versio n
“
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“
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with its
In trodu ctio n an d Prefa c e
He wa s a burly looki n g man with a some
wh at au stere a sp ec t an d lo n g a much
resp ec ted an d efli
ci
en t
Ju stice of th e
P eac e I n the G en era l S ession s o f the
Pe ac e whi c h for m erly re gul a t ed mu n ic ip a l
aff a ir s he was r ecogn i sed as a man of
good j udgm en t but of very d eter m i n ed
will H e was born M ay 30 1 79 1 mar
ried S ara h Woodm an of D igby an d di ed
S ept 8 1 871 l eavi n g an estate o f
about
to be divided a mon g five
d aught er s Mr Whe el er sta t es th at R ev
E
W Ca rruthers D D
i
n
a
work
“
e n titled
In c iden t s an d Sk etc h es o f
”
n the O ld North St a t e
C h a ra ct er Chi
efly i
1 8 54
ha s d evoted more th an 1 50 p a ges
to the life an d ch ar a ct er o f F an n in g an d
quot es Dr C arruther s as sayin g th a t thi s
son wa s a R u li
n g E lder i
n the C hurc h
Bu t he wa s a member of the C hurch of
E n glan d u n til about ten y ea rs before he
died w h en he un it ed him self to the
n n eith er of which
M ethodist Soc iety i
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J u n e 1 0 1 90 8
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N S
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C hurche s is there
R u li
n g E l der *
such
o ffi c e a s
an
.
I prop ose to omit the Addres s to the
”
R ead er
an d
the i n stru c tio n s to the
pri n ter at the en d an d to i n sert a ll t hat
wa s omitted by Mr Whe eler i n cludi n g
the adven turous esc ape to F lorida an d
th e West I n die s a n d the p ro c l a m a tio n o f
a m n esty o r
A c t of Pardo n an d O blivion
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of the St a te of North C aroli n a the latter
to sho w how limit ed an d illiberal was its
scop e
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Hi
ll i a l i
tt l e b o o k
Ch a p t er
Hi
stor y o f D i
p rofesses
gb y
i a h u m o ro s v ei
n to gi
v e t h r eason for
s c h a ge o f r el i
t hi
on
U n d er t h e h ea d ig
gi
H o w R o ss Cu rri
e b ec a m e a M e t h o d i
he
st
e w s
sa y s t h a t M r Cu rr i
c t u re
p erfec t p i
of a p ro sp ero u s c on t en t ed farm er bu t n o t
t h e ge t l est o f m o rt a l s o r th e m ee k est of m en
for th e l a w o f h ered i
ty h d m a de hi
m o bsti
n
a te
d ogm a t i
c an d str o n g w i
ll ed
H e wa s
t h e o wn er o f a p ew i
n T r ii
ty Ch rc h I t
c a m e t o p a ss t h a t t h e l d i
d ered t h a t
es
c on si
m o r of t h e E a rt h s su rfa e sh ou ld be c o v ered
by t h em
an d a d o p t ed h o o p sk i
rt s Th ey
t h t h em t ol era bl y w ell i
n th e
go t al o n g w i
str ee t s by
n ex tr em e c a ses m a k i
i
n g d et o u rs
—
or d c ri
b ig a seri
rc l s i m eet
es o f sem i
ci
ig eac h o t h er T h e p roj ec t i
o
o f so m e o f
t h e p ew s it o th e a i
sl es
a m o g t h em M
e s
fl ec ted th e gra c efu l c a rri
Cu rr i
a ge o f
th e f i
r d am es an d t h rea t ed th e ru sh i
ng
d d estru c t i
on o f th e c h eri
sh ed g r m en t
A p p ea l ed to to ll ow a p a rt o f h i
ous
s c a p a ci
a n d c o m fo rt a bl e p ew to be c u t a w ay
Mr
Cu rri
e id i
so m e
gn a t l y r efu sed an d wh e
o f t h e Wa r d e s
p ro b a bl y h en p ec ke d h u s
b an d s rm ed w i
t h a s w ac c o m p l i
sh ed th e
o
w or k o f d em o l i
ti
ren ou n c ed
M r Cu rri
e
a l l c on n ec t i
on wi
t h th e E p i
sc o p a l C h u rc h
c o si
rt y n i
n e a rt i
vi
on
c l es t o o bl i
g e d th e t h i
forgot i h i
s wr a t h A p ostol i
o an d
c S u c c essi
b ec a m e n a r d en t d i
sc i
S t y l es
p l e o f Wesl ey
fash i
on s h oop s an d sk i
rt s h a d c arri
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F an n i
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companies
and
conti
n ued for
C
several d ays un der arms an d th en both
tains to c all musters and present two p artie s w ere d etermi n ed on this c o n ditio n
p aper s for the i n habita n ts to sign
that neither p arty should in terc ept each
was to see wh o were frien ds to the King other T hi s co n ti n ued for some ti me
a n d G overnment a n d the other w a s to see
u n til the reb els h ad taken T hom as Brow n
wh o would j oi n the rebellion
who after th a t had the ho n our to be
T he first day of May C apt James
C olon el of the r egim en t of the E a st
L i n dley of R aebern s C reek se n t to me
F lorida R an gers a t August a bu rn t hi
s
as I was a Serge an t of the s a id comp a n y
feet tarred an d feathered hi
m a n d cu t
to h ave his company w arn ed to m eet at hi
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After he got so he was abl e to
his house 1 5th o f said mon th I did si
t on horseb ac k he c a m e to ou r p ost an d
a c c ordi n gly
an d h e prese n ti n g the two
th e r ebel s th en beg a n to embody a g a i n
papers there were 1 1 8 men sign ed i
n
C o l F l etc h all fou n d a l arge camp an d
favour of the Kin g also d eclar ed to de
march ed from L iberty Sprin gs to Mill
fen d the same at the risk o f lives an d Creek o n our way towards Nin ety Six
property
T w elve mile s from N i
n et
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In July 1 775 there were sever a l fou n d that th ey w ere n ot stron g en ou gh
a dvertiseme n ts
set up i
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every part for us an d sen t an express to C 0 1 F l etc h all
o f the said district
t h at there was a to com e an d tre at with th em which sa id
very good Pre sbyteri an mi n ist er to call at F letc hall did Bu t the terms of their
the differe n t plac es to preac h an d b apti se treatme n t I don t k n ow We w ere all
childre n
dismissed u n til furth er orders I n a
Bu t at the tim e appoi n ted i n st ea d o f short ti m e a ft er the rebel s took C apt
meeti n g a min i st er we all w ent to meet R obert C u n n in gham an d c arried h i
m o ff
two Jews by n ame o f S i
lv edoor an d
to C h arle stown O ur p arty w as th en
R apely who aft er maki n g ma n y sp eeches
i n formed o f his bein g tak en off in the
an d u si n g all
n ight ti m e an d by maki n g i n quiry after
i
n favour of the rebellio n
their ende avours to d elude the p eop le him we got i n form ation of a large qu an tity
away at l ast presen ted revolutio n papers of am mu n ition that was there on its way
to the Chero chee Nation for C apt
to see who would sign them ; they wer e
severely reprim an d ed by Hen ry O N eal R ic h ard Pari s to brin g the I n dian s down
and many others It came so high th a t i n to the settlement where the frie n ds of
they had muc h ado to get off with their the Government lived to murder all they
lives T he reb els the n fou n d that we could We in tercepted the ammu n ition
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Paris who swore to
an d took C apt
were fully determi n ed to oppose them
n the last o f sa i
d these facts We then formed a l arge
T hey bega n to embody i
month ; to compel all to j oin them or to camp an d C 0 1 F l etc hall bei n g so heavy
he gave up the command to Maj or Joseph
cers go t
take away ou r arms O ur ofli
word o f their intentions I then got R obinson
I n the mo n th o f November 1 775 the
orders from the C aptain to warn the
militia to assemble themselves at Hugh S outh C arolin a Militia of which I was
at that time Sergean t under the c om
O N eal s mill ; which was done by several
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m an d o f M aj or J oseph R obi n son laid
siege to a fort er ec ted by the rebels
at N i
n ety —
Six c omman ded by Col Mason ;
which con ti n ued for the spac e of three
days an d three n ight s—at the expiratio n
o f w hi c h tim e the reb el s w er e forced to
surre n d er an d give up the fort an d
Maj or R obin so n th en ordered
artill ery
the militi a to the n orth side of S aluda
R iver an d discharged them for eight een
days Aft er w ard s ord er s w er e issued for
all C apt a i n s t o c oll ect their resp ec tive
c omp an i es at He n dri c k s Mill about
twe n ty m il es from Ni n ety —S ix ; the reb el s
havi n g recei v ed i n telligenc e of our i
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te n d ed m otio n they imm ediately marched
before u s an d took p osse ssio n of th e
groun d which p reve n t ed our asse mblin g
there Bu t about 30 0 of our men met a t
L ittl e R iver an d marched the nc e to R eedy
R iver an d en c amp ed at the Bi
g Cane
Break for sever al d ay s T he reb els b ei n g
informed of o u r situation m arched u n
exp ec tedl y up o n u s an d m a de pri so n ers
o f 1 30 of our men ; the re m a i n der fled i n to
the w ood s an d c o n tin ued th ere w ith the
Ch ero c h ee I n dia n s u n til the 1 8 th J an uary
wh en I was mad e a p riso n er by a
1 776
party of rebel s c omm an ded by a C ap t
Joh n Burn s w ho aft er detai n i n g me four
d ay s an d r ep ea t edly ur gi n g me to t ak e
the oath of allegi anc e to the U n ited St ate s
stripp ed me of everythi n g an d m ade me
give sec urity for my future good b eh aviour
by which m ean s I got c l ear O n the ro th
1 776
o f M ay
h eari n g th e reb el s had
is su ed a p roc l am atio n to all the frie n d s of
Gover n m en t off eri n g them p ardo n an d
prot ec tion provided th ey would return to
their re sp e c tive habit atio n s an d remai n
neutr al i n duc ed me to return to my hom e
where I arrived o n th e 1 5th of Ju n e
O n th e 2 0 th the r eb els b ei n g app re
ve of the Cheroc hee I n di an s bre aki n g
hen si
ou t di sp at c hed s everal o f their emissari es
amo n g the L oyali st s to disc over their
inte n tion s on e of which was C apt R itchi e
who c a m e to me and told me he wa s a
frie n d to Govern me n t an d some tim e
before l eft the I n dian Nation an d th en
wan ted a pilot to co n du c t him to th e
Indi an Natio n agai n I agreed to c on
duct him to an y p art of the cou n try he
wa n ted to go to p rovid ed he would ke ep
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immediat ely he we n t an d lodged i n forma
tion agai n st me an d swore that I th en had
n ord er to j oi n
a c omp an y of men re ady i
the I n dia n s I n c on seque n c e o f thi s I
was made priso n er agai n o n the 2 s th
by a C apt J ohn R ogers an d thrown int o
close c o n fin eme n t with thre e sen ti n els
over me O n the rst o f July the I n dia n s
c am e dow n i n to the bac k c ou n try of S outh
C aroli n a an d killed s ev eral f a milies at
which tim e the rebel c amp bei n g in great
c o n fu sion I m ade my e sc ap e an d we n t to
my o wn hou se at R aebern s C reek ; but
fin din g a n umber of my fri ends had
an d more
al re ady go n e to the I n di an s
disposed so for to do I got twe n ty five
men to j oi n m e an d o n our a rriv a l a t
R eedy R iv er
on
Pari
sh er s p lan t a tio n
i
n th e I n di an l and w e for m ed a j u n c tio n
n the
w ith the In di an s O n the 1 5th i n st i
eve n i n g the militi a an d th e Cheroc hees
to amou n t o f 2 6 0 surrou n ded the fort
built with logs c o n tai n i n g 450 of th e
r eb els an d after a sm art fire on both sid es
for two hour s and a half we retre ated
without an y in jury exc ep t o n e of the
I n di an C hiefs bein g shot th rough the
ha n d I then left the In di an s an d pur
sued my way to North C aroli n a where
o n my arri v al I was take n up agai n an d
c lose co n fin ed
but w as r es c u ed by my
frie n ds three differen t ti m es a ft er whic h I
made my escap e good I th en en de av our
ed to go ho m e agai n and aft er exp eri
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n the woods
I arrived th e ro th o f M arc h 1 777 at
R aebern s C re ek S outh C aroli n a
I was mad e prison er ag ai n o n the r 1 th
by a C ap t Smith bound han d an d foot
an d carri ed u n d er gu ard tow a rd s Ni n ety
Six ga ol ; a fter marching tw elve miles
the comp an y halt ed fo r the eve n i n g and
watchi n g an opportu n ity I cut the ropes
I was bou n d with an d stripped my self
when the gu ard was asl eep ; I threw
myself o u t of the win dow an d return ed
back to R aebern s Creek by a differe n t
way from th at w hich th ey had carried me
prison er I w as obliged n ow to se c rete
m y self i
n th e wood s
an d w as su p pli ed
with p rovi sio n s by some ! u ak ers an d
other L oy ali sts i
n the n eighbourhood
A company of L oyalists o f whi c h I was
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was then raised by 8 R ichard Parish
an d it was determined to go to Mobil
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an d j oin the British army
but on e of the
c omp any proving treacherous gave i
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formation to the rebels who raised a body
of troop s to suppress u s
T hey took me
w ith five more prisoners and carried us
to N inety S ix gaol on the
5th August
1 777
C aptain Parish escaped with some
L oyalists belonging t o the comp any and
made his w ay good to the British army at
M obile in West F lorida Myself with
five others who were taken remai n ed
i n close c onfinement until N ovemb er
n g and we were tried for our lives
f oll owi
on a charge o f high treason for risi n g i
n
a rms against the U nited States o fAmerica
but were acquitted and went home T he
fee s and expenses o f my co nfin ement
a mounted
to J£30 0 Virginia mo n ey
allowing dollars at
six shillings each
which I paid and was then ordered b ack
to the gaol for the rent of the room
O n the rst of March 1 778 C apt Joh n
York of E ast F lorida received orders
from the C ommander i
n C hief
for the
L oyal Militia of Georgia an d South
C arolina to assemble them selv es
Ac
c ordi
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they were embodied T he
maj ority o f the people chose me their
c er
We took a n umber
c ommanding o fli
o f prisoners
furnished ourselves with
h orses and marched to S avan n a h R iver
on the borders o f Georgia ( two mil es
C apt York who was
above Augu sta )
our pilot then go t discouraged and w ould
n o t sn fier an y o f the militia to proc eed
with him back to E ast F lorid a exc ept
three men ; we were the n u n der the
o f re tu rning
hom e upwards
n ecessity
of one hundred miles through the reb el
and betake ourselves to the
c ountry
During our retreat
woods as formerly
we were pursued by three hu n dr ed o f the
rebels but we got back home to R aebern s
When the rebels fou n d we
Creek safe
were returned they raised a body of men
to take us and for the sp a ce o f thr ee
months kept so constant a look out that
we were obliged to stay in the woods ; S ix
weeks of which time I never saw a man
except S amuel Brown ( who was after
wards killed at T igo R iver ) who shared
and we lived entirely
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without either bread or salt upon what
we killed in the wilderness We deter
mined let the consequences be what they
would to proceed to the settlement of
Gre en R iver N orth C arolina where we
rest ed ourselves at a friend s house about
a week Here we parted I then pro
c eeded to T igo R iver
where I arrived
safe on the rst of June 1 778 Myself and
o n e S amuel Smith now
associated and
wer e tak en by a company of rebels com
m an ded by a C apt Going
We made our
e sc ap e the second night by bribing the
sen tin el an d parted compan y I met
with o n e o f the horses belongi n g to the
rebels about a mile from the house I had
esc ap ed from
and mounted him T hey
pursued me thr ough the woods by the
horse s tra cks upwards of seve n ty miles
an d c a m e to R aebern s C reek where I
lived T hey were anxious to rec over their
horse from me and promised to return o n e
o f four th ey had taken from me if I would
deliver up the said horse T his being
agre ed upon I went with them to receive
my o wn horse back again ; when we had
a dva n c ed thirty miles we came near to
wh ere a rebel fort was I desired the m to
go a littl e ou t of the way an d avoid it
which they had promised to do before we
proc eeded on ou r j ourney O ne of them
l aid hold of my horse s bridle and told me
to surrender myself a prisoner fo r t hey
were determined to confine me in the fort
o r c a rry me to Ninety Six gaol
about
eighty miles of
f T hey said I was n o t
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that damned tory coun try at that
time I therefore after some conversa
tion c oncluded to submit to be disarm ed
a t the time as they threatened blowing a
b all through me every in stant if I did not
surren der which I did O n my arrival
at the fort I was stripped of my cloth es
an d c o n fin ed close till morning when th ey
tied my legs under a horse s belly an d took
me before a magistrate to commit me to
gaol However I was admitted to bail
for my good behaviour O n my return
to the people who took my horse an d
clothes upon asking for them I was
retaken before another magistrate and
c ommitted to gaol under a strong guard
O n my proceeding towards the gaol the
c areful about
cu larlv
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an d
securi g me ;
in order to do it the
more e ffectually tied me with a rope to a
stout fellow who was on e of them When
I fou n d him asleep I took the op portu n ity
to c u t myself loos e with a k n ife ( or r a ther
with a p air of horse fleames) which was
accident ally left lyi n g i
n the road
an d
throwin g mys elf o u t of the win dow m ade
my esc ape an d took to the mou n tain s for
shelter I conti n u ed th ere for some time
whe n C ol Mills o f the L oyal Militia on
knowing w h ere I was proposed at sev er al
me eti n gs we had to r a i se a c omp an y
which w e did of 50 0 m en for the purpose
of goi n g to St Augu stin e O n e of the
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compan y proved faithl ess and gave i
formatio n to the rebel s who immedi ately
embodi ed th em selv es an d took C o l Mills
prison er with sixteen o f the c om p an y an d
carri ed th em off to S ali sbury gaol M y
self with fourte en m ore p ursued about
twenty mil es with an i n ten tion of r escui n g
them un til we were i
n sight o f G ilbert
town where the reb els had a guard ; an d
findin g we c ould n o t effec t our purp o se
at th a t time ou r n u mbers bein g so sm all
an d their s i n cr easi n g we r et u r n ed back
T he r eb els pur sued us a ll n ight an d i
n
th e morn i n g w e p er c eived the m withi n shot
we fi red upon th em which th ey
of us
r eturn ed an d c on tin u ed skirmishi n g with
n the w oods about an hour when
th em i
they retreat ed Wh at i n j ury we di
d
th em w e c ould n ot t ell ; on our p art we
su f
fered n o lo ss H ere our p arty se p ar
ated an d I m a de way for Holste n R iver
abo u t 1 40 mil es through the woods I
had pro c eeded about forty m iles on my
w ay w he n I w a s m et by thr ee m en o n e o f
who m k n ew me He c ame to me with
seemi n g fri en dshi p an d on taki n g my
h an d c alled his compan io n s to assi st him
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n sec u ri n g m e whi c h they did an d m ade
m e a p rison er
T hey tied my h an ds
behi n d my bac k and feet to eac h other
u n der the horse s b elly an d took me
to Nin ety Six g a ol a gain where I was
clo sely c o n fin ed for seventeen day s Dur
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go t a c quai n t ed with
a fri en d to Govern men t who lived there
by talking to him through the gates ; he
furn i sh ed me with two files an d a k n ife
by which means I cut through the iron bars
I r eturned a gain to R ae
an d escaped
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time in the woods there I was advised by
fri ends to make peac e with C apt Gillia n
who comma n ded a comp an y of r ebels on
the I n dia n li n es As I durst n o t be see n
by any of the rebel party I got o n e o f my
fri en ds to go to him de siri n g him to meet
me alon e at a partic ular pl ace and give
him my word I would n o t inj ure him
We met accordi n gly and pass ed o ur
w ords n o t to di sturb or i n j ur e each other
We c o n ti n u ed our m eeti n gs in the woods
gen erally every day or two for the space
of a mo n th u n til we were di scovered by
some of hi
s c omp an y
who threate n ed to
have him pun ished for treatin g with me
H owever he still met me n ow an d then
s to me
an d i n troduc ed a frie n d o f h i
who he told me I might d epe n d upo n
O n e day I obs erv ed an alteration in their
beh aviour an d asked them w he n at some
distan ce if he m ean t to ke ep hi
s word
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with me ; he r eplied
by all m ean s
We were all o n hor seba c k an d I had my
rifl e across my saddl e Wh en we were
goi n g to p a rt as I expec ted he sudden ly
seized my rifle an d the m an wh o was
with him l a id hold of my horse s bridle
H e prese n t ed his rifle to my breast and
told m e I was his pri son er or a de ad m an
I w as u n der the n e c essity to surrender and
th ey c arri ed me aga i n to m y old quarters
at Ni n ety S ix where we a rrived on the
r 1 th of O ctob er
1 778
I was strip p ed
e n tir ely n ak ed thrown i n to irons an d
c hai n ed to th e floor an d remai n ed i
n that
situ a tio n u n til the 2 0 th of D ec ember
followi n g when I again mad e shift to get
my iron s off an d havi n g s awed one of the
grate s some time before I again esc ap ed
by m ean s o f a fellow prison er who sup
p lied me with som e old c loth es of which
I made a rop e to let me down I re
c ei
ved a f a ll i
n getti n g dow n
but lu c kily
did n ot hurt myself T he gaoler h eard
me fall an d pre se n t ed a musket at me out
o f a wi n dow
but I avoided him He
alarmed the gu ard an d they p u rsued me ;
but however I got clear off I found
myself much hurt by a fall I go t i
n their
ch asin g me I got back to R aebern s
C re ek but was t a ke n i
n three days
and
again i n troduc ed a t Nin ety Six I was
chai n ed an d iron ed as before i
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w ho all appr o ved of it as it c onduced
both to t heir ease and safety
I remained at home a year and twelve
da y s and was repeatedl y urged to acc ep t
o f a company in the C ontinental servic e
w hich I always refused
After the reduction of Charl estow n
o n e William
C unningham and I c o n
clud ed to e mbody a party of men w hich
we c fi ec ted
We determi n ed to take C ol William s
o f the rebel militia prisoner and the n to
j oi n C apt Parish who was to rai se a
comp any an d assist us C ol William s
got n otice of it and pushed off and th ou gh
we got sight of him he escaped u s
We now found ourselves grow in g
stron g and numbers flocking daily to us
I then t ook the Kin g s proclamation s an d
di stributed them through the coun try for
u pwards o f a hundred miles
C apt Parish had the comman d o f th e
par ty and marched up to Nin ety Six
which he took possession o f without
firi n g a shot ; where I found him aga i n
T h e day after we marched about tw elve
teh all
mil es to Gen Williamson s at t i
who co mman ded a fort with fourt een
swivel s and two companies of provincial
troop s O n our approach he met us
att ended
ab out t h r ee miles from the fort
by se v eral officers requesting th at h e
might di scharge the troops and h ave
prot ec tio n for himself an d them
We granted him what he requ ested
an d took possession of the fort an d th e ir
a rms which they piled up ; after that they
m ar c hed ou t o fthe garrison
T hr ee days after that C ol Picki n s
w ith 30 0 men marched in and laid down
th eir arm s
G en eral R obert C un n in gham of th e
L oy a l M ili ti a n ow took the c omman d
an d f o med a camp
We kept scoutin g parties through the
and had man y skirmishe s but
c ou n tr y
c onsequence
n on e
After the British American troop s had
tak en pos session of Nin ety S ix I c o n
tin n ed sc outing on the In dian lin es u n til
C o l I n n is forwarded his march u p to
M u sgro v e s Mill on the I nnoree R iver
I th en j oi ned them with a party of four
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morning following the picket s were
att ac ked by a party o f rebels C o l I n n is
ordered us to adva n ce an d support th em
which we did and followed them u n til
we arrived where the main body l ay in
ambush under the c ommand of C o l
Williams C ol Innis was unfortu n ately
wounded with several other o fficers
We e n gaged them for some t im e an d
the n retreated about a mile and a quarter
where we e n camped and in the n ight
m arch ed off towards Ninety Six u n der
th e command of C apt D ePey ster an d
the n ext morn in g I and my sm all p arty
retur n ed back t o the I n dian lin es We
c on tin ued scouting on the lines for some
time until I met w ith C apt P arish o f the
British American S outh C aroli n a R egi
m en t who gave me a list of several
soldi ers that had permission to visit their
fri en ds in the c ountry O n the retur n
from F lorida to N i
S ix I w as desired
nety —
by him to go to give them notic e to j oin
th eir regiments ; and on this expedition I
f ell in with Maj or F u rgesson s party
whi c h was defeated five days aft erw ards
T h e r ebels after that began to be n u mer
ous an d troublesome ; and little or no
regulation amongst us I made the be st of
my w ay to Deep R iver North Carolina
wh ere I remained until the mo n th of
F eb ruary 1 78 1
I was during this time discovering the
di sposition ofthe people Being informed
that L ord C ornwallis was m archin g that
way I kept my intentions secret un til I
rec eived cert a in acc oun ts I then caused
this ad v ertisement to be published an d
used all my influence to get all the L oyal
i
sts to j oin me and defe n d ourselves when
o c casion might require A tru e copy
i
s her e set forth :
A D VE R TI S E M E N T
an d fa i
t hfu l
A n y of h i
s M aj est y s l oy al
n th e
ll i
abl e an d w i
n g to ser v e i
su b j ec t s
n a R egi
R o y al N ort h Carol i
men t c omm an d ed
l t on are h ereb y req u est ed to
by C0 1 H a mi
r ep a i
r to h i
Th e Boun t y
s en c a mp m en t
n ea s ; a n d
s t h ree G u i
a ll o w e d for ea c h m an i
t h e t erm s o f th e en gagem en t are t h a t h e sh al l
n th e
thi
n g th e r eb el l i
o n an d W i
ser v e d u r i
n a an d
Pro vi
n c es o f N ort h an d S ou t h Carol i
n g hi
ce he
rgi
t h a t d u ri
ni
a on l y ;
s ser vi
Vi
n g p ay p ro v i
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tl ed to c l ot hi
on s
sh a ll be en t i
s M a j es t y s
al l
th e a dv an t ages o f h i
an d
n ci
al Troop s an d a t th e
R egu l a r an d Provi
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A R R A TI VE OF COL
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on wh en h e b ec om es di
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c h a r ged o f c o u r se h e i
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v e a s a r ew a r d
fo r h i
s ser v i
c es d u ri
n g t h e w a r a fr ee
gra n t o f
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O f his pursui g G en Greene as far as
H illsb oro this struck such a terror on the
rebels and w as so ple a sing to u s that we
immediately disarmed the di
safl ec ted
an d embodied about
30 0 m en under the
c omma n d of Co l Pyles He fell i
n with
a p arty o f rebels ( C ol L ee s dragoon s )
and lost twenty men killed besides the
w ounded that died afterward s At thi s
time I was with a small p arty at Deep
R iver wh ere I took two rebel offi cers
prison ers an d several soldiers I then
directed my march to the p la c e wher e I
left C o l Pyles an d came withi n a little
distance of the dragoo n s that had cut him
up wh en I was i n formed of his m i
sfo r
tu n e by som e of his party that h ad fled;
weEth en s ep arated i n to small parties an d
took to the wood s for som e tim e
T h e day L ord C ornwallis defeated G en
Green e at G u ildford I was surprised by a
C aptai n Duck w ith a c omp a n y of rebels
where I su st a i n ed the lo ss of all ou r horses
and arms ; we h ad on e m an killed on
each side
T he day followi n g my self a n d three
more o f the c ompa n y furn ished ourselves
w ith arms an d pur su ed the reb els who
we discover ed had p arted and gon e to
their re sp ective home s with their plun der
We visited o n e o f the hou ses and fou n d
fourtee n hor se s which h ad be en t ake n
from the fri ends of the Gover n ment ;
n an
an d di sc ov eri n g o n e of th e said party i
outhouse I fir ed at him an d woun ded him
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n th e n eck w ith buckshot but he e sc ap ed
We th en mou n ted ourselv es and tur n in g
the other horse s in to the woods we re
turned back to Deep R iver We kept
c oncealed in the woods and c ollected
twe n ty five men havi n g scouts out c on
n u al ly until we pro c e eded t o Dixo n s
ti
M ills C an e C re ek where L ord C ornwallis
was th en e n c amped O n our arrival
there his L ordship met us an d asked me
several questions respecti n g the situation
o fthe country an d disp osition of the pe op le
I gave him al l the information in my
p ower an d leavi n g the compa n y Withh is
ver
L ordship I retur n ed back to Deep R i
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in order to conduct more men to the pro
tec ti
on of the British arm s
T wo d ays followi n g I retur n ed to the
army at Chatham C ourt House after
being surprised an d di p er sed by the rebel
dr agoo n s on my brin gi n g in seve n ty L oyal
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sts
I j oi n ed my comp an y again and
s L ord ship to C ross C reek
w en t with h i
a n d as we h ad lo st mo st of our horses we
determi n ed to retur n to Deep R iver an d
s L ordship when on his wa
j oin hi
y to
Hillsboro
Ge n er al Green e followed
his L ordship as far as L ittle R iver and
then return ed to R ams ey s Mill s on his
way to C amden ; his men m arched in
small p arti es an d distre ss ed the frie n ds to
G over n m en t through the D eep R iver
settl em en t I took ei ghteen c f th em at
differe n t tim es an d p arol ed them an d
a fter that we w er e n o t di str essed by them
fo r som e little tim e
Aft er a little while
so me of u s had a sse mbl ed a t a frie n d s
house wh ere we w er e surrou n ded by a
p arty o f eleven r eb els u n d er the com
m an d o f C ap t Joh n Hinds
We p er
c ei
ved their a p pro ac h an d pr e ared to re
p
c ei
ve th em
Whe n they had got quit e near
us we ran out o f the doors of the house
fired up on them an d killed on e of them ;
on which we took three of th eir horses
an d some firel o c ks
We the n took to the
woods an d u n fortu n ately had two of ou r
littl e comp any take n on e of whi
c h the
n c ol d bl ood an d the other the
rebel s shot i
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han ged on the spot where we ha d ki
lled
the man a f
ew da ys before
We w ere so
exasper ated at this th a t we determined
n a few davs I
to h ave satisfac tion an d i
c oll ect ed s eve n te en men w ell armed an d
formed an amb u scade on D eep R iv er at
In the
C ox e s Mills a n d s en t ou t spies
c ours e of two hours on e of my spies gave
me i n formation of a party o f rebels
plun deri n g his house which was about
three miles off I i n st an tly marc hed to
n a field
the p la c e and discov ered th em i
I att ac ked them i
mmedi
n ear the house
a t ely an d k ept u p a smart fire for h a lf an
hour durin g whic h time we kill ed their
C aptai n an d o n e private o n the spot
wou n ded three of them and took two
prisoners besides eight of their horses
well appointed an d sever al swords T his
happened on the r 1 th May 1 78 1 T he
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TH E N A R R
A TI VE OF CO L F A N N I N G
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s ame day we pursued an other p arty of
rebels and c am e u p with th em the mor n in g
followi n g ; we att ack ed them sm artl y an d
killed four of them o n the sp ot wounded
three d an gerously an d took on e priso n er
with all their horses an d ap p oi n tme n ts
In about an hour after th at we took tw o
men of the sa me p arty an d kill ed o n e
m ore o f them T h e s a me eve n i n g we h ad
i n tellige n c e of a n other p arty o f rebels
which were assembli n g about thirty miles
n ord er to attack us
of
f i
As I thought
it best to surprise them where th ey were
c ollecti n g I mar c hed all n igh t an d ab out
ten o clock next mor n i n g we c ame up
with them We c omme n c ed a fire up on
each other whic h contin u ed for about ten
minutes when th ey r etre a ted We kil led
tw o of them wounded seven an d took
eightee n horses w ell app oin ted We the n
return ed to De ep R iv er agai n
I still
kept the comp an y togeth er and waited
for an oth er op p ortu n ity duri n g whic h time
I took two rebel soldiers an d paroled
them who g ave m e inform atio n o f a C ol
D udley comi n g from G en Gr ee n e s ca m p
at C am de n w ith b agga ge
n
I mou n ted my men an d set forward i
searc h of th em I co n c eal ed my men by
the sid e of the ro a d ; an d I thought the
time lo n g a c c ordi n g to i n form atio n I h ad
from th e soldi er s I took o n e m an with
me an d w en t to see if I c ould m ake an y
discovery I rode a mil e an d a h alf whe n
I saw C ol Dudl ey with h i
I
s baggage
th en wheeled my h or se an d retur n ed to
my m en Wh en I came withi n a hu n dred
yards of th em Dudley an d h i
s dragoo n s
w er e n ose an d t ail an d sn app ed their
pi stols sever al tim es I the n ordered a
m arc h after th em an d after m a rc hi n g
two an d a h alf mile s I discovered the m
an d i mmedi at ely took
three p riso n ers
with all the b aggage an d n i n e horse s
T he bag gage I divided a mo n g my m en
whic h ac c ordi n g to C 0 1 Dudley s rep ort
w as v al u ed at
st erli n g
I r eturn ed
to C ox e s Mill an d r emai n ed ther e till the
8 th Ju n e wh en the reb els embodi ed 1 6 0
men to a tt a ck me u n d er the com m an d of
C ol s C olly er an d Balfour
I d et ermi n ed
to get th e a dv an t age of att acki n g th em
whi c h I did with forty n i n e m en i
n th e
night after m arc hin g ten mil es to th eir
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guide s which gav e th em n otice o f my
approac h ; I proc eeded to within th irty
step s of them ; but bei n g u n ac q uai n ted
wit h th e grou n d a dv an c ed very c autiously
how ev er discovered my
T he se n ti n el
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p arty an d firi n g upo n us r etreated i
wh ere th ey secur ed themselv es u n der
cover of the hous es an d fen ces T he
firi n g the n beg an an d co n ti n ued o n both
sides for the sp ac e of four hour s b ei n g very
cloudy an d d ark duri n g which time I
had one m an killed an d six w oun ded
before me n tio n ed taken
an d the guide
ll ed n ex t morn i
priso n er whom they ki
ng
Wh at inj ury they suffered
n c ol d bl ood
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I could n ot l earn ; as the mornin g appeared
we r etreat ed an d retur n ed agai n to Deep
R iver leavi n g our wounded men at a
frie n d s h ouse privately
Th e rebels the n kept a c o n sta n t scout
ing an d their number was so gre at that
we had to lie still for some time ; and
whe n C olli er and Balfour left th e settle
me n t the said C ol Dudl ey before men
ti
o n ed took the p lace with 30 0 m en from
Virgi n ia He took a n egro m an from me
a n d sold him a t publi c au c tio n among
themselves for £ 1 1 0 ; the said n egro was
sen t over th e mou n tains and I n ever saw
him si n ce At l en gth th ey all bega n to
an d we
to embody William
sc a tt er
E lwood bei n g j ealous of my t aki n g too
much co m man d o f the men in my
abs en c e on e day persuaded them that I
w as goi n g to m ake them regul ar soldiers
an d cause them to be a tt ac hed to Col
c at
n di
Joh n Ham ilto n s R egim en t an d v i
t by an a dverti se m e n t that I had
ed i
h an d ed to sev eral of the L oy alists that I
thought h ad the gr eatest in flue n ce with
the L oyalist s He so prevailed with the
commo n sort that wh en I c ame to c a mp
I fou n d most o f my men gon e ; I then
dec l ared I n ever would go o n another
sc out u n til th ere was a field o f
fic er T he
m aj or ity chose me ; they th en drew up a
p etitio n to th e comm an di n g offi c er o f the
Ki n g s troop s
A ge n er al me eti n g of the L oy ali sts w as
n o w call ed
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n ord er to a pp o i
n t a c om
m an din g o ffic er of the militi a ; it w as still
determi n ed th at I should be th e p er so n I
ac c ordi n gly set o ff for Wil m i n gton 1 6 0
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mil es
N A R R A TIVE OF COL
w ith
a petition o f the people to the
o fli
c er c omma n di n g at that p ost for his
approbatio n O n my arrival th ere M aj or
C ra i
gg who was command er treated me
n his p ower
w ith every respe c t i
and ap
proved of s a id petition and gave me a
c ommis sio n as C olo n el of the R andolph
and C hatham Militia—a copy of which
i s h ereunto a n n exed :
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AN N I N G
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Ofi
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cers o
/ R an dol ph
C ou n ty , a s they were c o mmi
ssi
on ed i
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thei
r dieren t com an i
es:
fi
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1
John R ai n s , C apt , 1 6 July , p ro
moted Maj or 1 3 O c t , 1 78 1
William R ains , L i eut ( i
n N
p ro
moted C apt 1 3 O ct , 1 78 1
T hom a s Do n nelly , E n sign died in
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C harl esto n , L i eut 1 O c t 1 8 1
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Joh n S p i n k s, Ser Maj , promoted
E n sig n
2
G eo R a in s, C a p t
I n C h a rleston at
th e peace
E b en ez er
Woll a sto n , L ieut
In
C h arl esto n at the p eac e
R obt R ai n s, E nsign
In N C
n c ann o n ,
C apt , 2 n d Aug ,
3 Wm F i
1 78 1
I n N C n ow
R ichard Bird , L i eut , 2 md Au gust ,
1 78 1
I n N C now
C or n eliu s L a th am , E n sign , an d Aug ,
1 78 1
I n N C n ow
4 Mich ael R oben s, C apt , la st ac cou n t
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n N C
William Hilli s, L i eut Wen t to E ast
F lorida a t the p ea c e
D an iel Brown , E n sign Kill ed i
n
N C by th e rebel s
L ast ac
5 R ob ert T urn er , C ap t
n N C
counts i
I n E a st
A bso l em Autrey , L i eut
F lorida
Wm Ki n g , E n si gn Join ed the
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T h ese a re to a p p o i
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th e L o y a l M i
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C ou n t i
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l a wfu l c om m an d s wh a t soev er ,
an d y o u are a u t h ori
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h July I r etur n ed from Wil
an d ordered a g en eral muster ,
mi n gto u
an d th en g a ve the followi n g c ommission
to the ge n tl em en herei n aft er n amed o f
their resp ective c ompan ies :
n g E sq
d F an n i
By D a vi
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L oy a l M i
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v ed su ffi c i
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n g r ec ei
a vi
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u r l o y a l t y an d zea l fo r h I S M a j est y s ser
y
vi
n g o n y ou r c ou r a ge an d goo d
c e , a n d rel y i
n t y ou t o be
c on d u c t , I d o h er eb y a p p oi
c t of
n th e d i
stri
o f a c om p an y i
li
Y o u a re, t h er efore d i
gen t l y an d c ar efu l l y
o b ey in g al l
sc h a rge th e d u t y o f su c h ;
to d i
c h y o u m a y r ec ei
orders an d d i
rec t i
on s wh i
ve
c ers
from t i
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m e to t i
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c e, an d a l l ot h er s ; th e
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or offi c ers o f h i
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n fer i
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Ste p hen Walker C apt 1 7 S ep t
shot
c aught woun ded and
1 78 1 ;
murd ered
H an ged at
F rederick Smith L ieut
Hill sboro for his loy a lty
Wm Hu n su c k er E n sign H anged
at Hill sboro for his loy alty
n F lorid a at the
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T he n ames of the O fii
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C ompan i
D ark C ap t 1 6 July 1 78 1
Hanged at Hillsboro for his loyalty
Wm H o oc ker L i eut Murdered by
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ng s
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to c om p el a l l
n y ou
t o sei
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p er son s wh a t soe v er t o j oi
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n c on
fin em en t a l l r eb el s o r ot h ers a c t i
n st
n g a ga i
hi
an d to d o a ll ot h er
s M a j est y s G o v t ;
a c t s b ec o m i
ng a
Ki
n g s of
fi c er an d go o d
su b j ec t
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v en at Wi
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TH E N
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A R R A TI VE OF C O L
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AN N I N G
Al ex M c L ou d L i eut W en t to
E urop e
n A n son C o u n ty :
The n a mes ofthe O /ficers i
Kill ed by the
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Wm Pric e C ap t
rebels
Wm F an n i n g L i eut H an ged by
the r eb els
1 6 th July
Wm M c Kn i
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gh t C a p t
Murd er ed by the r ebel s
1 78 1
Stephe n Phillip s L ieut I n
Ab n er S m ally C a p t I n Burke
2 2
C ou n ty N C
J as H odg e L ieut Murd ered by the
r eb el s
T h ese ge n tl em en had th eir appoi n t
n
m en ts from M aj or F ergu so n i
S outh
C a roli n a in July 1 780 but j oi n ed all
to the dat es opposit e their
ac cordi n g
n ames
mmedi
O n my r etur n to D e ep R iver I i
ately c au sed a ge n eral m u ster of the
loyali st s whi c h I c olle c t ed to the amou nt
n
of 1 50 m en but fi n di n g th em d efic i en t i
arm s I di scharged all of th em exc ept fifty
thre e which I ap p oi n t ed fully ; out of
which I c ollect ed from the w h ol e and
ord ered th e re st to be re ady t o j oi n me
wh en I called for th em I al so gave the
foregoi n g com m i ssio n s to the di ffer en t
o fli
c ers set forth w ho r en d er ed m an y ser
vi c es to th e Briti sh Gov ern m en t durin g
the late w ar who sign ali sed themselves
n the i n terior p art s of th at r eb el
with m e i
liou s cou n try an d su bdu ed th e great est
p a rt of th e provi n c e ; so far that the w orst
of r eb el s cam e to me b eggi n g p ro tec
tio n for th em s elves an d p rop erty T he
ex ertio n s of myself an d the oth er o ffi
cers
The n a mes of the O fficers i
n the di
f
feren t had the whol e c ou n try u n d er the ro tec
p
es i
n C u mberl a n d C ou n t :
C o mpan i
y
tio n o f the Briti sh Governm en t u n til lo n g
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Joh n C agle C ap t H an ged by the aft er the surr en d er of L ord C orn w allis
rebel s at P D
an d th e ev a c u ation of Wilmi n gto n ;
an d
Jac ob M au n ess L i eut I n N C
after all the British troops were c alled to
Wm Du n n E n sign I n N C
their di ff ere n t p o sts on the sea shore I
1 7 M eri
day E dw ards C apt r st S ep t
c o n ti n ued ac ti n g i
n th e i n t erior p arts o f
1 78 1
I n E a st F lorid a
North C arol i n a an d w as like to obtai n a
R eube n Shi elds L i eu t
In N C
truce with th e rebels i
n the he a rt of the
Wm H an coc k E nsi gn I n N C
c ou n try T hose p eop l e h ave b een ln
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Alex M c I ver C ap t 2 md o f Aug
du ced to br a v e every d an ger an d di ffi c ulty
1 78 1
In N C
duri n g the late w ar r a th er th an ren der
Murdock Marti n L i eut 2 n d of A u g
an
y s ervi c e to the r eb els had th eir p ro p
Wen t to E n gl an d
1 78 1
erti
es r eal an d p er so n a l tak en to su p ort
p
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Wm M c L ou d C a pt 2 n d of A u g
their e n emi es the f a th erless an d w idow s
Wen t to E urope
1 78 1
stri pp ed an d ev ery m an n er of su p p ort
Di
ti
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Murdered by
9 Wm L i n dley C apt
the rebels after evacu a tio n
Wm Pile s L ieut Went to Pe n n s
Wm M c Ph erso n E n sign I n Ch a r
lesto n at th e evacu atio n
S amu el D ark C apt At l ast ac
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n N C
c ou n t i
n
Jam es E llett L ieut Drow n ed i
E ast F lorida
1 78 1
r st S ep t
T hos E ll ett L ieut
In E ast F lorid a
L a t e in
Be n j U n derwood C apt
1 1
New Bru n swick
In N C
F red Smith L i eut
Adam S mith E n sign I n N C
Wm D eaton C apt Killed in
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b attle on the day aft er the reb el G ov
Burke w as t ake n
Wm C arr L ieut Promot ed C apt
I n Ne w Passaden a We st Indi es
John E r v i n E n sign I n F lorida
Martin K en drick C apt I n N C
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T hos M c D o well
N o w ( 1 78 9) reb el
C a pt
Wm Brow n Joi n ed the rebel s
c ers i
n O ra n ge C ou n ty :
N ames ofO fii
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R ich ard E d w a rds C ap t 1 6 th July
1 78 1
Kill ed i
n b a ttl e
E dward E dw a rd s L ieut
Pro m oted
Kill ed 1 3th Se p t
C ap t
T hos
E strich
E n sign
Promot ed
C ap t
1 5
St ep hen Hollow ay C apt Kill ed
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n b a ttle
Joh n H asti n gs L i eut Now i
n N C
Ab m N elso n E n sign Wounded
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TH E N
A R R A T I VE O F C OL F A N N I N G
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taken from them their house s and lands eral muster at Chatham C o u rt House
an d all personal property taken
and no about twen ty five miles from where I had
resting plac e c ould be found for them As assembled and the day follow in g were to
to p laci n g them i
n their former posses
c all a Court Martial for the trial of several
sions it is impossible—stripped o f their loyalists who had r efused to b ear arms i
n
p roperty driven from their homes de
opposition to G ovem men t U pon recei
v
ved o f their wives and childre n robbed
p ri
ing this in telligence I proce eded toward s
o f a free and mild governme n t betrayed
the C ourt House 1 7 miles that night
and deserted by their friends what c an with the men I had armed an d the morn
repay them for the misery ! Dragging ing following by seven o clock I arrived
o u t a wretched life of obscurity and want
there I surrounded the plac e where I
Heaven o n ly which smooths the rugged expected to find m embers of the C ourt
p aths c an reconcile them to misfortun e
Martial but they had dispersed the even
N umbers of them left their wives an d
ing before and w ere to meet at 8 o clock
n North C arolina not being able
children i
I then p o sted picket s on every road and
to se n d fo r them owin g to th e distresse s
within the space of two hours took fifty
n the W est Indies an d other
and n ow i
three pri soners—amon g them the C olonel
parts o f the world for refuge and not Maj or and all the militia o ffic ers of the
returned to their families y et S ome of county exc ept two who had n o t attended
them that return ed under the Act of an d al so on e C on tin en tal C ap tain with
n 1 8
O blivion p assed i
three o f the del egat es of th eir Gener al
7 3 were t aken to
H illsboro and han ged for their past ser
Assembly I immediately m arc hed them
vices th a t they re n d ered the Govern me n t to C oxe s Mill an d p arol ed al l except
whilst under my command I am fully fourteen who I k n ew were viol en t against
the Government T hose I c on ducted to
sensible o f the good designs that Govern
Wilmi n gton an d delivered to Maj or
ment intends for th e l oyalists i
n so repeat
I then rep resented to Maj or
edl y rene w ing the A c t
If th e i n ability C raig
s ap probatio n I would
and distressed situation of tho se peopl e
C raig th a t with hi
establish c ertain regu lations for the con
who have su fiered an d experie n c ed every
duct of the militia which he approved of;
thin g but death to support British G ov
and he was obligi n g en ough o n my giving
ern men t c annot r ea p the fruits o f their
lab ours and n ow j oin under every speci es them to him to correct and co n firm the
o f morti
fic ati
on
I c an solemn ly declare followin g rules whi c h were p ri n ted and
n the country :
distribut ed i
th at I thi n k Maj or John R ain s an d C apt
G eorge R ains two o f the mo st deserving R U L E S a nd R E G U L A TI ON S for the
a of
li
ti
ng of the L oya l M i
wel l governi
o fficers that ever a c ted in Am erica during
n a:
nce ofN orth C arol i
the Prov i
the late w ar eith er in the provin c ial or
rst N 0 person to be admitted a militia
militia ; an d to my certain k n owledge
J ohn R ai n s had two mills burn t three man un til he takes the oath of allegiance
dwelling houses an d besides a barn and to His M aj esty which is always to be done
property totally t ak en away
I h ave before the senior ofi c er of the R egiment
o n the spot
given as direc t account of the o fficers op
in a
2 n d All perso n s once e n rolled
c an ; also
their
names
as
I
possibly
i
t
os
e
p
their promotions an d death s What I militia c ompany an d having t aken the
oath above mention ed will be c onsidered
h ave set forth I will forever vi n dicate
an d p rotec
as
entitled
to
every
privilege
e
s
o
f
other counti s
Besides other o ffi cer
on
n d wil l
a
tion
ritish
subject
a
B
o
f
;
t
fieren times and
th at j oi n ed me at di
being
d
te
ted
j
oi
n i n g the reb els be treat
c
e
o
f
t
o
places as I shall refer
in other p arts
ed as a deserter an d traitor
my j ourn al in p articular Co l Arch
s to repai
very
militi
r
a man i
E
r
d
and
Samuel
Andrew
s
who
3
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M cD ou ga d
ithout
fail
or
excus
e except si c kness at
W
j oined me several times
o the pla c e assigned
the
time
appointed
t
B
Given at King s C ounty New runs
by
his
olonel
or C aptain with hl S arms
C
wick N ov 2 9th 1 789
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h
and
accoutrements
t
n d is not to qu i
a
T he rebel s on the same day h eld a gen
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T HE N
20
A R R A TI VE OF CO L F A N N I N G
.
omp an y on an y p r et en c e what ever with
ou t the k n owl edge an d p ermissio n of his
C aptai n o r C omma n di n g O ffic er
4th T he C olo n el o f every c ou n ty has
full p ower to c all h i
s R egime n t to ether
g
an d mar c h them wh en n ec essary fo r his
M aj esty s service ; the C aptai n of eac h
c omp a n y h as also
p ower to a sse m ble his
c ompan y wh en an y sudde n em ergen c y
renders it n ecess ary an d whi c h h e is to
report as soon as pos sibl e to hi
s C olo n el
s th Mutual a ssista n c e is to be give n
o n all o c c a sio n s but as it is impo ssible to
give po sitive dire c tio n s o n this subj ect it
is left to the discr etion o f th e C olo n els of
R egim en ts wh o must be an swer able th at
their reason s for n ot affordi n g assi stan c e
when required are su ffi c i en t
oth Wh en th e militia of diff ere n t c ou n
tie s are emb odied the sen ior o ffi c er i
s to
comman d ; C olo n el s of R egimen ts are
imm ediat ely to determin e the p resen t ran k
o f th eir C ap t a i n s i
n which r egard i
s to
be had to sen iority o f c ommission o r ser
vice I n cases o f vac an cies the C olon els
m ay gr an t tem p orary commission s till
re c ours e c an be h ad to the C omm an di n g
O fi c er of the Ki n g s troop s
7th T he men are to u n d erst an d th a t
i
n wh a t r elat es to th e s ervic e they are
bound to obey all o fii
c ers though n o t i
m
medi at ely belon gin g to their o wn c o m
es
p an i
t by the a p
8 th C ourt s Marti al m ay si
p oi n t m en t of the C olo n el or C omm an di n g
O fi c er ; an d m u st c on si st for the tri al of
an o f
fi c er of al l the o ffi c ers of th e R egi
me n t h e b elon g s to ex c ept th e C olon el o r
C o m m an di n g O ffic er ; an d for th e trial of
a n o n c o m mi ssio n ed O ffic er o r Privat e
o f two C ap t a i n s two Subalt er n s a n d thr ee
Pri v at es—th e latt er to b elo n g to th e sam e
c o m p an y as the p er so n to be tried ; the
el d est C ap t ai n to p r esid e ; an d the s en t
en c e of th e C ourt to be d et ermin ed by
p lur a lity of vot es an d ap p ro v ed by th e
C o mm a n di n g O ffi c er
9th No C olo n el is to su p er sede a n
o ffi c er witho u t tri a l ; bu t he m ay su sp e n d
him till h e c an be tri ed
ro th
! uitti n g c am p w ithout p ermis
disobedi en c e o f ord er s n e gl ec t of
sio n
dut y p lu n deri n g an d all irr eg ul arities
sc re
an d dis o rd er to be p u n i sh ed at th e di
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tio n o f a C ourt Martial c o n stitut ed as
a bov e me n tion ed ;
an d by th e ap p ro ba
tio n o f the C olon el o r C omma n di n g O fii
cer who h as p ow er to p ardon o r remit an y
p a rt o f a p u n ishment but n o t to in c rease
or a lter it
1 1 th
E v ery m an must t ake th e gr eatest
an d
c a r e of h i
s a rm s a n d a mmu n itio n ;
h av e th em always ready for servic e
Wh en the militi a is n o t embodied
1 2 th
they are at all times to be a tt en tive to the
m otio n s of the reb el s ; a n d immedi a tely
fic er of an ythi n g
to ac quai n t the n ear est o f
s to c ommu n ic a te
h e m ay di sc over who i
it to h i
ficer s as m ay
s C olo n el o r other o f
be r equisite
1 3th
It is th e duty of every person
profes si n g allegi a nc e to His Maj esty to
communi c ate to th e C omm an din g O fii
cer
o f the n eare st Briti sh p ost an y i n telligen ce
h e c an pro c ure o f the a s sembli n g or m ov
Perso n s em
i
n g o f an y bodie s of r eb els
p loyed o n thi s occasion shall alw ays be
paid
1 4th
C olo n els of R egim ents may as
sembl e an y n umber o f th eir m en they
n p articular
thi n k n e c ess ary to be p o sted i
spots of their di stri c ts—their time of
service on th ese o c ca sio n s is to be limited
a n d th ey are at th e ex p ir a tio n o f it to be
r eli ev ed by others Grea t c ar e i s to be
t ake n th a t n o p artiality i
s show n but that
e ach t ak e an equ a l p roportio n o f duty ;
fo r whi c h purp os e alph a betical rolls are
to be kept by which the m en are to be
war n ed E very C ap tai n is to keep an
a ccou n t of th e n umber of d ays each m an
of h i
s c ompa n y serv es
T he stri c t obs erv an c e of the above
regul a tio n s is stro n gly recomme n d ed as
th e b est m ean s of giving to the Ki n g s
faithful su bj ect s a m an ifest superiority
over the r ebel militia ; an d to i n sure them
th a t su c c e ss th eir z ea l an d sp irit in the
c a u se o f th eir c ou n try en title
the m to
ex p ect
H ea d ! u a rters Wi
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the followi n g o ath of alle gi an c e u n to those
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I
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A B—do
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G o d to b ear tru e a ll egi an c e to our S o v
Di
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THE N
A R R A T I VE O F C O L
ing further from th em the n ext mor n i n g
we m a rc h ed to the p l ac e wh er e I h ad bee n
i n formed th ey w ere but found them go n e
ofi
I disc overed some of their sc out s
but on firi n g on them th ey took to the
w oods I he ard that th ey h ad m arc h ed
an d j oi n ed an other p a rty of 2 50 m en
comm an ded by C ol s Pai sley an d Balfour
up o n which I retur n ed to C ox e s Mill ; I
se n t out sp ies that n ight who return ed
befor e mor n i n g an d i n form ed me th at the
tw o rebel p arti es h ad j oi n ed b ei n g about
40 0 in n umber and e n c am p ed at Brow n s
plan tation about tw o mil es up the riv er
o n the opp osite sid e
I di sp at c hed a flag
to them ac quainti n g them as b efore o f
n support of Gover n
my det ermi n atio n i
ment an d prop os ed a m eeti n g of both
p arties t o determi n e the matt er by forc e
o f arms ;
a t the sa me ti
me a cqu ai
n ti
ng
ll —
trea tmen t ofso me pri
son ers
them tha t the i
ttl e ti
they h a d ta ken a l i
me before ha d de
n ed me to reta l i
a te i
n case a n en d wa s
termi
n ot pu t to i
t shou l d a n y i
n f u tu re h ave c au se
n
I dir ec t ed th e flag to M aj or
to c ompl a i
C ag e wh o c omm an d ed at the time before
an d I r ec eived th e follo w i n g a n swer :
SI R —I r ec eiv ed your s by a fl ag an d
c an assur e you that I should b e as sorry
as any p erson livin g to mi su se a p ri so n er ;
but at th e sam e t im e I thi n k it is m y duty
to opp ose my en e m i es an d if an y of your
m en sh ould fall i n to my h an d s I sh a ll
en d eavour to u se wh at i n flu en c e I c an to
h ave them treat ed as p riso n ers ; an d I
hop e you will do th e same I m u st also
i n for m y ou th a t I am n ot th e c omm an d
i
n
g o ffic er ; if I w as I should i m medi a t ely
ret u r n you an an sw er an d as your l etter
w as n o t dir ec t ed to th e c o mm a n di n g
offic er h e w ill n o t u n dert ak e it withou t
C o l O N e al i
s
y o u w ill dir ec t to him
C omm an d er at pr esen t
I am your s & c & c
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F A N N IN G
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n tel l i
th ey h ad m arc h ed o ff F rom i
ge nc e I h ad pro c ur ed I h ad r easo n to
sup p ose th ey h ad go n e to S ali sbury to
be rei n forc ed by G en eral R utherford
I th en co n c lud ed to go t o Wi l mington
n
fo r a su p ply o f ammu n itio n fifidi
g my
stock be gan to grow l ow I got to Cross
C r eek on th e r 1 th of A u gust ; a n d early
i
n th e mor n i n
g followi n g c ros sed C ape
F ea r R iv er wh en Maj Samuel An drews
j oi n ed me with his c o m pa n y an d scouted
through al l the reb el settleme n ts on the
n orth sid e of the riv er an d took a number
of priso n ers arms an d horse s I also dis
c overed where twe n ty fiv e b arrels of
salt were co n c eal ed design ed for the
r ebel army I d estroyed it an d then
m a rch ed dow n the side of the river and
c am e
to a pl an tatio n b elo n gi n g to a
C apt R obertso n which I bur n ed T hence
I marc hed to his brother s C o l R ob
n the same man
ertso n whi c h I served i
O n my m arch I took several pris
n er
o n ers whom I parol ed ex c ept twenty ;
thos e I deliv ered t o C apt L egett then
at Wilmington w h ere I
c o m m a n di n g
2 4th
Havi n g got sup
a rrived o n the
pli ed with a m mu n ition I proc eeded up
th e c ou n try o n the 2 6 th o n my mar c h to
E li z abethtow n where o n my a rrival I
n sbee of the L oyal Militia
fou n d C 0 1 Sl i
g
o f Bl a d en
C ou n ty with a number of
n
p a rol ed r eb el s i
his c a mp I dis
th em th ere and
a pproved
o f keep i n g
told him I th ought it imprud ent an d
unsafe T h e eve n t p roved so ; for that
they h avi n g arm s c o n c ealed fired
n i ght
u p on h i
s c a mp an d wou n ded him m or
t ally F iv e c aptai n s a lso w ere wou n ded
some o f w h om di ed a fterw a rds o f their
wou n d s T h e day follow in g I arriv ed
at M c F all s Mill s about sixty miles
wh er e I di sp at c hed n i n ety of my men
b ac k t o r en d er assist an c e o n rec eiving
th e u n fort u n at e ac c o u n t o f C o l
Slings
be e s m isfortu n e ; but it w as to o l ate as
th e reb els h ad t ak en to th e wood s a n d o t
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D av id F an n i n g
I al so r ec ei v ed a mess a ge fro m C ol
of
f
O N eal th at w h er ev er th ey m et m e th ey
I h ere h ad i n for m a tio n th at th e reb el
would fight m e bu t n o t by an im m edi at e C o l W ad e w ith 4 50 militi a w as then
ap p oi n t m en t I directly ord ered a m a rc h o n h i
s m ar c h
to att ac k C o l M c N eal
an d p ro c eeded to th e p l ac e w her e I w a s
w h o h ad assem bl ed seve n ty of th e L oyal
i n for m ed by the be ar er o f th e fl ag th ey M iliti a o f Bl ad en an d th en l ay on th e
l ay en c a mp ed ; but on my arriv al ther e
sid e
of D ro w n i n g C reek I i n st an tly
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N A R R A T IVE OF COL
desp at c hed an expre ss to k n ow his situ a
tion , and offeri n g assi stan c e ; in thr ee
hours I received for a n swer he w o u ld be
glad to see me an d my p arty I m a rc h ed
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direct and by daylight arrived th ere
with 1 55 m en O ur p ick ets were fired
up on and retreat ed i n to c amp having
exch an ged several shots with those of
the rebels
We had informatio n they
were crossing a bridge on Drow n i n g
C reek about three miles of whe n the
p ickets fired o n them an d retreated to
the c amp wh o i n formed me that
42 0
m en crossed that bridge
I imm edi ately
ordered all my m en to arm s and cou n t
ed them ; which i
n
w as 2 2 5
n umb er
horse and foot I th en march ed imm e
atel y to attack them
di
Wh en I formed
my little p arty I left great vac an ci es in
order to appear as n um erous as p os sible
an d t o pr ev en t their turn i n g my fl an ks
We att a c ked them at 1 1 o c lo c k an d eh
gaged th em an hour an d a h alf wh en o n
my ordering a charge th ey retreated We
pursued them seven miles an d took
fifty four pri so n er s four of whom di ed
th at n ight O n o u r retur n we fou n d
n inete en de ad
an d the n ext day sev er a l
n an d surren d er ed
came i
all of who m
w ere wou n d ed an d we h ad re a so n to
supp ose that sev er a l di ed i
n th e sw amp s
by a c c ount s we rec eived from those who
c a me i
n a ft er w ards
O ur loss was o n ly
five m en w ou n d ed on e of wh om di ed
and five horse s kill ed be sid e a few
wou n ded We took 2 50 hor ses most
o f which were lo a ded with ef
fect s they
had plunder ed from the frie n ds o f G ov
ern m en t ; an d a s I had for m erly ordered
that whoever fou n d c o n c eal ed good s o f
any kind should hold them I also n ow
ordered that every m an should ke ep that
he had taken that day aft er mou n ti n g
and equ ippi n g those fifty wh o were n ot
mount ed in the actio n I the n paroled
the prisoners except thirty of them wh om
I sent to Wilmington u n der a gu ard o f
T h en
with my
C o l M c N eal s m en
party I m arc hed th at eveni n g to l it tle
R iver sixtee n miles from M c F all s Mill
where the party r eturned who h ad gone
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to
T he day
followi n g I arrived at C oxe s Mill thirty
miles where I issued the following ad
verti
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an d circulated
it through
the c ountry :
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is to let all per son s k n ow that
do n ot mak e ready an d rep air immediate
ly to camp that their p roperty sh all
be seiz ed and caused to be sold at pub
lic sal e ; an d if th ey are take n and brought
into c a mp th ey shall be se n t to Wil
mi n gto u as pri so n ers and th ere rem ai n
a s such i
n the
p rovost and be consider
ed a s reb el s;
also i
f an y reb el i
s willi n g
n he sh a ll r ea p
to surr en der an d co m e i
the be n efit o f a subj e c t
D A VI D F A NN I NG
C a mp C ox e s M i
ll
C ol C o m g L oyal
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oth S ept 1 78 1
Mi
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O n the 9th o f Se p t I wa s j oi n ed by
C 0 1 M c D o u gal d of the L oy al Militia o f
C umberland C ou n ty
with 2 0 0 men ;
an d C o l H ec tor M c N eal* with his
p a rty
fro m Blad en o f seven ty men ; a n d i
n
c o n seque n c e o f m
y adv erti se m e n t I ha d
n;
also 43 5 who c am e i
an d m a n y j oi n ed
me a ft erward s
I had p reviou sly d etermi n ed withi n
myself to t ak e the reb el Govern or Burke
o f North C a roli n a a n d I h a d a c o n v er sa
tio n with M aj C raig o n the subj e c t
I n o w thou ght it a favourabl e opportu n ity
as I fou n d m y self at th e h ead o f 9 50
men of my o wn R egi m e n t exclusiv e o f
M c D ou gald and M c N ea l s r egime n t s
I a c qu a i n t ed M aj R a i n s o f my resolu
tio n wh o ap p roved o f it T he rebel
G e n er a l Joh n Butl er an d C o ] R obert
Maybi n o f the C on ti n e n t al l i n e l ay
withi n forty mil es o f ou r en c ampme n t
o n th e C a p e F ear R iver
with 40 0 C o n
ti
n en ta l
soldiers an d Butl er s militia
It w as su p po sed by my o fli
c ers that I
i n tended to attack th em Aft er march
n
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g sixteen miles to R o c ky R iver I we n t
a little distan c e out o f my ro ad to a
fri end s house for i n telli ge n ce o f the
situatio n o f the rebels ; duri n g which
time th e guid e l ed my littl e army about
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I t ls e i
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arol i
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M c N ei
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N o do u bt th e l a tte r i
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TH E
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F
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l es out of th e w a
mi
w h ic h
I r ec eived a shot i
left
arm
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y towar ds G en
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eral Butler
O n my r etur n a bove to them
an d
brok e the bon e i
n
sever a l p i ec es
I w as u n d er th e above n ec essity of maki n g th e lo ss o f blood was so reat th a t I was
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my in t en t io n s k n ow n ; an d i mm edi ately take n o ff my hor se an d led to a se c ret
d irect ed my mar c h for Hill sboro I p lac e i
I th en sen t L i eut
n the woods
pu sh ed on all th a t day an d the followi n g Wol eston to my little a rmy for C ol Arc h
n ight ;
at seven o c lo c k o n th e mor n i n g M c D ou gal d an d Maj or J oh n R a i n s an d
of the 1 2 th w e e n t ered the tow n i
n thr ee
L ieut —
C ol Arch M c Kay to t ak e c o m
divi sio n s an d r ec eiv ed sever al shot s m an d ; to se n d an exp r es s to Wilmi n gt on
from di ffer en t hou ses H ow ev er w e for assist an c e as I was not abl e to take
lost n o n e an d su fi ered n o damag e ex
comm an d I al so d esired that
an y
cept on e m an wou n ded We kill ed M aj or R a i n s shou ld r eturn as soon as
fift een of th e reb el s wou n d ed tw en ty
h e c ould l eave C ol M c D ou gal d as I
an d took u p w ards o f tw o hu n dr ed pri s
thought h e might be th e m eans of sav
o n er s; a m o n gst whom were th e G ov ern or
i
n g me from the h a nd o f my en emie s
s C ou n c il
hi
an d p art of the C o n ti n en tal
T h ese g entlem en conducted themselves
several
C olo n el s
c aptains
subal
an d
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n such a m an n er th at I thi n k they de
tern s an d sev en ty —on e C o n ti n e n tal sol
serve the applau se of every loyal subj ect
di er s out of a church We proc eed ed both for their valour a n d good conduct
to the gaol an d released thirty loyalists
as C o l M aybin an d G eneral Butler
an d British soldiers on e ofw hi
c h wa s to
pur su ed th em al l the w ay u n til th ey
Abou t 1 2 met Maj or C r aig c omi n g to th eir a ssist
ha ve been han ged tha t day
o c lo c k I left Hill sboro an d proc eed ed a n c e T h ey m ade th eir m arch good
eightee n miles th at night tow a rd s C ox e s
for 1 6 0 mil es an d n ever lost o n e prisoner
n th e mor n i n g I pursued my marc h
Mill ; i
but in troduc ed T hos Burke th eir G ov
about eight mil es further to L i n d sey s ern o r an d h i
s regim en t
of r eb els to
Mill on C an e C reek wh er e G en er a l M aj or C r a ig who v ery well a cc epted
Butl er an d a p arty of r eb els h a d c o n
th em ; an d M aj or C r a ig i n trodu c ed His
C o l M c N ea l wh o
E x c ell en c y an d r egim en t to the Provost
c eal ed the m sel v es
had the adv an ce guard h ad n egl ected M a ster I a m i n form ed by letter s from
to t ak e th e n ec es sary pre c autio n s fo r ou r C o l Arch M c D ou gal d d ated oth A u g
saf ety ; an d by i n form a tio n o f C ap t
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th a t n o provi sio n h as bee n m ade
C umb erl an d C ou n ty
L ittl e
for him y et Al so M aj or R a i n s the 2 nd
M c L ean
R i v er a s soon as I h a d di sc ov er ed th e
of O ctob er 1 789 Bu t I am i
n hope s
n
n an d h avi n g so gr ea t
whe n th e G overn men t c ome s to be i
situ a tio n w e w ere i
a n umber of p riso n ers
I l eft my statio n formed o f the m a n y ser v ic es that they
on
h ave don e th ey w ill c o n sid er th em and
a n d p u sh ed for the advan c ed guard ;
n
my c omi n g up with C 0 1 M c N eal I i
m ake so m e a llow an c e for th em I am
quir ed th e r easo n of h i
s n egl ect an d be
p erson a lly a cqu a i n ted w ith th eir ser
fore h e c ould an sw er we w ere fired upo n vic es M aj or Joh n R a i n s was the first
by th e r eb el s T hey kill ed ei ght m en
m an that e v er took u p a r m s with m e i
n
w a s C o l M c N eal wh o
a mo n g w ho m
North C a roli n a an d the l a st m an with
r ec ei v ed t h ree b all s throu gh h i
m an d
n th a t cou n try
me i
a n d took a n a c tive
s hor se
I th en ord ered p a rt i
fiv e thr o u gh h i
n c omm an d i
n si
x a n d thirty skir
a r etr eat b ac k to wh ere I l eft th e pri son er s
mi
sh es
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N C
( also C a p t Ge orge
se c u ri n g t h em I m ad e th e R a i n s )
a n d a ft er
n ec essar y
At th e d ep arture o f my littl e a rmy I
p r ep ar a tio n s to a ttack th e
w hi c h w e did ; a n d aft er en gag
en em y
w a s l eft w ith thre e m en ; an d i
n four days
th ey retr eat ed I s eve n t een more cam e to my a ssi st an c e
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n g th em f o u r h our s
lost t w en ty —sev en m en kill ed an d sixty I m ade e n quiry r esp ec ti n g the los s o f the
so b a dly w o u n ded th at th ey co u ld n o t be
r ebels i
n th e l a t e ac tio n
a n d fou n d that
m o v ed b esid es thirty sli ghtly bu t so
the i n h abita n t s h ad buri ed t w en ty four
th at th ey c ould k eep u p with o u r m a i n an d th a t th e wou n d ed th ey h ad l eft he
bod y At the c on c lusion of this action hi n d were n i n ety b esid es tho se th at went
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N A R R A T IVE OF COL
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F
an d
th a t my p arty h ad t ak en ten
pri so n ers O f the n umber of th e kill ed
w as C o l G u ttrel l an d Maj or K n owles
wh o wer e invet er at e en emies to the
loyali st s
T h e party we h a d en g a g ed I fou n d
t o h av e c o n si sted of 40 0 C o n ti n en tals
under the c omman d of C ol Maybin
an d G e n eral Butler s militia
I n tw en ty
four days I fou n d my self abl e to sit up
and th en disp a tched four of my cap t ai n s
Hooker R ai n s Kn ight an d L i n dly to
Wilm i n gto n for a supply of a mmu n itio n ;
an d before th eir r etur n I h a d s en t out
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an d e m bodi ed
m en duri n g whi c h
t im e I heard of a q u an tity o f le ath er
whi c h was pr ep aring fo r th e u se of the
rebel army an d w as order ed for G en er al
Gree n s qu a rt ers at C amd en I w en t
to th e pl ac e an d fin di n g th e l eath er
agree abl e to my i n form a tion I took
e n ough th ereof to equip the c omp an y
c om p l et ely an d ordered th e r est to be
destroy ed O n my retur n to Brush C r eek
n e a r w her e I h ad b een sec reted duri n g
my ill n ess oc c asio n ed by my wou n d s I
se n t out sp ies for disc overy T wo of
n l ess th an an hour with
th em retur n ed i
in form atio n o f si
x hu n dred r ebel s who
were a dv an c i n g to a tt ac k me but th ey
prov ed n o more th an 1 70 T h es e ac
cou n ts dish eart en ed a numb er of my
F ro m m y bei n g i
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so w eak a
m en
st a te they appr eh en d ed I would n o t be
However th ey
a bl e to c omm an d them
lifted m e o n my hors e an d I form ed my
n two r an k s an d show ed two
men the n i
n
fronts a s th ey ap p ear ed both i
my
fro n t and rear T he fire c o n ti n u ed for
I lost thr ee m en killed
n ear an hour
Th e r eb el s
an d three badly w ou n ded
had o n e killed an d sever al w ou n ded
T h en they retr eat ed an d ralli ed an d
aft er retreati n g about a
a ttacked ag a i n
mile which was so u n exp ected that I
co n c lud ed th ey h ad b een rei n forced I
the n retr eated but without los s except
my b aggage whi c h they m ad e a priz e of
I then s epar ated my m en i n to sm al l
p arties u n til the arrival o f th e four
c ers I h ad di spat c hed for a mmu n itio n
o fii
to Wilmingto n who brought the follow
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cartridges :
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D E A R SI R :
Your letter ga ve me i n fin it e sati
sfac
tio n from the f avour a bl e ac c ou n t s it
c on t ain ed of your h ealth an d the p rob
ability o f your soo n
bei n g r estored to
that service in which y ou have don e so
much to your ho n our I beg you to
ac c ept for yourself an d co n vey to those
o f your o f
fic ers whom I have n ot yet
s een my w arm est than ks for their gal
l an try an d good b eh aviour I e n clo se
y o u the c ommi ssio n y o u d esired for
M aj or R ai n s who I am p er su ad ed will
en de avo u r to a n swer your w a rm rec o m
m en da ti
on s
I h ave be en u n fortu n ate
en ou gh to los e th e li st o f medi c i n es you
sen t for ;
however I will d esir e the su r
geon to sen d y ou su c h as h e thi n k s most
lik ely to be servi c eabl e to you ; tho u gh
s n o t b ei n
from hi
g ac q u ai n t ed w ith your
i
s a l l by g u ess
c a se
I am m u c h c on
cern ed to fin d the p rob abil iti es of so
m an y o f your p eopl e su fferi n g from w an t
o f att en d an c e
or n ec ess ari es Noth i n g
sh all be w an ti n g i
n my p o w er eith er in
that re spect or that of s a lt for th eir re
li ef I am n o t at liberty to exp l ai n m y
n a l ett er
bu t I hop e I sh all v ery
self i
n my p ow er to assi st
soo n h av e it i
y ou
w ith gr eat er c ar e th an at p r esen t T he
n
m ome n t I r et u r n ed h er e an d w as i
form ed o f the c irc umstan c es of the st al
n
lion you m en tio n I d et ermi n ed i
t i
your f avour an d took him aw ay from
Mr C amp b ell or r a th er fro m a gen tl e
m to
He has
m an w hom he had sold h i
b ee n with my hor ses ev er si n c e an d
m to vou by
I n ow sen d hi
n ev er rode
v ele
C ap t L i
y
T h e lon g n orth erly wi n d s ha s p re
ven t ed an y arriva ls from C h a rlesto n so
that we are tot ally without n ew s
I wish I h ad go t Mr Bu rke s p ap ers
I a m with mu c h reg ard
Your mo st ob t faithful serv an t
J H CR A I G
T h e followi n g is a c o p y of the letter
I rec eived of C olo n el E dmon d F an n i n g
of Ki n g s Am eric an s :
n the ma n u sc ri
pt)
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dzffleren t c o mpan i
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The n a m es ofthe O fii
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wh o a c ted u n der L t —
C ol H ec tor M C
N ea l :
H ector M c N eal , L t C o l
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G en tl emen O ffic ers w ho
ca me a s Vol u n teers f ro m Wi
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n gton
on a n d to ex l ore th e co u n tr
for recrea ti
p
y,
an d w as a t the ta ki
n g of H i
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Alexa n der M c C raw , C apt of Gov
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M arti s R egt
D an i el M c D on al d, L i eut of Gov
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M arti s R egt
M alcol m M c Kay , E n sign of G ov
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J oh n M c Kenz i
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H ec tor M c N eal
C h a rl es C a mpb ell
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foregoi n g l etter from C ol
E dmon d
F an n i n g I i n tercepted an expre ss from
Virginia boun d fo r G en Gree n e s c amp
whi c h w as at that time near the li n es
n o t far from C harl e sto n ; amongst whi c h
w as L ord C or n walli s s c a pitulation which
I h ave si n c e l ost We c on ti n ued i
n small
p arties u n til M aj or C raig eva cu a ted
Wilmi n gto n whe n on e day I t ook a m an
w ith m e to go for i n t elligen c e an d to
provide o ats for the p arty I k ept with
me
Whe n at a hou se I sp ied a party
o f thirty
rebels c omi n g tow ard s s a id
h ous e wh er e I was We i n sta n tly m ou n t
ed an d rode o ff
O n my retur n to my
m en I ord er ed sixt een o f th em to mou n t
an d w en t b ac k to th e hou se we h ad left
but fou n d them gon e off I p ursued
them about sixtee n mil es whe n w e came
up with th em We kill ed thre e of th em
oun d ed t w o who m I took p rison
an d W
I h ad n o lo ss o r a c c id en t on o u r
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p a rt
I h ad n ow certai n i n t elligen c e o f M aj or
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C r a ig s evac u a ti n g Wilmi n gton ; an d th a t
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c o n seq u enc e
s ep ar a ted i n to sm all p arti es an d wer e
return i n g tow ard their hom es an d for
the sp ac e of fourt een o r fift een d a ys I
fell i
or les s o f
n w ith a n d took more
them every day duri n g whi c h time I had
i n formatio n of a C ap t K en n edy an d his
p arty who had t ak en a n umber of
horse s an d a qu an tity of household fur
ni
tu re
I follow ed him about fiv e mil es
an d after a sm a rt firi n g
took him and
eight of h i
s p a rty
with the b ooty they
had plun dered He gave i n tellige n c e
th a t a C ap t L opp with a p arty o f sixty
m en who h ad bee n dischar ged by G en
R uth erford w er e o n th e ir way home up
the c oun t ry T he said C apt Ke nn edy
( C an n a dy ) all the tim e of o u r att acki n g
L op p stood an d looked o n ; an d as he
decl ared that he would n o t make his
n either would he let an
esc ape
y o f his
men if we b ea t an d drove off Ca p t L o p p
n a hou se with o n ly two men
I l eft him i
to guard el eve n an d fou n d them all
there T he gu ard in formed m e that he
would n ot let an y of h i
s p arty make
their esc ap e He p roved so muc h to
hi
s ho n our th a t I g a ve him up on e of
his hors es saddle an d bridle ; an d par
oled him with all his men I at thi s
tim e had but thirtee n m en with m e at a
h ouse n ear the ro a d n o t far from wh ere
they w ere to pass I mou n ted my men
and plac ed th em in con c e a lm en t alon g
the road O n their c omin g up I or
d ered them to fire and then to ch arge
whic h we did three times through them ;
th ey immediately dispersed through the
woods ; it bein g n early dark we c ould
n o t tell wh a t i n jury they su f
fer ed
O n the ro th of December C ol I saacs
came down from the mou n tains with a
party of three hu n dr ed men an d formed
his camp at C ox e s Mill in the settle
m en t I had form erly r an ged i
n
i
n ord er
to tak e me ; where he c on ti n u ed nearly
thre e mon th s duri n g whic h time the
foll owi n g p ro c lamation w as i ssu ed :
“
S T A TE o r NO R TH C A R O L I NA
By the H o n Alex an d er M a rti n E sq
S p eak er o f th e S en at e C a pt a i n G e n er
a l G ov er n or an d C omm an d er i
n C hief
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n a n d over the sa id St a te
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f th e
J ame s D awso n
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Wher ea s divers of c itiz en s of thi s St ate
h a ve b ee n d elud ed by the wi c ked a rti
fic es of o u r enemies an d h ave r evolt ed
and withdr aw n themselv es from th e
faith an d allegianc e which b efore G od
they plighted to owe th eir c ou n try an d
tre a ch erou sly h ave tak en up arms agai n st
the same ; bein g c onvinced th a t they
h ave be en b etrayed by false h op es sup
p orted by deceit an d n ow find them
selve s de serted by ou r feebl e an d de
sp ai
ri
n
g en emy and left u n protect ed to
the ve n gean ce of the State t o in flict
those p u n ishmen ts due to their crim es
i
n te n d er c omp a ssion to the feelings of
human ity to spare such who are willi n g
to retur n an d to stay th e h an d of exec u
n the u n n ecessa ry e f
tion i
fu sio n of th e
blood of c itiz e n s wh o may be reclaim ed
I h av e thought fit to issu e thi s my p roc
l am ati
o n o f p ardo n of such o f the a bov e
p erso n s wh o may surre n der th ems elv es
before th e 1 0 th day of M ar c h n ext o n
this expr ess c o n ditio n that th ey i m m e
a tel
n
di
th e C o n ti n en t a l bat
y e n li st i
t a lion s an d there re n der a p erson al
s ervic e for twelve mo n ths aft er the tim e
o f th eir
ren d ez vous at headqu arter s
an d
h avi n g f a ithfully perform ed the
same for the said term it sh all be d eemed
as having exp iat ed th eir offen c e s an d be
en titled to
a n d be restored to the privi
l eges of c itiz e n s All o ffic ers fin ding m en
o f thi s c l ass
guilty o f murder robbery
an d
housebr eaki n g to be preclud ed
from th e abov e n ot with st an di n g ; an d I
do her eby r equire the Honourabl e the
Judges of the Sup erior C ourts of l aw
an d ge n eral j ail
o f oyer an d t ermi n er
d elivery an d all o ffic ers c ivil an d mili
t a ry withi n the St a te to t ake n otic e o f
this my p roc l a m atio n an d govern them
s elves ac c ordi n gly Give n un der my
han d an d seal a t arm s at H alifa x thi s
and in the sixth
2 5th o f D ecember 1 78 1
ye ar o f our In d epen dence
A L E ! A N D E R M A R TI N
By his E xcellen cy s comman d
J O H N H A W K I N S D Sec y
F
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hou ses belon gi n g to the fri en ds of Gov
ern m en t
T h ey fr eque n tly ap p li ed to
me priv a tely for advi c e
I r ec o m m en ded
it to th em if p o ssibl e to re m ai n n eutr al
an d mak e their peace
; as it was en tir ely
o u t o f my p ow er to protect or r eliev e
them A C apt Sti n son o f thi s p arty
took on e of my men n am ed D avid J a ck
son
a n d hu n
m u p wi
thou t ceremon y
g hi
A few days before Col Isaa c s de p arture
from C oxe s Mill s he sen t o u t n otice
fo r the frie n ds of G over n me n t to meet
him an d he w ould give them protectio n
agreeable to p roclamation ; but on the ir
assembli n g he made them p rison ers of
war an d marc h ed them un der a stro ng
gu ard to S alisbury gaol
Not m an y
d ay s after they broke o u t an d k n o c ki n g
dow n the sen ti n el s made th eir escap e
exc ept o n e who w as shot i
n th e a ttempt
T w o C apt ai n s i
n
w ere
eac h
c ou n ty
appoint ed by C 0 1 I sa ac s on h i
s l eavi n g
C oxe s Mill to kee p th e frie n ds of G ov
ern men t
dow n ; an d w ere goi n g with
th eir own men c o n ti n u ally throu gh the
cou n try
Duri n g all this tim e I was i
n the woods
an d k ept movi n g with a sm a ll p arty as
o c c asion required O n e even in g I h ad
assembl ed thirty men at a frie n d s hou se
an d se n t out sp i es; th ey soo n r etur n ed
with acc ou n t s of a p arty of r eb el s within
four mile s of us distr essin g an d p lu n
d eri n g our fri en ds We im medi at ely set
for w ard to re n der o u r assistan c e an d got
within half a mil e of th em I the n sent
o u t to get i n form atio n how th ey w ere
situat ed an d r eceivin g i n t ellige n ce by
bre ak o f day c am e upon them We re
took seve n hor se s which th ey h ad c ar
ried off with a large qu an tity of bag
gage We wou n d ed two of th em mor
t ally and several slightly ; we came off
without i n jury ex c ep t two horse s woun d
ed T he day following we p ursu ed th em
to Cumb erl an d coun ty an d on my way
I burn t C ap t C oxe s house an d h i
s
father s I had also two skirmi shes an d
kill ed two of the rebel p arty O n my
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return to little R iver I he ard of a C apt
God save the S ta te
Golson who had been distre ssin g the
n se arc h o f him my
During C o l Is a ac s stay at C oxe s loyalists and wen t i
self but u n fortu n at ely I did n o t meet
Mill he ravaged the whole settl emen t
him but fell i
n with o n e o f his men wh o
an d burnt an d destroyed a number o f
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had been very assiduous in assisti n g the
rebel s I killed him I moun ted a m an
o f my own on h is h orse an d return ed
back I then took C apt Currie and th e
m an o f m y own before mentioned an d
we n t w ith a design of burning C apt
G ol son s house which I did ; and also
two others
In my way I fell in with a
m an w ho had been very anxi
ou s to have
some of m
I sent him
y men ex ec u ted
word to m oderate and he should h av e
n othi n g to fear
but if he persist ed I
w oul d c ertainly kill him He took n o
n otic e o f this
but persisted for severa l
mon th s and on observing me th a t day
he attempted to escape ; but I shot him
T wo days after C apt Walker j oi n ed
m e w hi c h made four o f us and h ea ri n g
th a t on e T homp son a rebel magistrate
had taken up a h orse belonging to o n e
o f my m en I went to claim him ; he gave
him up without hesitation an d upon
ex ami n i n g what arms he had he ow n ed
to o n e rifle which I took from him ; h e
also i n formed me that the rebels w ere
willi n g to make peace with me on my
o wn
terms and would allow me an y
limit ed bounds I would require pro
vi
ded I would not be troubl esome to
them I therefore c oncluded aft er c on
n
su l ti
g C apt Walker and C urri e to
dem an d the following terms whi c h I
for warded by a priso n er I h ad taken ;
n order to convince them th a t my
an d i
m
in ten tions w ere sincere I rele ased h i
for th a t purpose though he had been the
ng several
mean s ofmu rderi
T erms required by C0 1 D a vid F an
n i n g from
Gov Burke forward ed to
m by L awyer Williams and C ap t
hi
R a msay of I st battalion o f North C aro
li n a C o n tin e n tals :
1
T hat every friend of the G ov ern
m en t shall be allowed to retur n to their
re sp ec tive homes unmolested
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T hat they shall be u n der n o re
strictions of doin g or causin g to be do n e
thing prej udicial to his M aj esty s
any
service
3 T hat they shall n o t be under an y
obligation to act in any public station
or be c o m
o r ever to take up arms
p ell ed to do anything injur ious to his
Maje sty s good government
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they shall n o t pay or c a use to
be paid an y taxes or money so levied by
your l aws during the c ontinuan ce of the
prese n t war to support your army by
their in dustry If these terms are grant
ed I r equest that they may b e imm e
atel y c onveyed t o me at my quarters
di
by a flag of truce app ointed for that
c ers as I c an
p ur p ose and by such ofli
rely upon from your hands an d seals
If these terms are not grant ed you
m ay d epe n d upon my sword being c on
ti
n u all
y unsheathed ; as I am determin ed
I will n o t leave one o f your o ld offen ders
a liv e
that has inj ured his M aj esty s
G ov ernment
and friends who would
have been of service to your coun try i
n
a future day and I do hereby rec o m
men d i
t to you to govern your selves
acc ordingly
D A VI D F A NN I NG
J an 7th 1 78 2
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S TE PH EN WA L KER
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C apta i
Mr Ja me s William s and Ca pt Mat
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Hi
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I received the following an swer from
L a w yer Williams :
CH A T H A M Jan 8th 1 78 2
SI R —I received yours by Mr R iggi n
at the C ourt House on Su n day l a st and
immediately wrote to Gen Butl er o n
the subj ect of your surrender as men
ti
o n ed in yours
His answer is that he
c a n n ot receive you himself but will di
rec tl
y write to the G overn or an d as soon
a s he receives his answer he w ill tr an smit
it to Maj Griffith who will send it to
Wi n sor Pearce s on Deep R iver I t I
obtain liberty I will brin g it myself In
the meantime I would rec omme n d a
mod erate conduct as the be st st ep to
bri n g matters to an accommodation
T h e bearer Mr R iggin has execut ed
the trust you reposed in him ; I th erefore
hope y ou will restore to him his property
F or yo ur ci
vi
li
ty to me when I wa s a
soner
ll do an ythi
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your surren der
C oncerni n g
C ol R ay and C0 1 M c D ou gal d have
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the course of this corresp on den ce
e n deavouring to make peace I had reason
to believe they did n o t intend to be as good
as their words ; as three of their p eople
followed C apt L inley of mine wh o had
mov ed to Wi
ttogu ar and cut him t o
p iec es with their swords I was i
mm edi
ately i n formed o f it and kept a look o u t
for them F ive days after their return I
took tw o of them and hung them by w ay
o f r et aliation both on a limb o f o n e tree
they being deserters from the Briti sh ( C ol
H amilton s R egiment ) ; the third made his
escap e
After this Col Alstine w h o w as
a p risoner of war at this time
c a m e to
me at Gen Butler s request to kn ow if
I w as willing to c ome to any terms I
ask ed the reason why the G overnor had
n o t an swered my letter and what was the
cause of their behaviour to C apt L in ley I
then with a number of my officers sat
down an d wrote the foll owing letter to
Gen eral Butler :
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S I R —O h F riday the 7th o f J a n uary
last I wrote t o Mr Williams the t erms I
was willing to c ome under ; he wrot e for
a nswer that he could n o t c omply w ith my
t erms u n til he had the approbation o f the
G overnor
O n Wednesday the r 1 th
January a fl ag was to meet me at Winsor
Pearce s with a letter Bu t on its ap
proach it was waylaid by C apt G olston
with a p arty o f men wh ich h ad more the
appe aran ce of treache ry th an a wi sh for
peace had n ot the gentleman ( Mr Baal am
T homp son ) acted as h onourable ; fo r the
min ute he arrived he let me know it an d
declared himself innocent T his gave me
reason to think he would act with hon our
Still o n the 1 5th J anuary Messrs Willia ms
C l a rk and Burns the three gentlem en
th a t were kind enough to wait up on me
w ith a bl ank parole and letter from C apt
n
his l etter
R a msay—who mentioned i
that my request was granted by the G ov
in the meantime the gentleme n
ern o r ;
w aiti n g on me at the place appoi n ted
there c a m e around a company from the
H aw fields commanded by C apt Sc orely
w hich p l a in ly and evidently appear ed t o
me th ere was nothin g but tre ac h ery
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mean t
O n Sunday the ro th of F ebru
I fell in the rear of C apt C oleston s
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c ame on them at dark After some firi n g
that night I rode off and c ame o n th em
n ext mor n ing
and we c ame upon t erms
of
p eace till I could writ e to the ir
su p erior o f
fi cer for which I co n sulted
my o fli
and we j oined h an d an d
c ers
heart to c omply w ith the terms here
u n der written
We the Subscribers do ackn owl edge
ourselves subj ects to his Britan nic M aj esty
as you are well assured of our fidelity
z e a l a n d loyalty to his Maj esty s G over n
men t as it has been daily the c a se that
we h ave been destroying one an oth er s
property to support and uphold our opin
ion s and we are hereby willing to c om e to
a ce ssion o f arms n ot under six mon ths
n o r exceeding twelve ;
c ondition s un der
written
1
O ur request is from Cumb erl and
twen ty miles N 8: S and thirty miles
E
W to be totally clear ofyour L ight
Horse
2 n d R equest is for every man that h as
be en in actual arms in a perma n ent man
n er
in order to establish a British G ov
ern men t ( except those wh o have de serted
from a regular troop that has volu n t arily
listed themselves) them we do oblig ate
to deliver up and each and eve ry man that
a re at liberty S hall have a right to with
draw themselves in said district
3rd If any of ou r men sh ould go out of
said district to plunder or distress or
murder any ofthe Americ an p arty we will
by in formation made to me Maj or R ain s
o r an y o f the C aptains return their n a mes
m
( if the request is granted ) ; they Sh a ll i
mediately be apprehended and sen t by
c er appointed by y ou to be tri ed by
a n y o fli
your own laws
4th If any of your party shall be caught
plu n dering stealing or murdering or
goi n g private paths with arms signifying
as if they were for mischief these are to
be left to our pleasure to deal with as we
agreeable to ou r laws All
see c au se
public roads to be travelled by any p erso n
o r comp any
unmolested if he b ehave
himself as becomes an h onest man o r any
a rmy or compan y or waggon s ke epi n g the
public roads
5th E very person that has been in ac
tual ar m s in manner aforesaid in order to
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u p p ort or establish a British G overn
D E A R SLR :
me n t shall n o t be i n terru p t ed of their
Your lett er o f 2 6 th of l ast mo n th was
a rm s provisio n s perso n or property
If h an ded to me last night I h ave observed
an
y o n e residin g withi n the s a id distric t
the con tent s Had you p rop osed that
who are subj e c ts to the Stat es that you you and the men n ow i
n ac tu a l service
should
w an t provision s or an y other with you would h ave t aken a p arole to
article from by se n di n g to either of the some certai n bou n ds u n til you could have
officers that I shall a ppoi n t for that pur
bee n se n t to Charleston to be exch an ged
pose o r use we will se n d a su fi c i
en t
I should h ave e n tered o n that busi n ess
guard to see them safe i
n an d out u m
Bu t as your propositio n s are many an d
mol ested ! uakers except ed from any
som e of th em u n c ustomary i
n like c a ses
thing whatever
I c o n ceive it out of my pow er How ever
6 th T hat I wil l n o t i
n the me an time
hi
s E xc elle n c y Gov er n or Burk e i
s n o w at
disturb o r distre ss an y person or persons Halif ax an d I will sen d him your l ett er
ab iding by your law s in sa id district All with the prop osals to him by exp ress
b ac k plu n deri n g sh all be void as it is i
T hi s is n ow the s th day of M a rch ; o f
m
p ossibl e to repl ac e or restore all the p lu n
course it must be severa l days after the
der o n eith er side
8th befor e h i
s a n sw er c an c om e to h and
;
i
n th e m ean ti m e it m a
7th O ur request is to hav e free trade
y be as w ell to post
with an y p ost with waggon s or o n horse
pon e the d esp er at e m easures you have i
n
b ack without arm s; with a p a ss from any c on t empl ation
app oint ed o ffi cer for salt o r an y other
I am your ob edien t servan t
n ecess a rie s an d u se ex c e t the two C ox e s
p
JO H N BU TL E R B G for
mills to be free from any in c umbr an c e of
Hi
ll sboro D i
stri
ct
al l armi e s bel on gi n g to the Am eric an s
PS —
I f you would n o t choose to be
8th A n y o f my m en th a t h as bee n re
c on fin ed to boun ds an y len gth of time it
turned a C on tin e n tal without t akin g the might be c on trived so that you might be
n ac tual s ervic e as
sen t off immediat ely un der an escort of
b ounty th a t h as bee n i
me n tion ed sh all return in said my ap poin ti n g to G ener al G ree n e He
ab ove
h as promi sed m e to h ave all such ex
district
cha
s qu art er s
n ged which I s en d to hi
If
our
requ
est is grant ed as abov e
t
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written I request it may be se n t to me by
J OHN BU TL ER B G
About the 7th of M arch 1 782 Capt
as I may forward my
8th o f M a rch
fur ther determinatio n s; if I c an n ot h ave Walk er an d C urrie o f the L oy al Militia
n with a p a rty of rebel s an d c ame to
my reque st gran ted I shall exac t and fell i
p oi n t out every fea sible m easure in an en gagem e n t an d fir ed fo r some time
order to suppr ess every perso n in arm s till the reb el s had fired all th eir ammu n i
again st his Brit an n ic M aj esty I am tio n an d th en wish ed to c om e to terms of
pe ace betw een each party ; an d n o p lu n
your m ost obedient humble serv an t
deri n g killi n g or murd erin g should be
G iven u n der my han d at arm s as afor e
c ommitted by either p a rty or side which
d
sa i
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was to be con clud ed u p on by eac h C olonel
li
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D A VI D F A NN I NG C ol C om L oya l M i
for such c ertai n limited bou n ds which
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N R A I N S M aj or L oy al M i
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wer e to be agr eed upo n by each C olo n el ;
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WI L L I A M R A I N S C aptai
e ach party
an d if they could no t agree
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my men c ame to me and i n formed what
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A c op y of a letter receiv d from Gen
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earth
He
also
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Butler :
his party and on the roth I saw the same
M O U N T PL E A S A NT s th March 1 782
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A TI VE OF COL F ANNING
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omp an y comin g to a c ertain hou se where
we were fiddl ing an d dan ci n g We i
m
mediately prepared ourselves i
n r ea di n ess
to receive th em their n u m b er bei n g
twe n ty seve n an d ou r n umb er o n ly seven ;
we immedi ately mou n t ed o u r hor ses an d
w en t some littl e di st an c e from the hou se
an d com m en ced a fire for som e c o n sid er
able tim e ; n ight c omi n g o n they r etr eated
an d l eft the grou n d
O n th e 1 2 th o f March my m en b ei n g a ll
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p rop erly equip p ed asse m bl ed together i
order to gi v e th em a small scourge which
O n Balfour s p l an t atio n
w e set out for
where we cam e up on him he en d eavour ed
to m ake his esca p e ; but w e soo n p re
ve n ted hi
m h a vi n g fired a t him an d
w ou n ded him T he first b a ll he r ec eived
w as through o n e o f his arms and r an g ed
through his body ; the other through his
ne c k ; which put an en d to his c om m it
ti n g an y more ill deed s
We al so w ou n dedfian other of hi
s m en
We th en pro c eeded to th eir C olon el s
( C olli er ) belo n gi n g to s a id c ou n ty of
R an dol p h ; o n o u r way we bur n t s ev er a l
reb el hous es an d c a ught s ever al pri so n ers
th e n i ght comi n g o n an d the dist an c e to
said C olli er s w a s so far th at it was l a te
b efor e we got there He m ade his esc ap e
havi n g r ec eived thr ee b all s through h i
s
shirt but I took care to d estroy th e whol e
I the n pursued our
s pla n tatio n
of hi
route an d came to on e C ap t Joh n Bryan s
c er
an oth er rebel o fli
I told him if he
w ould come out o f the hou se I would give
him a p arole whi c h h e r efu sed sayi n g
th a t he had tak en a parol e from L ord
C or n w allis sw eari n g by G od h e h ad
brok en that an d that he would also br eak
With that I i
mm edi
ou r T ory p a rol e
at ely order ed the house to be set o n fire
which w as i n sta n tly do n e an d as soo n a s
h e saw the fl a m es o f the fire incr ea sing
he c alled out to m e an d de sired m e to
sp are his hou se for h i
s w if e s an d c hil
dr en s sak e an d he would w alk ou t w ith
his ar m s i
n hi
s han ds
I immedi at ely
s
an sw ered him th a t if he walked out h i
hou se should be saved for his wife an d
childre n H e c am e ou t an d wh en h e
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Here d am n y ou here
c a me out h e s a id
I am ” With th a t he rec eiv ed two ball s
o n e through his h ead an d o n e through his
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body ; he c ame out with his gu n c ocked
an d sword at the same tim e
N ext day I proc eeded to o n e Maj or
an d I de
n s hou se o r pla n t a tio n
D u gi
stroy ed all h i
s p ro p erty
a n d al l the rebel
fi c ers prop erty i
ot
n the settl eme n t for the
dist an c e o f forty mile s
O n our way I c au ght a c ommi ssary from
S alisbury w ho had some of my men
priso n er s an d a lmo st peri shed them an d
w an ted to han g so m e of them I carried
him imm edi a t ely to a c ert a i n tree where
they ha d h u n g on e ofmy men by the n a me
ofJ a c kson an d d eliv er ed him up to some
o f my men w hom he had treated ill whe n
prison ers ; an d th ey immedi at ely hu n g
him A fteer h an gi n g fiftee n mi n utes thy
c u t him do w n
I n the me an time ther e
w as ab out 30 0 r eb els who h a d embodi ed
the m selves an d c a me aft er u s; o n ac c ou n t
of th e r a i n y w eath er ou r gu n s would not fire
o n eith er side
We w er e obliged to retreat
on ac count of their n umber s bei n g so mu c h
sup erior We h ad received n o dam age
A bo u t the 8th o f April a c ertain
C apt Willi a ms c am e i n to the settle
me n t an d sen t an old wom an to me to
i n form me th a t he h ad arriv ed from G ov
ern or Burke that i n stan t
an d had come
i
n order to see m e ; by h er d esc ri tio n I
p
an d
my littl e p arty i mm ediat ely met
m an d h e i n form ed me that he had
hi
c om e to k n ow if I was willi n g to com e
u p on tho se terms I h ad already p re
s en ted ; an d requ ested to hav e from u n der
my o wn han d a true copy of the m an d
that Govern or Burke would do every
n
th i n g i
his power to have the same
agr eed up on by his C oun cil an d Assem
bly ; for which purpose the said Wil
li ams was s ent from the Governor He
a lso told m e that th e G ov er n or had said
that an yth i n g I should d o or c au se to be
don e from th e c haracter he had heard
fro m the British at Cha rle sto n th at
he h ad n ot the least doubt th ey w ould
assen t to an y p roc eedin gs I sh ould u n
dertake to do ; he wished to m ak e p ea c e
with me ; an d al so sayi n g if I w as tak en
p ri so n er an d kill ed t h at 1 0 0 w ould cer
n ly lo se th eir li v es for it an d h e l ook ed
tai
upo n it mu c h b ett er to c om e u p o n t erm s
n C harlesto n
of p eac e—th at he heard i
th a t I w as kill ed w hi c h oc c a sio n ed him
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to ru n aw ay from Charle sto n ; upon
whi c h I gav e him a c o p y of th e arti c l es
whi c h I w ish ed to c o m p ly to ; w ith whi c h
he ord ered the L ight Horse to d e art to
p
their differe n t st a tio n s till th ey h ad re
c ei
v ed
ord ers fro m the Govern or an d
C o u nc il
A s I w as obliged to l ay n eutral u n til
I r ec eived their an swer which was to
be u p o n term s of hon our b etw een both
sid es w ith which th e diff ere n t c apt a i n s
c omm an di n g
the L ight Hor se wrot e to
me r esp ecti n g the s am e ; whi c h ap p ear s
by the follo w i n g lett er s :
SI R —I rec eived a few li n es thi s da
y
fro m C ap t E dward Willia m s i n for m
i
n
g m e th a t you an d h e ha d com e dow n
y est erd ay an d sign ified th a t you an d
h e are up o n t erms of c om p ro m i si n g
m atters o n co n dition th a t I will sto p th e
C ou n ty L ight H ors e from p ursui n g you
You m ay r est assur ed th at it i
s my de
sire to be at p eac e with all m en C ap t
R iddl e a n d h i
s c omp a n y are a t th e C o u rt
H ous e I have order ed him to stan d
ther e u n til further order s an d will se n d
after C apt Golsto n an d d esir e him i
n
also I sh all set o ff thi s mor n i n g to the
Asse mbly and if it i
s i
n my p ow er to
do or c au se an ythi n g to be do n e th a t
shall c ause p eac e an d h ar m on y over
th e la n d you m ay r est a ssur ed I will do
my best an d seco n d C apt Willi am s
th ough h e g av e me n o accou n t o f your
prop osal s; an d a m
With r espect your humbl e serv ant
R O G E R G R I F F I T H M aj or
Apri
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SI R , I r eceiv ed ord er s from M aj or
Griffith c on cernin g som e t erms b etwe en
h im an d you an d sh all withdraw my
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men an d C ap t G ol ston s as we are b oth
together , an d will n ot pro c eed an y fur
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ther after apprehen di n g you or yours
unle ss y o u c ome i n to our c ou n ty domg
mischief u n til further orders
F rom your humble s ervan t
J O S E PH R O S U R
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rupt an y o f the i n habit an t s of C h ath a m
u n til matt ers are furth er settl ed
WI L L I A M G O L S T O N
S I R I r ec eived your l etter which
gives me gr eat s a ti sf a ction to hear tha t
fic ers h av e c o m e
y ou an d some o f the o f
u p o n term s of p eac e whi c h i
s all I would
c r av e ; but I should be gl ad with o n e o f
th e O ffic ers i
n c om p an y to m eet you an d
have som e c o n versation togeth er an d
be upon ho n our an d if we c an c ome
upon term s agr eeabl e to both I should
imm edi at ely m arch my comp any hom e ;
so I sh all be at Mr Mulli n s thi s even i n g
at two
O c loc k ; an d if y ou c an m eet
an d c o n v er se a cross th e riv er
or an y
oth er p la c e y ou wi
ll choo se
I am si
r your obedi en t
T H OM A S D OU GA N
n of L iht H orse
C a ptai
g
Ap ril 1 2 th I 7S !
T o C ol D avi
d F an n i
ng
Ap ril 1 7th I 7S !
n beh a lf of the
S I R —I as an offic er i
St at e of North C arolin a h ave turn ed
n ord er to su pp re ss an
s
ou t i
y p er so n s di
tu rbi
n
g the p eac e of said St at e ; but wh en
I arrived at D eep R iv er I u n derstood
th at you an d C ap ts Willi am s an d Dougan
were about to m ak e a tr eaty of p eac e
( which I app roved of v ery w ell ) an d with
drew my troop tow ard s hom e Bu t to
my surp ri se on my way I un der stood
that your men were robbin g the p eac eful
fen siv e p eop l e o f C a n e C r eek
an d i n o f
an d R oc ky R iver wh i c h wi c ked c o n du c t
a n d th e grea t desir e I h ad for th e w elfar e
i n duc ed m e to s tay a
o f m y c ou ntry
littl e lon ger an d en deavour to stop such
robb ery I th erefore wi sh to i n form
you th at I did n ot pr et en d wi
th an y view
of m aki n g you an y w ay dishon our able
but m an y p er sons n ot ow in g a tru e all eg
i
an ce to th e law s of this St a t e are ru n
ni n g at large an d c all y ou their officer
As I hop e y ou are a ge n tl eman an d will
I will than k
n o t protect a n y v agabo n d
you to l et me kn ow every p arti c ul ar of
your treaty or what bou n d s you h ave ;
an d upon the hon our o f a gentl em an I
will n ot in terrupt an y p er son w i
thin
said bou n ds that is of good c h aracter
with you I would recommen d th at
u order Jos eph C urrie an d Blair to
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retu rn the widow D ixo n s property
which they robbed her of an d I w ill n ot
write to the Governor c onc er n i n g it as
He would thin k very
you w an t peac e
little o f your hon our if he h eard th at
your men were robbi n g his peop le aft er
y ou had petition ed to him
n behalf o f the Stat e
I am sir i
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E D WA R D G U I N C a ptai
T o C ol D avi
d F ann i
ng
Ab out the 1 8th o f April C apt Wil
liams c ame to me again at F o rt C reek
a n d i n form ed me that the ori in al
ar
g
ti
c l es o f treaty had been laid before the
G overn or an d A ssembly and they were
up on a conclu sion o f granting me the
terms I w anted ; but were p revented by
a C olo n el wh o came from over the mou n
tain s an d was on e of the Assembly wh o
did everythi n g ag a i n st it T heir obj ec
tions were the artic le s respecti n g the
C onti n e n tal soldiers to be take n off
and al so that th ey could n ot thi n k of
a llowing an y passports fo r an
y of the
friends of Gover n ment to have an y c or
respo n den c e or c o n n ectio n s with the
British
E v ery oth er article they were
willing to gran t
T heir Ass embly c on
ti
n u ed on the busin es s for thre e days
as Mr Williams i n formed me My
answer was that I would forfeit my lif e
before I would withdraw an y on e of the
as I still
articles that I had pres en ted
wished to hold the same c on n ectio n
w ith the Briti sh as formerly ; I likewise
told him th a t I u n derstood that they
had picked ou t twen ty four of their best
horses an d m en from Virgin ia i
n order
to p u r sue me an d my an swer to Mr
Willi a ms was that they might do their
best and be da mn ed as I was fully de
n ed t o
still support my in t egrity
term i
n b ehalf o f the King
and to exert my self i
ever
I
an d count ry more severely th an
With th is Mr Willia m s dep arted
di
d
I then set ou t fo r C hatham wh ere I
lear n ed that a weddin g w as to be that
day
O n my way I took on e p rison er
befo re I c ame to the hou se T h ere be
ing but five of us we im m ediately sur
n
roun ded the hou se i
full charge I
order ed them i m medi a tely ou t of the
house Th ree of my men wen t i n to the
house an d drove them all l
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I caused th em all to stan d i
row to examin e them to see if I kn ew
of th em that were bad men * I
an y
found on e by the n ame of William
Boudy co n c e a l ed upstair s O n e of my
men fired at him as he w a s ru n n i n g
from o n e house to the other ; h e re c eived
the b all i
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s should er
I the n havin g
my pi stol s i
n my ha n d
di sc h arged th em
both at h i
s br east
with which h e fell
an d th a t n i ht ex ired
I the n paroled
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the rest on the 2 s th
I c o n c luded withi n my self th at it was
better for me to try an d sett l e my self
b ei n g we ary of the disagre eable mode
of livi n g I h ad born e with for some c on
si
derabl e tim e ; an d fo r the m a n y kin d
n esses an d the civility o f a ge n tleman
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who lived i
the settlem en t of D eep
R iver I was indu c ed to pay my addresses
to his daught er a you n g lady o f sixtee n
years of age T he day of m arri age be
ing appoi n ted o n maki n g it k n own to
mygp eop l e C apt William Hooker an d
C aptai n William C a rr agreed to be m ar
ried with me T h ey both left me to
make themselves and th eir in ten ded
wives re ady an d the day b efor e w e w ere
to be coupl ed the rebel s before men
o n ed with thos e good hor se s c a m e upo n
ti
them C apt Hook er s horse b ei n g ti ed
so fast h e could n o t get him loo se they
caught him an d murdered him o n the
S pot
Myself an d C a p t C arr were
married an d k ept two d ays m errim ent
T he rebels thought th ey w er e sure of
m e th en ; ho w ever I took my wife an d
con ceal ed her i
n the wood s with C apt
C arr s ; and c au sed an oration to be put
In
o u t that I was go n e to C h a rl esto n
order to be c on vi n ced the r eb el s sent a
n as a s
man i
p y with two l etter s from
G en L eslie w ith i n structio n s for me to
enli st m en for the service
which I k n ew
was forg ed i
n order to betray m e
an d
from th e p erso n or comma n di n g o ffi c er
o f the rebel L ight Hor se
T he followin g
is on e o f which I gave G en L eslie that
had his n am e sign ed to it :
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d e n tl y m ea n s m e n w h o h a d m u rd er e d L o y a i
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a n d Bry a n h a d bro en h i
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Bo t o c c u rr ed
n th e n eg o ti
a fter Ba fo u r s p ro n o u n c em en t i
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t ere w a s n o re sti
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CH A R L E S T O N ,
AR R A TI VE OF COL F AN N I N G
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To C ol F ann i
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n N o Co
A letter from the traitor who brought
these tw o letters from G en L eslie :
D EA R SI R
I would come to see y o u myself but
am afraid o f the rebel L ight Horse 1
have a gre a t man y things to acquain t
y ou with and a good de al of good news
sc ar
but dare not write for fear of mi
ri
If yo u have any desire of seei n g
age
me y ou mu st come soon , n ay in stantly
D on t let the bearer know the c ontents
of the letter s —
the fewer trusted the bet
ter In the meantime
I am your friend an d servant
J O S EPH WI L S O N
April 2 9th I 7S!
ng
To C ol F an n i
My ans w er was in Maj or R ain s name
as follows :
SI R —I a m very sorry to thi n k that
there is so many damned foolish rebels
in the world as to thin k Col F annin g
would be ever dec eived by such damne d
infernal writing as I have received from
you C ol F anni n g is go n e to Charl es
ton and i
s no t to retur n here till he
comes with forc es suffic ient to defen d
this part of the country an d I would
m
have you to disb an d and be gon e i
mediately ; for if I ever hear of any o f
your people comin g with anything o f
the sort I will come and kill him myself
I am in beh alf of his Majesty s armies
J OH N R A I N s
a
li
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M aj or of the L oyal M i
l son
To J as Wi
O n the I st o f May 1 78 2 I heard a
waggon goin g in the roa d ; I imagined
she was goin g down to market as I
heard of a n umber of waggo n s which
were to proceed down with liquors to
the market O n the an d I mounted
and p ursued the waggon which I heard
the day b efore and as I was about set
ting ou t for Charl eston I con c luded to
have a frolic with my old friends before
we p arted After riding a bout ten miles
I overtook the said waggon which be
longed to a certain man who h ad been
take n prison er and parol ed by the Brit
ish and h ad broken his parole I n
s
the me antime I was examin in g hi
p apers I set a sen tinel over him He
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D EA R C O L O NE L
A lth ough I h a ve n o t as yet the happiness
o f bei n
g acqu a inted with you yet I can
but ap p laud you v ery muc h for your
sp irited c onduct and a ctivity T he only
obj ection I have to your c onduct is your
being too strenuous w ith those who
h ave b een sub j ects t o h is Maj esty and
whom the rebels have overcome and
If
forced them to comply with their l aws
y o u w ould let them alone the severity
o f the rebels woul d cause them to return
Bu t sir since
to their allegiance again
y ou h ave made so br ave a stand al ready
pray stand steadfast to the end an d we
sh al l be well rewarded at the l ast T ry
to sp irit up your men and enlist if p os
sible three hundred men this spring
ready to j oin three hundred more ; which
sh all be put under your com mand and
y ou be Brigadier Ge n er al of them and as
We shall
m any more as y ou c an get
I hope in the month o f M ay land
troop s i
n N orth C arolina 30 0 for y ou to
j oin your c orp s
in the whole to
the defe n sive u n til y o u are
ac t upon
reinforc ed
Keep good disc ipl ine among your
tr oop s an d keep out fellows who will
do nothing but plu n der from amongst
your people T hey are but fal se de
and
w
il
l n o t fight but only
n ce
e
n
e
d
p
c orrupt good men E very man y ou en
list for twelve months Sh all rec eive ten
u
ine
as
and
a
fu
l l suit o f c lothes a s soon
g
as we l and o u r troop s and they a ppear
under your comma n d ready for action
I c an a ssure you tis your fam e and
an d
actions
has
throu
h
by
g
w orthy
s Maj es
ed hi
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or
raig
given
reach
C
M
ty s e ars and I exp ect perhaps by the
next p ac ket b oat y ou will get a genteel
ere i
grac
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S
ov
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u
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o
from
present
n the way
that
l l l be i
W
u
o
y
S o hoping
o f you
your
duty
I
will
take
leave
of
your n a me or sub
mentioning
wi th out
c arry
i
mine
lest
this
might
m
s
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e
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entrusted
w
th
the
c
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the man who is
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at
present
be
see
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o f thi s dares
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the
man
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but a friend a
directed to
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TH E
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n g him self guilty ex e c ted n othi n g
k n ow i
p
but d eath H e took an op p ortu n ity an d
sp r u n g upo n my o wn ridin g m ar e an d
w en t 0 5 w ith my saddl e hol ster s p i
s
tol s an d all my p ap er s of an y c on sequ en c e
to m e
We fir ed two gu n s at him ; h e
rec eived two b all s throu gh h i
s b ody bu t
it did n o t p r ev en t h i
m from sitti n g th e
sa ddl e an d h e m a d e h i
s e sc ap e
I took
th e oth er m an an d c a u sed h i
m to t ak e
m e to th e m an s p l an t a tion w h er e I
s w if e an d thr ee n e ro boy s a n d
took h i
g
ei ght h ea d o f hor ses
I k ep t h i
s w ife
i
n th e wood s for thr ee d ay s an d sen t th e
oth er m an to see if h e would d eli v er up
my m are an d prop erty con t a i n i n g my
p ap er s for w hi c h he w rot e m e th e fol
lo w i n g an swer o r l etter :
SI R — C o l F an n i n g I h op e th a t y o u
do n o t blam e m e for wh a t I did
H op
i
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g you w ill h a ve mer c y o n m e a s I am
wou n ded an d let my wif e c ome to me
Your m are S h all be r etur n ed to you
without f a il
Your mare I do n t c r ave
I beg
an d I h ope you do n t cov et min e
that you will have pity on my wife an d
T h e n egro es an d hor se s I a m
c hildr en
willin g you sh all k eep u n til you get your
mare I h a v e s en t to a doctor Bu t
n ight
th e m are w ill be back to —
No
mor e but y o u may d ep end upon my word
AN D R E W H U N TE R
ng
d F an n i
T o Col D avi
I also re c eived the foll owi n g letter from
th e subj ect o f
E dward William s o n
the mare :
SI R —T hese few line s com es to let
y o u k n ow that I have this day s een Mr
Hu n t er an d he is b adly wou n ded and
desire s y ou w ould let his wife c om e to
him im m edi a t ely A s to the r est of the
prop erty you are w el c ome to k eep u n til
such tim e s you get your m ar e return ed
which w ill be as soo n as p o ssibl e as sh e
ha s go n e a t thi s ti m e a ft er the doctor
Bu t she shall be r etur n ed to you with a l l
Mr H u n
sp eed as soo n as sh e r et u rn s
ter i
s a l so v ery ill
I am your ob edi en t hu m bl e serv an t
E D W A R D WI L L I A M S
ng
d F an n i
C ol D avi
O n th e 7th of M ay fi n di n g I c ould see
n o o p portu n ity of getti n g m y m a re n ot
with stan di n g she was on e o f my p ri n ci p al
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ANNING
r tures an d a mare I set great store by
an d g av e o n e hu n dr ed an d ten gui n ea s for
I was obl iged to l et loose all his hor ses
ex c ep t o n e as th ey w er e o f n o a c c o u n t to
n ; the n egro es
me i
n the S it u atio n I w as i
I k ep t I th en proceeded o n to Maj or
n S outh
Gai n er s truc e l an d on P ed ee i
C aroli n a wh er e h e had m a de a tr u c e with
th e r eb el s so m e tim e b efore an d I c o n
ti
n u ed th er e u n til Ju n e wh en I l eft my
wife hor ses an d n egro es an d th en as I
w as entir ely a str an ger to th e situ atio n of
th e cou n try an d road s I was obli ged to
p roc ure a p ilot to proc eed to C harle ston ;
I c ould not get on e for l ess th an tw en ty
gui n ea s Aft er my dep arture I fell i
n
with the r eb el dr agoon s comm an ded by
e
from Virgin ia
I was with
C 0 1 Bal l i
th em for about an hour ; an d i n formed
them that we w er e some of the r eb el p arty
then o n our way to G e n eral Marion s h ead
quarters T h ey n ever disc overed u s as
n the dusk
otherwi se than such it bein g i
of the ev en i n g We fell i n to the rear an d
wen t i n to the wood s an d stru c k our c amp
and promised them we would see th em
next morn i n g How ever we pro c eed ed
on th a t n ight an d a rriv ed a t H er ald s p oi n t
an d im m ediately
on th e 1 7th o f Jun e
proc ur ed a p assage to C harle sto n wher e
I imm edi at ely applied for a fl ag to sen d
after M rs F ar mi n g an d p roperty T he
flag had left C harleston two d ay s wh en
she came i
n a s Maj or G a i n er had applied
to G en er al Marion for a pass for her to
proc eed to Charl eston but would n ot
let her h ave an y of our property or ev en
a n egro to wait on her
In a short tim e l oyali st s th at had got
into C harl esto n from differe n t p arts of
th e world he a ri n g th a t th e Southern C ol
on i
es wer e to be ev a cuat ed by the British
forc e s c alled a meetin g to p oin t out som e
n
me a sure s to try to hold some foothold i
the c ou n try u n til we had got som e p art
paym en t for ou r p ro p erty whic h we w ere
obli ged to l eave if we l eft th e c ou n try
H an dbill s wer e stru c k an d stu c k up
thro u gh the tow n for the loy a list s to
choo se th eir rep r esen t atives to r ep re sent
o u r situ a tio n an d the d esir e we h a d to su p
It was p ro
p ort our sel v es a n d p rop erty
fiv e gen tlem en should
o
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TH E
N A R R A TIVE OF C OL
n conj unctio n with the s a m e
States acti n g i
o n this express condition that they renew
the oath o f allegia n ce and en ter into on e
o f the C onti n en tal battalio n s o f this S tate
and ther e serve twelve mo n ths after the
time o f their r endez vou s which servi c e
bei n g faithfully p erform ed sh all expiate
their offe n c es an d en title th em to th e res
to rati
o n of th e ir property an d every other
privilege o f a c itiz e n prec ludi n g all tho se
guilty o f murder robbi n g house break
n
i
g an d c rimes n o t j ustifiable by the laws
o f w ar from the above pardo n
n o tw i
th
standin g notifying all such per so n s that
unless th ey su rre n der at the time afore
said those t ake n prison ers shall be
deemed priso n ers Of w ar and liable to
exchange excep t as above provided T he
enemy will exchan ge the s a me otherwise
they shall be subj ected to the pen alties o f
the said law which will be inflicted upo n
them
By O rd er o fhis E xcellen cy AL E ! A N D E R
M A R TI N E sq
BENNE TT CR O F T O N M aj or
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ANNING
F
I al so agreed to j oin hi
m an d too k a c opy
o f the Arti c le s and we n t ho m e an d rais ed
thirty you n g men for that expedition an d
had them i
n re adine ss to emb a rk an d
w ait ed for Maj or D eavoc e a rriv al at
the i n let o f H alif ax u n til I he ard he was
gone A true copy o f the original is here
unto set forth :
Article s of Agreem ent between Maj or
D eav oc e an d the Volu n teer s for an ex
ti
on imm ed iately a ai n st New Prov
p edi
g
idence :
Arti c le rst I do en gage o n my part
to furn ish the men with provi sio n s ar ms
and ammun ition for the expedition
an d T hat the men shall be altogether
un der my command an d n ot to be tran s
ferred to any other after the exp edition
and that th ey rendez vous on the fifteen th
o f this month in tow n an d be re ady to go
on board on three hours
n otic e being
give n them
3rd T hat all or any o f the men who
n that c ountry after
sh all desire to settle i
th e reduction o f it shall be provided with
S tates L egi
on
land
J une the 1 s th I 782
4th T h a t a l l priz es t ak en by l an d or
Duri n g my abse n ce from Ch arlesto n
sea sh all be equally divid ed amon g the
the loyal ists were signing to go under my officers an d men accordin g to their resp ec
direction s to E ast F lorida an d as soon as tive ranks fir st deducti n g the expe n se of
I c a m e to tow n I ordered them all to get the expedi tion
s th T h a t in case of muti n y o r dis
o n b oard and on th e 6 th of November I
we n t on b oard the tr an sp ort ship the obedience oiorders the m an or part y con
ng
comm and ed by T hom a s cerned shall forfeit the whol e of their priz e
N ew Bl essi
money an d be subj ect to con fin ement for
C r a ve n wher e I conti n ued on b oard the
said tra n sp ort for eight days before she the offe n ce ac cording to the n ature of the
set ou t for St Augu sti n e
Arrived the crime
1 7th
sa id
mon th wh ere we c ame to
6 th T hat a certai n n umb er of de a d
anchor an d th ere laid eight days more ; a t shares sh all be r eserved for the support of
the expir a tion of that t ime I we n t on sh ore all woun ded men widow s an d orph an s o f
a n d three days a fter h a d my pro p erty
men that m ay u n fortu n a t ely f all on this
la n ded a bout twe n ty seve n mil es dista n c e expeditio n T en dead sh ar es shall be
from St Augusti n e upon the M atan zey s at the disp o sal o f C ap t Wh eeler an d my
wher e I had some thou ght of settli n g I self for de servi n g men
co n tin ued th ere for som e ti m e an d from
7th T hat the p erson who raises the
th en ce p roceeded to H a lifax R iver being most men sh all be sec on d i
n c omman d
ab out fifty five miles from St Augustin e an d I do en g age if an y p erson or p ersons
T h ere I u n dertook to s ettl e myself an d to
should n o t be willi n g to r em ai n i
n the
m ake a cro p thi n ki n g to b egin the world Bah a m as to furn ish them with a p a ssage
b ein g tol erably well provided for to J am a i c a or b ac k to St Au gu sti n e
anew
with n e groes
ST A U G U S T I NE grd o f M a rch 1 783
I n the last o f F ebru a ry I met Maj or A n
We who have subsc ribed our n ames as
dre w D eav oc e who w as beatin g u p for u n d er do h ereby agree to go w ith Maj or
volu n teers to go to t ake N ew Providenc e An drew D eavoc e o n the withi n exp edition
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as volunteers c omplyin g with the within j usti c e H e liv ed till the n ext day an d
n r e adi n ess
ru les an d to hold o u r selves i
at th e s am e hour the n ext h e was sitti n g
for emb arkin g on s a id exp edition o n th e e ati n g an d all o f a sudde n he f ell d ead
fifteenth o f thi s i n st
E ith er o f u s refus
I n a short ti me after I h eard p eac e was
i
n
to c omply
th e a b ove
w
ith
an d
procl
a imed a n d for the loy ali st s to s en d an
g
Wi
th in rule s an d artic les shall forfeit to estimation of their losses an d servic es ;
M aj or An drew D eav o c e h is heirs or as
also
that the Provin c e of E ast F lorida
srgn s th e sum o ften pou n d s sterli n g mo n ey
was to be imm edi ately evac u at ed and the
of Great Brit a in
ships came to tak e all the p rovi n ci al
c ers that
After this I began to notice my negr oe s troops to No v a S c oti a ; the ofli
b eginn i
n g to get sick an d six o f them died
were acquai n ted with me in sisted for me
to go with th em but I h ad n o t time to
S om e t ime after I went to St Augu sti n e
n
I was taken sic k an d lay at the poi n t of get my family an d property to tow n i
death for three we eks I then beg an at time an d a s it was u nc ertai n where I
should go to some of the gen tlem en
l ast to w alk an d on e day I we n t to my
o fli
c ers d esired to gi v e m e a c ertific a t e to
field to w here I h ad a young n egro ab out
twenty y ear s o f age at work I took my l et my servi c es be k n ow n let me go wh ere
s her e
rifle with me as usual ; I set her down by a I would—a true copy of which i
tree
I felt v ery sic k and w eak ; I l aid un to set forth :
E A ST F L O R I D A
myself down on som e gr ass an d my n egro
We who se n ames are h ereu n to su b
took up my rifle and c am e within ten yards
m at my
scrib ed do hereby certify that C ol D avid
and set himself down an d took ai
head but luckily the ball mi ssed my F an n i n g l a te of th e Provin ce of N O
n
th e st a tio n of C olo nel of
C a acted i
head about o n e in ch but it split my hat
Militi a of th at Provi n ce an d was of th e
m whe n
I the n go t up and w en t tow ard s hi
he ran at me with the gu n an d struck at gre ate st service to his Maj esty in sup p ress
i
n
n g the rebel s duri n g the l at e r eb ellio n
my h ead Bu t I fe n ded it off with my i
North Ameri c a an d th at h e is worthy of
arms He however brok e th e stock for
alour and
v
ry
loy
l
ubj
e
t
both
for
his
v
c
s
a
e
e
e
n
n
ward o ithe lock I k ow i g mys lf weak
s men
good
co
du
t
th
a t a fter he with hi
c
n
s
;
I turned an d ran sixty yard but found
sborough di sp ersed
took
tow
n
o
f
Hill
h
e
e
t
myself n ot abl e to ru n I got my fe t
a gr eat n u m
r
bel
cou
il
n
took
a
d
n
c
e
n
a
h
e
t
enta n gled i
tely
n some vi n es an d u n fortu
ay
d
ber
ri
o
er
that
e w as on
h
n
s
s
o
f
n
fell an d he c a m e to me a d with the barrel
p
—
a t fi n di n g the
wou
d
d
the
l
ft
m
th
ar
e
i
n
n
e
m
e
n
a
me m y ti
s
o f my rifle he struck at
town
Wilmi
n gto n eva c uat ed by the
o
f
e
s
i
s
h
n
e
e
I lay on my bac k an d f d d
trok s
riti
h
troo
an d his wou n d n o t yet
s
l
s
l
B
a
c
p
with my heels until he had kno ked
the
afety o f his people
w
ll
for
the
s
e
h
a
e
e
b ottoms of my feet to blist rs His gre t
divided
them
i
n to sm a ll p artie s an d c on
o
t
f
o
u
c
eagerness to kill me p u t him mu h
n the b ac k wood s ; that
n
i
n u ed a lo n g time i
u
t
got
hold
o
f
the
g
wind I accidentally
n North C aroli n a
s i
after
ma
y
kirmishe
s
n
a
barrel an d he tri ed to bite my h nd for
h e with the
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n the mo n th of Ju n e
i
e o f his tryi n g
During
the
tim
som e time
s way through
utmost
c u l ty m a de h i
i
fl
i
d
u
t
o
e
e
his
for
t
eth
n ock ed a ll
e
bite
I
k
m
to
en emy to th e
m
y
interruptio
s
the
o
f
n
n
a
At last be ru n for his hoe an d m ade one
s
e hi
na
Province
of
South
aroli
wher
C
brok
e o n e o f the b ones
n
d
a
stroke at me
an d that h e
M
j
esty
troo
s
th
en lay ;
s
a
p
u t I took the o p portun
B
arm
o f my left
n c e w h er e he
was
obliged
le
ve
the
provi
a
t
o
e
on his t em p l
him
a
stroke
vmg
ity of gi
w
e are ln
lived
and
pro
erty
which
i
s
h
n
p
him
down
I
the
whi
h
I
brought
c
with
s
formed
co
siderabl
an d that h e i
e;
n
s
w
a
until
he
ap peared to be
blows
men ded my
sist en c e
n
a
e
without
the
m
s
of
sub
w
n
o
i
got
him
down
my
w
fe
a
d
h
As
I
dead
r an d o n ac c ou n t o f
havi
g
lost
his
l
l
f
o
a
n
an d h e lay for some
o
f
ight
me
n s
c ame i
h
is
ervi
c es a n d att ac hm en t to his Ma
s
n
e
w
o
m
t
d
d
unt
i
l
ea
ce
ap
aran
e
p
time to
n m en t
n
d
perso
a
over
n
s
t
s
e
g
y
h a d h eard me hollow
j
to
me
as
they
came
J
O
H N H A MI L TO N
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ome
to
d
walked
a
c
le
n gth
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at
H
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R
egt
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N A R R A TIVE OF COL
L E G E TT , C a pt R N C R e t
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C A M PBE L L , C apt S C R e t
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G E O D A WKI N S , C a t S C R e t
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D A NI E L MCN E I L , * C apt K N G R egt
eu t S C
M O S E S WHI TL E Y , L i
R egt
S t Augu sti n e , 2 0 th Se p temb er , 1 78 3
O n the a sth Nov emb er follo w i n g I
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drew u p an estimat e of the lo ss I h ad su s
tai
n ed duri n g th e l a t e w ar i
n A m eri c a a
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true c opy Of whi c h I h er eto set for th :
S c hedu l e of th e prop erty o f C o l D av id
F an n i n g, l a te r esid en t o f the Pro v i nc e
J OH N
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of North C aroli n a but n ow of the Prov
i n c e o f E ast F lorid a lost to h im o n ac
c ou n t o f his z eal an d a tta c hm en t to the
Bri ti sh G overn me n t an d n ev er received
an
y p art or p arcel thereof or an y res
to ra ti
o n of th e sam e v i
z:
n Am eli a C ou n ty
550 acr e s o f la n d i
in the Provi n ce of Virgi n i a with
a d w elli n g h ouse an d oth er n ec
essary bu ildi n gs a large apple
an d p each orc h a rd
an d large
f; s
en c lo sed improv em e n t s
550 ac r es of l an d n ear s a id pl an t a
tio n as h eir to the est ate of my
father an d som e i m proveme n t
with a dw elli n g house
3 saddl e h or ses
1 2 pla n t a tio n do thre e u n brok e do
2 negro S l av es
I oo
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St Augu sti n e the 2 5th Nove mb er 1 783
b efore me
J O H N MI L L S J P
D A VI D F A NN I NG
P er son ally app eared befor e me o n e o f
n St
his Maj esty s Ju stic es of the Pe ace i
Augu stin e Provi n c e of E ast F lorida
L ieut en an t C h arles R obertson N eill Mc
I n n i s an d P h ilip Whi sen hu n t refu gees
O f sa id E ast F lorida
who b ei n g c alled
up on by the withi n m en tion ed C ol D avid
F an n i n g to v a lu e the withi n me n tion ed
prop erty who b eing duly swor n m ake
o ath upo n the Holy E van gelists of A l
mighty G od th at the within men tio n ed
are w ell worth the sums
p rop erti es
affi xed to e ac h article
as n ear the v alue
a s p ossible if the same was to be sold to
their own k n owledge an d the best i
n
for m atio n th ey could get
C H A R L E S R O BE R T S O N
N E I L MCI NN I S
PH I L I P WH I S EN H U N T
S w or n at St Augusti n e this 2 s th Novem
ber 1 783 b efore me
J O H N MI L L S J P
( Here follow s n ot ari al c ertific at e by Joh n
Mill s)
After my m an y sc en e s an d p as sa ges
through an d dur in g th e la t e war and
ofte n he aring the American s h ad got
the ir re qu est I n ever c ould put any faith
in it u n til I sa w th e Kin g s sp eech of
which I have hereun to set forth a true
c opy for the b etter satisfa c tion of those
loya lists tha t p erhap s ha ve never seen it
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Per so n ally appeared b efore me o n e of
hi
s M aj e sty s Ju sti c es of the P eac e
St
Augu sti n e an d Provi nc e o f E ast F lorida
th e ab ov e m en tio n ed C o l D a vid F a n n i n g
w ho b ei n g duly sworn an d mak eth o ath
o n th e Holy E v an g eli st of Almighty God
that h e lost all an d every part o fthe abov e
m en tio n ed p rop erty o n ac c ou n t of h is
an d a tt a chm en t
z ea l
to his Maj esty s
c aus e duri n g th e l at e w ar a g a i n st th e re
v o l ted c ol o n i es i
n North Am erica
an d
that h e h as n o t l et sold b arg ai n ed bar
tered or di sp os ed o r i m p o w er ed a n y p er so n
or p er son s to l et sell b arga i n b art er or
di sp os e of any p art or p arc el of the sam e
i
n an y m an n er wh a t so ever
n o r r eceiv e d
Swor n at
an y r estitutio n for the sam e
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New York F ebruar y 9th 1 783
el
By the briga n ti n e P eggy Capt M c N i
we have
i
n n i n ete en d ays from T ort ola
rece ived the followin g copy o f h is M a jes
ty s most gra ci ou s s p e ec h to both houses
o f P a rli a me n t o n T hursda y
D ec e mber
s th I 78 2 —
whi c h w as brought to T ortola
from Wi n dw ard by Capt R odn ey son of
L ord R o dn ey :
M v L O R D S A N D G ENTL E M EN :
S ince the close o f the l a st sessio n I
n th e ca re
have employed my w hole t ime i
a n d a tte n tion which the i mp ort an t
an d
c ritic a l c on jun c ture o f p u bl ic a ffa irs re
quired of me
n givi n g the nec e ssar
I lost n o time i
y
orders to prohibit the fu rther p rosec ution
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T hi
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n en t p h y si
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D ani
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TH E N
A R R A T IVE OF COL F A N N I N G
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Of offen si ve war upon the con ti
nen t of
North America adoptin g as my i
nclin ation
Wi
ll always lead me to do with decision and
effect Whatever I collect to be the sense o f
my Parliament an d my people
I h ave
p ointed all my views and measures as w ell i
n
E u rope as i
n North Am erica to an e n tire
and cordial reconciliation with those col
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F in di n g
it indispensable to the att ain
men t of this obj ect I did not he sitate to
go the full length of the powers vested i
n
me an d ofl ered to decl are them fr ee and
i
ndependent States by an article to be in serted
i
n the treaty of peace
Provision al artic les
are agr eed upon to take effect whenever
terms of peace shall be finally settled with
the court of F rance
In thus admi
tti
ng
their separation from the crown of these
ki
ngdoms I have sacri
ficed every c on si
d
on of my own to the wishes and opi n io n
erati
o f my p eople
I make it my humour and
ever my prayers to Almighty G od th at Great
Brit a in may not feel the evils which might
result from so great a dismembe rmen t of
the E mpire and that A merica may be free
from those calamities which have formerly
pr o ved in the mother coun try how essen tial
monarchy is to the enj oymen t of c onsti
tu
i
ti
on al liberty
i
n terest
R eligion l angu agef
affec tions may and I hope will yet p rove
a bond of permanen t union between the
two cou ntri
es—to this neither atten tion
nor d i
sposition shall be wantin g on my
part
Wh ile I have carefully abstained from all
offen sive operations against Am erica I
have directed my whole force by l and and
sea against the other p owq rs at war With
as mu c h vi
gour as the situation of th at force
at the commencement of the camp aign
would permit I trust that you must h ave
se en with pride and sat isfact ion the gall an t
defence of the Governor and garr ison of
Gibraltar and my fleet after havmg effec ted
n g bat
dest
nat
o
n of
fer i
i
i
ob
j
ect
of
their
the
force
o f F rance an d
combined
tle to the
Sp ain on their own coasts ; those o f my
e
e ti
a
rema
ned
at
the
s
m
i
have
kingdom
m
perfec tly secure and you domestl c n l]
e
i
resp ec a i
l
s
h
u
un
nterr
pted
i
ty
li
q ui
t
under
the
b
e
l
ssin g of G od I attribute
sta
i
s be
con
de
ce
wh
i
ch
subs
st
n
fi
e
entire
tcith
to the readl
me
my
people
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city of L ondon an d in other parts
kingdoms to stan d forth i
n the gen
eral defence Some proofs have lately
been given of public spirit in private men
which would do honour to any age and any
—
n
cou try having manifested to the whole
world by the most lasting examples the sig
nal spirit and bravery of my peop le I
conc eived it a momen t not unbecoming my
dign ity and thought it a regard du e to the
lives an d fortunes of such brave and gal
l ant subjects to shew myself ready on my
p art to embrace fair and hon ourable terms
of acc ommodation with al l the powers at war
I h ave the satisfaction to acquai
nt
you
that n egotiations to this effect are c on si
d
erably advanced the resul t ofwhich as soon
as they are brought to a conclusion shal l
be immediately commun icated to you I
have every reason to hope and believe th at
I shall have it in my power i
n a very short
time to acquain t you that they have ended
i
n terms of ac i
ficati
on which I tru st
p
y ou
will see just cause to approve I rely how
ever
with perfect confidence on the wis
dom of my Parliament and the spirit o f my
people that if any unforeseen change in
the disposition of the belligeren t
p o w ers
should frustrate my confident expe c tat i
on s
they will approve of the prep aration s I
have thought it advisable to make and be
ready to second the most vigorous efforts
i
n the further prosecution of the war
G E NTLE MEN OF TH E H OU S E OF COM MO NS :
I have endeavoured by every measure i
n
my p ower to dimin ish the burthen s of my
peo p l e I lost no time taki
ng the most
decided measures for in troducin g a better
n the expenditure of the a rmy
econ omy i
I have carried into strict execution the
several reductions in my civil list exp en ses
direc ted by an act of the last session I
h ave introduced a further reform in to o ther
departments and suppressed several S in e
cure places in them I have by this me ans
so reg ulated my establishments that
my
exp en se shall not in future exceed my in come
I h ave ordered the esti
mate of the civi
l
list debt laid before you last session to be
completed The debt provin g somewhat
greater than could be then correc tly stated
and the proposed reduction n ot immediately
takin g place I trust you wi
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deficie ncy securing as before the repaymen t
o u t of my annual income
I have ordered enquiry to be made in to
the application Of the sum voted in support
o f the American snflerers and I trust y o u
will agree with me that a due and ge n erous
atten tion ought to be shown to those who
h ave relin quished their properties or pro
fession s from motives of loyalty to me an d
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attachment to the mother country
O n the roth of March I had some bu si
Augu stine the in habitants of
n ess to St
Musqueto asked the favour ofme to han d a
p etition to his E xcellency the Govern or
an d knowi n g the situation of the petition ers
I spoke i
n their behalf ; asked his E xcell enc y
what answer he sent to the people he sa id
he should sen d for non e of the m an d if
they were a mind to remove they mu st get
to the shipping as they could for he said
n G overn
he h ad n o vessels at that time i
ment s services
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T o his E xcelle n cy Patrick T onyn E sq
C apt Gen eral Governor and Co mm an der
an d Chi ef in and over his Majesty s prov
i nc e of E ast F lorida and vice adm iral of the
sam e :
whereas your hu mble p etition ers
showeth that they are rendered very poor
an d u n able to remove ourselves to be i
n
readin ess to receive the opportun ity offered
fo r our removement from his Maj esty s prov
inc e of this E ast F lorida which is to be
ev ac u at ed ; here is several poor widow s as
w ell as poor men of his Majesty s loyal sub
j ec ts ; we pray his E xcell ency would sen d a
schoon er to remove us to the vesse ls pro v ided
for ou r p assage when his E xcell ency sees th a t
this p rovin ce will be given up ; we would wish
to t arry here where we have good warm
houses till his E xcell en cy sees the time
draws n igh ; however we would wi
sh to
r efer it to his E xcellency s Opinion upo n the
m atter and in granting of your petitioners
humble p etition your humble petitio n ers
n duty bound to pray
ever will be i
At the M usqueto this 2 6th of J anuary
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My good and worthy friends: I am now
goi
ng to make some rema rks as to your
disagreeable situation The dismsises to
which the unfortun ate loy alists in America
are n ow reduced are too poign ant n ot to
comm and the pity and commiseration o f
every friend to human nature T he man
that is steeled agai
nst such a forcible i
mpres
sion is a monster that should be drove from
the circle of cultivated society I n most
situ ations when calamities and misfortun es
press upon ou r minds hope buoys us up
an d keeps us from sinking into the oc ean
of despondency an d despair but the un
fortun ate loyal ists have no hopes to c heer
up their spirits ; even thi
s l ast refuge of the
affl i c t ed is den ied us of enj oyin g pe ac e and
hap piness whi
ch our forefathers and our
n g a seven
selves were born under Duri
y ears war we have been induced to brave
fii
cu lty in support o fthe
every danger and di
Government under which we were born in
hop es that we and our children woul d reap
the fruits of our labour in peace an d seren
ity In ste ad of that reason able exp ecta
tion we find ourselves at the con clusion of
on Of ou r
a war sacri ficed to the indignat i
and
en emi es expelled ou r n ative country
thr own on the wi
de world friendless and
un supported It is needless to repeat the
m any promises of support and protection
held o u t to the public by the King and those
ng un der his authori
ty T hes e prom
act i
i
ses have b een violated in every in st ance
and that national faith which we had been
a ccu stomed to look upon as sacred b asely
b ar tered for an in glorious peace even to
this province which the loyali
sts from
the other colon ies have fled to for shelter,
n ow den i ed us
T he Sp aniards are in a
n ce
short time to take possession o fthis provi
an d whilst we are together we h ad better
draw up a decent petition to have protec
tion and throw ourselves on their mercy
If they deny us we wi
ll have few to condemn
us
fo r what cruel and relenting n ecessity
may compel us to adopt Innumerable are
the difficulties at present to encounter
Stripped of our property drove from our
homes excl uded from the compan y an d
care of ou r dearest connections robbed
o f the blessi
ng of a free and mild govern
men t betrayed and deserted by ou r friends
what is it can repay us for our misery
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T H OM A S YOU NG , Capt S C
Abr ah am F loyd, Joseph Currie ,
Mil
Magee
Blac k Agnes Wilson Moses Barn es
Jacob Barns Joseph R ogers
I left St Augustine the 1 3th ofsaid mon th
an d retu rn ed to the Musqueto and made the
foll owin g speech to the i
nhabi tants
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dr aggin g ou t a wr etc hed life of obscurity
an d w ant !
Heaven only that smooths
the rugged paths of life c an rec on cil e u s to
ou r
usf
ortu n es
Al so my hop es of ever
n
rec ei
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g an ything from Governmen t fo r
losses or servi
c es are van ished as I cann ot
support any other opin ion th an whenever
Great Brit ain sees it her i
nterest to with
draw her force and protection from u s let us
go where we will we never can say we are
safe from such diffi culties as we have been
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n duced to brave si n ce the commen ceme n t
o f the late war and for the s ame reason I
n a f
ew days get out i
shall i
n open boats
to West F lorida to settle mys elf at or n ear
F ort Notches on the Mississippi R iver ”
O n the 2 0 th of M arch myself an d seven
other families set ou t all i
n open bo at s
We kept company for 1 6 0 miles I then
left them an d went forward to get to better
hu nting ground and proceeded un til I
bi
rsken
where I waited for
got to the Sc i
the rest Of my comp any twelve d ays; but
n ot seeing them com e
I con c luded they
had passed me and must have proceeded
I hoisted sail an d stood
on their j ourney
on u ntil I came to Key West an d se ei n g a
lar ge schooner I stood for her She hove
to and wh en I came alongside she in formed
me that I was then on the edge Of the G ulf
o f Mexico and then I turn ed an d sto od for
I got to the key at three o clock
that key
or fifteen d ays
an d the wind blew a gale f
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and whilst on board the b efore men tio ned
schoon er who belon ged to the Spaniards
T hey had some C reek In dians on boa rd an d
then boun d to Havan a ; the Sp an i ards I
could n ot understan d but they un derstood
the Creek l angu age and my speaking to
the Indi ans and informin g o f the I ndi ans
that I was going to Mississippi he told me
that my boat was too small and it would be
im possible for me to make the main lan d
ake
as it was three days sail before I could m
land T he Sp an iards un derstood all my
discourse and upon findi
n g where I was
n In di
boun d they spoke to me i
an and told
me that there were si
x o r seven fami
lies o f
the E nglish had left St August in e some
time before and that they were all killed
except the n egroes and they thought we
would stan d a poor c hance to escape them
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another Sp an ish schooner to an ch or that
I had p assed the day before T hey could
n o t spe ak an
y E n gli sh but fin din g th at the
others could sp eak C reek I also sp oke to
n the same lan ua e whi c h they u m
them i
g g
dersto od very well an d i n form ed me as
the other schoon er had don e T hey were
windboun d for fifteen days and treated
me wi
th every c ivility I had on e w hite
lad of eighteen years of age an d by the
differen t ac coun ts we had of the Sp an iards
he got sc ared I told him not to lose hi
s
life on my acc oun t He then wen t on board
of the schooner and on the night the win d
abated the S p a n iards c a me o n shore an d
took the most of myself an d wife s weari
ng
app arel an d bedding
T hey in formed me before th eir dep arture
that th ey looked upon it th at we cou ld n ot
proceed with ou r small op en boats the di
s
tanc e of the bay where we had to c ross bein g
about 36 le agues to a key c alled San dy Ke
y
whic h is n in e leagues from the mai
n l an d
which i
n c ase of our n o t hitti n g that ke
y
the distan ce would be about 1 0 0 leagues
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before we should make lan d agai
U pon
whic h I turn ed an d wen t back about twelve
leagues to Key Bockes and steered du e
n orth till we m ade the key
being about
Wh en we
ei ght hours out Of si ght Of land
m ade the key bei ng 1 9th of said m on th
I got to said land the 2 0 th I saw a small
schoo n er st an di ng for the l an d abo u t four
le agues distan ce from u s and cast anc hor
n
wh ere the aforemen tioned S p an iards i
formed u s that the Indians were very bad
ng the E n glish p eop le that c rossed
i
n killi
the Bay of T omp ay as the m an th at started
with me being m uch alar med at the be
haviour of the Indians set Off bac k again
th the Spaniards to the Havana
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then with my little family c onsisti
ng of my
v
wife self an d two little negroes I percei
ing it might be dangerous for me to pro
ceed wen t on board the little schoo ner that
lay at an chor abou t four leagues from me
I immediately took my bo ats and wen t on
board o fhim en quirin g of one Baptist who
commanded her I found he was an It al
ln
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him
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formed me from New Providence I then
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ap plied to him to get a p assage with hi
He told me he could n ot tell me at that t ime
whether he could c ar ry all my prop erty or
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desired me to p ay my boats off that
n g he told me he
T he n ext morn i
n ight
c ould n ot give m e a p assage for l ess than
T he n ext day he fell to 1 50
2 0 0 doll ars
doll ars T hen the wind blowin g very fresh
I wen t on board my boat an d hoisted sail
and went off for the lan d again I n the
course of two or three hours he came roun d
n order
a p oi nt with a schoon er to the l and i
to m en d some turtle nets whic h w ere m u c h
n
s l ay i
broken H e duri
ng
g the time O f hi
there gave u s liberty to come and sleep on
board and on the 2 3rd of the m on th I asked
m if he w ould n o t take less than i50 dol
hi
l ars to c arry me to Providen ce as I told
ford to give hi
m so m u c h
m I c ould n ot af
hi
as it was m ore than I was a ble to give him
as I was en tirely robb ed Of wh at littl e I
had H e said he wou ld not take less T he
n my bo at an d sen t
fi
n ext mo rn i n g I set of
my girl alon g shore to c at c h some fowls I
had on shore wher e I was to c ome b ack
aga in to the p l ac e as soon as I got the dis
t anc e of about three miles rou n d a poin t
When I got to the poin t I l eft my boat ashore
n order to m eet the
girl
an d w en t bac k i
wh ere I exp ected to see her I got about
h alf the distance but did n ot meet her
n g her I
an d c omi n g th ere an d n o t fin di
wen t some little distan ce b ack to wh ere
A s I exp ect ed th ey w ere
the schoon er l ay
n the sa me m an n er the
goin g to u se me i
Span iards had done before when I saw
them take my n egro girl an d c arry her on
bo ard with them I then sat down for the
sp a c e of a h alf hour an d c on sideri n g withi n
myself what I had best do and seein g the
said Baptist comm an der of the said schoon er
and his m an T homas c omin g ashore again
after c a rr yi
f i n to the
n g my n egro girl Of
w oods and hid her I then saw them com
T hin kin g within
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g out of the woods
m y self th a t th ey i n t en d ed to kill me
with which I looked an d exami n ed my
gun an d p owder ; fi n di n g I had o n ly one
c h a rge with me or n igh er th an my bo a ts
distr essed
an d c o n sid eri n g the p r ese n t
n
obli ged me to c on
situ a tio n I w as i
sider wh at was my b est m easure to p u r
su e
an d
I immediately advan ced to
wards them th ey parti n g on e turn ed
bac k to wh ere the girl w as the other
coming on a small dista n c e w en t from
th e be ac h an d tur n ed off into the woods
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A NNING
I i mmediately ran an d called to him
an d asked him conc erni n g wh at he had
do n e with the girl with wh ich he denied
having s een her I th en told him he
n eed n ot deny it for I had see n him with
her an d Offered him four doll ar s if he
would i n form me where she was so that
I could get her H e immedi ately said
that Mr Bap ti st had the comma n d of
the schoon er an d th at I had bett er go
b ac k an d sp eak to him myself I also
w en t bac k to where their boat lay an d
c o n ti n ued ther e for th e s p ace o f fiftee n
mi n ut es th en I turn ed an d w alked b ac k
fro m the pl ac e I st a rt ed from Duri n g
th e c our se of m y w alki n g I looked be
hi n d an d saw the said Ba ptist about
1 50 y ard s i
n my r ear his gun lyi n g ac ross
his l eft arm I tur n ed arou n d an d ad
v an c ed to h im
an d wh en n ear him I
Ob served his gu n c o c k ed I asked him
at first wh a t he had h i
s gu n cocked for ;
n order to fire at an
his an sw er was i
y
thin g th a t c a me With that I told him
th at he h ad b etter u n cock his gun as I
did n o t see an ythi n g to fire at there I
m sever al tim es ; he rep li ed he al
told hi
way s c arri ed hi
s gu n c oc ked
an d k ept
her c oc k ed for th e s p ac e o f fift een m i
n
utes I asked if he h ad n o t se en my
H e told me n o
girl co m e th at way
m th at he n eed n o t d en y it
I th en told hi
fo r I h ad see n her o n b oard hi
s bo at he
n
th e boat at the same ti m e
bei n g i
f to th e sc hoo n er n ot m en
c a rryi n g her o f
n
ti
on i
g to him that I saw him bri n g her
b ac k I th en told him I c ould c arry
him back an d sh ow him the gir l s tr ac ks
where he h ad c arried her alo n g an d took
her on board I th en Offered him four
doll ars to giv e her up as I told him my
pre sen t situation s w ould n o t a dmit Of
my givi n g him as mu c h m on ey as he a sked
to c arry m e to Provid en c e H e told me
I t alked like a boy as n o per so n would
c arry m e to Providen c e u n der five hun
dred doll ars an d he on ly a sked on e h u n
dred an d fifty an d al so alluded to my
goi n g off an d n o t sp ea ki n g to him an y
more an d th at if he had my girl he would
ke ep her as he had lost a boy that cost
him eight hun dred dollars an d that he
must mak e somethi n g b efore he returned
to Provide n ce I asked him if he would
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N A R R A TIVE OF COL
O n the 1 2 th July a C apt Bu n ch ,
C lu tsam , an d C apt Wm Smith ,
o f N ew Provide n c e, a pp eared , an d C apt
Bu n ch ca m e o n bo ard the small schoon er
comma n d ed by the said Bap tist T he
said Mr Bu n ch ask ed me my reason s for
wife
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stayi n g so lon g on bo ard that small
schoo n er an d why I gave the said Bap
ti
st my n ot e of h an d fo r o n e hu n dred
of w hi c h Mr Bu n ch
an d fifty doll a r s
infor m ed me th at it was con trary to the
law s Of the Gov ern m en t o f N ew Prov
id en c e to m ak e an y agre emen t with
n di str es s
an y p erso n or per so n s fou n d i
but to re n der ev ery assi st anc e With
thi s I foun d Mr Bu n c h wished to ren der
n my di stress ed situ a tio n
me a servi c e i
m all former pro c eed
an d I op en ed to h i
in g s r esp ec ti n g the ill treatm en t an d be
h av iour of the said Bap ti st O n the sam e
fer ed
acc o u n t ev ery g en tl em an o f th em of
me an y a ssistan c e I w an ted an d Mr
n c ase I did n o t get
Bu n c h told me th a t i
a p assag e w ith C ap t C l u tsam which h e
did n o t do u bt bu t w h a t I should he
wo u ld giv e me a p assage himself H OW
ever I p roc ured a p assage from C apt
C lu tsa m for fifty doll a r s duri n g w hi c h
n ev ery r esp ec t us ed an d
p assage I was i
treat ed like a ge n tl em an by the said
C apt C lu tsam an d o n my arriv al at
N ew Provid en c e th e s aid C apt Clu tsam
b eh aved with so mu c h ho n our that
in st ead o f t aki n g fifty dollars of me he
dedu c t ed tw en ty an d on ly c h arged m e
thirty an d u p on fi n din g who I was
would n o t tak e but tw en ty doll ar s an d
he at th e sam e time refu sed takin g an y
more o f m e Durin g the cour se o f m y
bei n g o n board of C ap t Cl u tsam he
n ev ery n ec essary
foun d m e i
a n d m a de
n o c h arg e for any provi sio ns or a n ythi n g
m
I rec eived from hi
hum an ity
Hi
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w as so gr ea t that i
f ever i
n my p o w er to
ren der any servi c e to him or an y of
tho se ge n tlem e n n othi n g sh al l ever be
wan ti n g o n my p art to do th em servic e
n N a ss au for tw en ty day s
I c o n ti n ued i
an d the n took my p assage with C a pt
J ac ob Bell to N ew Bru n swic k where
we ca st anc hor a3rd o f Se p t
1 784 an d
c o n ti n u ed u n til the 2 5th of O c tober
and
th en set ou t for Halif ax to his E xc elle n cy
G o v er n or P arr to k n ow ho w I should
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F A N NING
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get la n d , bu t as I got to Halifax hi
cel len c y Gover n or C arlto n arrived , and
I could do n othi n g so I return ed on
the 7th November an d i
August I
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rec eived the followi n g l ett er from Col
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Joh n H a milton i
a n swer to mi n e i
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regard to my claims :
D E A R SI R — I rec eived yours o f the 9th
F ebru ary 1 78 5 a few d ay s a go an d n oti c e
the co n t en ts
I am sorry to i n form you
n but
that you r cl a i m s are n ot y et given i
I exp ec t the O ffic e for re c eivin g cl ai m s will
be op en ed agai n by a c t of P arli a me n t thi s
sessio n w he n y o u m ay dep en d prop er
c ar e sh all be tak en of your s
I am sorry
to he ar of your lo sses I hop e you are n o w
a gre eably settl ed
an d maki n g so methi n g
for you r family I thi n k if you c an le ave
your bu sin ess i
n p ro p er h an ds
a trip to
this c ou n try w ould be o f servic e to you
though I don t thi n k you would get half
G over n m en t would settle an ah
p ay
nu i
ty o n y o u fo r life ; which c an n ot be
don e without your c o mi n g here
If you com e you m ay d ep en d o n all my
n yo u r f a vour an d I c an n ot h elp
i n terest i
thi n ki n g it worth your w hil e to c o m e home
I am d ear sir your humble s erva n t
J OH N H A M I L T O N
L on do n May roth 1 78 5
I n a short tim e a fter I h ea rd that th er e
was an oth er ac t of Parli am en t p assed to
rec eive claims for lo sses an d servic es al so
th at the C om m ission er s had ar rived at
Halif ax an d on the 2 0 th M arc h I set o u t
fo r H a lif ax an d p r es en t ed a copy o f my
c lai m from E ast F lorida
w ith the Me
m ori al as follow s :
“
T o the Hon our able C ommission ers
app oi n ted by act Of Parli a me n t further to
en quire i n to the los ses an d servic es of the
Am eri c an L oy ali sts
T he Memorial o f D avid F anning late
C olo n el o f th e North C aroli n a Militia
humbly sheweth : T hat your M emori alist
is a loyalist from North C arolin a who
uniformly an d r eligiously adhered to his
duty an d loy a lty to the best Of Sovereigns
for whi c h he suff ered p ersecution and
man y other inc on veniences—th at your
Memori alist by a warrant from Maj or
C r aig o f the 8 2 n d R egi ment the n c o m
mandin g at Wilmi n gton was plac ed at the
head o f the militia of that province ; that
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your M emori alist duri n g the late war did
c omma n d from on e to n ine hu n dred an d
ffty m en with whom he was en g a ged i
n
i
Si
x and thirty skirmishes i
n North C aro
n South C aroli n a
lin a an d four i
; all o f
which were of h i
s o wn pla n n ing an d in
which he had the hon our to comm an d ;
that your Memorialist kill ed ma n y of the
rebels and took many Of them prisoner s;
amo n g the latter Of whom w ere Governor
Burke his council and many Officers of
n the reb el army
distin ction i
; that your
Memori ali st duri n g that time was twic e
w ou n ded and fourtee n times taken pri s
on er ; th a t on the con c lusio n of the lat e
peace your Memori a li st settled two hu n
dred and fifty souls i
n E ast F lorida ; an d
himself h aving taken refuge i
n sev er a l
s Maj e sty s rem a i n i n g p osses
p arts of hi
n
sions i
America fin ally settled i
n the
Province o f New Bru n swick where h e i
s
i
n
T hat
gr ea t distres s with his family
your M emori alist i
n co n seque n ce of hi
s
said loy a lty
to hi
s S ov er eign
th e ma n y
servi c es r end er ed him an d attachme n t to
s prop erty
the British G ov ernme n t h ad h i
real an d p erso n al seiz ed confi sc a ted an d
sold by r ebel authority Your Memorial
ist ther efore pray s th at his case m ay be
n ord er that he
take n in to c on sideration i
may be enabled u n der your report to re
s ca se may be
v e such aid or r elief as h i
c ei
found to de serv e
D A VI D F A NNI NG
S t Joh n March I st 1 786
I also took the followi n g o a th b efor e
Peter Hu n ter Sec retary to th e C o m mi s
n favour of my cl a im at H a lif ax :
o n ers i
si
fax i
T ow n Of H ali
S S
Nova Scotia
D av id F an n i n g lat e of North C arol in a
C olo n el of Militi a but n o w o f Ki n gs
N
ew Bru n s
n
ou
ty
the
Provi
ce
of
i
n
n
C
w ick mak eth oath an d sa ith th a t he
resid ed i
n E a st F lorida an d th e Bahama
Islan d s from th e 1 s th day Of July 1 783
1 78 4 an d this de
s
th
Of
March
2
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h
t
to
p onent further saith that he was utt erly
i n c apabl e of preferring or deliver in g to the
ap
oi
a
n ted by Act Of P a rl i
ommi
s
s
ioners
C
p
men t p assed i
n th e tw en ty third y ear of
an A c t for
Maj
ty
titl
e
d
n
e
s
e
his pr esen t
n to
e i
n qu i
ommis
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to
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the losse s and services o f all such p erson s
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who have suffered i
n their rights pro er
p
t ies an d p ossession s duri n g the l ate u n
hap p y dissenS ion s in Ameri c a i
n co u se
q u en c e o f th eir loyalty to his M aj esty an d
att ac hm en t to the Briti sh G overn men t or
at thi s Office any Memori al Claim or re
quest for aid or relief on accou n t o f this
depo n en t s lo sses duri n g the l a te u n happy
n A meric a withi n th e limited
diss ensio n s i
time by the s a id Act for th e re c eivi n g of
such claims by the re ason that this dep onent
duri n g all su c h tim e v i
z
Between the
1 s th July
1 78
3 an d the a sth M arc h
1 784 liv ed or resid ed i
n E ast F lorida an d
the Bahama I sl an ds; that this depo n ent
did however sen d a c laim to C ol John
H amilto n Of the North C aroli n a Volu n
t eer s in E n glan d of his losses but th at
by a l ett er that this depon en t rec eived
from said H a milton heari
n
g date ro th
May 1 785 he is in formed that his c laims
wer e n ot the n giv en to the C ommissioners
i
n E n gla n d an d that this de p o n e n t be
n
li
eves his said cl a im must h av e arriv ed i
L o n do n after the time app oi n ted by the
late A c t of P arliam en t for rec eivi n g such
cl aims had exp ir ed or th at the C olo n el
Hut c hi ns to whom I had en trust ed the
deliv ery of th e s aid c la im had n eglec ted
n
him i
n givi n g in
the trust rep o sed i
my cl a im
day of M arch 1 786
Swor n thi s
b efore me
D A VI D F A NNI NG
Wh en I p resen t ed my M em ori al an d
esti m at e o f claim to Peter H u n ter S ecre
tary to the C o m mission er s he gave me n o
man n er Of satisf ac tion an d on my aski n g
hi
m if I c ould c ome u n d er an ex ami n a
tion h e told me to be gon e he did n ot
thi n k the C ommission ers would rec eive
my c l aim Wh en I fou n d I could get n o
he ari n g at Halif ax at th a t time I return ed
hom e with a full re solutio n n ev er to
troubl e m yself an y more At the time of
b ei n g i
n H alif ax I met my o l d frie n d
C apt Joh n L egett Of the R oy a l North
C ar oli n a R e gi m en t w ho said he w ould
n my f av our
sp eak to the C o m m issio ners i
He al so gave me a c op y of the followin g
l ett er from L ieut C ol Arc h M c Kay :
L O ND O N Nov isth 1 78 5
D EA R CA PTA I N
E ver mi n dful of your good will an d the
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N A R R A TIVE OF COL
ki n dn ess you showed unto me since I had
the pleasure of being acquainted with
you induc es me to write y ou a few li n es at
present informing you of my success since
I came to E ngl a nd k n owing y ou would
be glad to hear of the provisio n made for
me Wh en I c ame to E n glan d I got a
heari n g by the C ommission ers of Ameri
c an C laims
an d th ey grant ed me thirty
poun ds yearly for temporary subsisten ce
I then laid i
n a memori a l to Sir George
Young for C aptain s h alf—
p ay ; but I
must c o n fe ss I thought my chan ces for
that bad e n ough as I was n o t ac quain ted
w ith an y of the G en er al s who c omm an ded
i
n Ameri c a ; but si n ce it was o n ly amuse
m en t to try I got a c ertific ate from C ol
C r a ig an d a n oth er from C o l Hamilto n
an d l a id them i
n with the me m orial
It
was with a good many oth ers a long time
from office to Ofli
c e ; a t le n gth they have
al lo w ed
me seven ty p oun ds ste rling
year ly for life fo r my serv ic es i
n Ameri c a
excl u si v e of the oth er thirty poun ds
U po n th e whole I do n o t rep en t comi n g to
L ondon a s thi n gs h av e tur n ed out
I wrote to C apt M c N ei
ll this morn i n g
n ot thi n ki n g I should hav e tim e to writ e
to y ou b efore th e ship sailed an d I h ad
n ot tim e to writ e to him so fully as I c ould
wish but I will mi n d b ett er n ext ti m e
I int en d to spend n ext summ er i
n S c ot
f eve rythi n g turn s out here to my
l a nd i
expec tatio ns an d I would be glad to get
a lo n g letter fr om y o u c on c ern i n g your
n ew
settl emen ts You will p lease to
write to me u n der c ov er to M essr s John
and Hec tor M c Kay N O 5 Crow n C ourt
Westmin ster ; an d if I am i
n Brit a i n I
shall be sure to get an y lett er that may
c ome for me
After my j aunt to Scotl and
I hop e to do myself the honour to call and
see you on my way to N ew Provid en ce
wher e Alexander and Malcom M c Kay
are gon e I am sir with due respect
Your sin c ere frie n d an d humbl e serv ant
AR CHI BA L D MCKA Y ”
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John L egett
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I r eturn ed home and continued until
the a 7th Ju n e 1 787 Wh en I was en ter
i
n
g the suburbs o f the city o f St John I
acciden tall y met E nsi gn He n ry Niss with
a letter from the C ommissioners desiri n g
me to attend immediately for an examina
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AM E R I C A N
OF
John
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CL A I MS ,
F ebru ary ,
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We do h ereby c ertify that D avid F an
nin g has u n dergo n e an exami n a tion on
o a th before u s as an Americ an sufferer
from North C arolina We are satisfied
by his own ac c ount an d by the eviden ce
n sup
he has produc ed th a t hi
s exertio n s i
p ort Oithe British G ov ern m e n t as C olon el
o f th e C hatham an d R an dolph C ounty
Militi a durin g the l ate troubl es i
n Am
erica h av e b een very great and exemplary ;
that he has b een severely woun ded in
n
sever al en gagem en ts an d h as i
other
resp ects b een a great sufferer ; though
from p arti c ular r ea son s it will n ot be in
our power to m ak e him any c on siderable
a llow an c e u n der our rep ort
We there
fore rec ommen d him a s a prop er person
to be put o n the h a lf pay list as C aptain
an d to have an an n u a l a llow anc e from
Gover n ment equ al to that half pay
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tion I still retain ed my Op inion but on
informing Col J oseph R obi n so n he pre
vailed with me after a long per suasion to
call and see the C ommissio n er s which I
n compa n y with
did i
C 0 1 R obinson
where I was tre ated with every civility and
all att en tion paid to me Aft er my ex
aminatio n they gave me the following
c ertificate :
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J P E M BER T O N
I then em p ow ered G eorge R an d all
E sq Whiteh a ll L ondon to ac t fo r me
I sen t the origi n a l c ertificates an d me
n c om an y with the letter
morial i
p
T o the R i
r G eorge
ght H on ou ra bl e S i
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You n ge, Baron et, S ecretary
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M emorial of D avi
d F ann in g l ate
C olonel o f the C hatham an d R andolph
C ounty Militia i
n North C aroli n a hum
bly sheweth :
T h at i
n the y ear 1 8 1
un der an ap
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poi n tm en t from Maj or Henry C raig then
c omm an ding the British troop s i
n North
C arolin a your Memorialist embodied ne ar
on e thousand men o f the loyal i n h abitant s
o fthat Pr ov i
nce and with them performed
si n gular se rvice to the British Govern
ment ; th at he has been twice severely
wound ed in the course of the war ; he has
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A R R A TI VE OF COL
F A N NI N G
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49
been fourteen time s taken prisoner and as I was al so muc h dispos ed to do I
has be en tried for h i
s life by the r ebels
gave the holder a favourable an s w er and
and has ever exerted his utmost en deav
the t rue on e that you had reason to ex
n hand
ours in support of the c ause of Great pec t that I should have effects i
Br itai n ; he i
s disabl e d by w ounds he has
su fi c i
en t to p ay the bill whe n it became
n settli n
received and has n o mean s O f support
due but th at a d elay i
g your
F or the t ruth of these alle ga tio n s he beg s
busin ess and which you could n o t foresee
s appoi n tment o f C olo n el t o
to refer to hi
would for a time prevent my ac c epting
the c ertificates of several O fficers under your bill
I must now inform you that I took the
who m he se rved an d to the certific a tes of
earli est Op p ortunity of presenti n g your
the C o m missioners of American C laims
memorial and the c ertific ate of th e Com
forw arded herewith
Your Memorialist most humbly prays missioners being highly honour able to
you an d rec omme n ding y ou for a n allow
that he may be put on the Provi n c ial hal f
pay list as C aptai n fully c on fide n t that ance or the half—pay Of C apt ain I
his p ast servi c es an d presen t nec essitou s thin k there is no reason to doubt you will
situation will be th ought deservin g Of that have a sum equal to that ran k allo w ed you
app oi n tment and your Memoriali st as in by Govern m en t You had omitt ed to re
quest that the gra n t might take pl ac e from
duty bound shall ever pr ay
the a4th of O ctob er 1 783 bu t I added a
D A VI D F A NNI NG
par agraph to the memori al for that pur
pose but whether you will be al lowed
ty ofS t J ohn an d F ebrua ry 1 78 7
Ci
from that p eriod is doubtful I am sorry
Pursu ant to the advic e o f L ieut Col
J oseph R obi n son I have tra n smitted a at th e sam e time to acquai n t y ou that it
may be some mon ths b efore the deter
n order to re
power Of atto rney to you i
mi
tion
Gover
but
n me n t is k n own
o
f
a
n
e
t
h
half
p
ay
ith
a
certificate
from
w
ve
c ei
c
all pay a p arti
a
you
may
be
ure
th
t
I
sh
s
!
ommissioners
I
Pemberton
and
I
r
1
C
ular
ttentio
n to your bu si n ess an d give
a
e
n
l
olo
l
D
und
s
s
G
e
eral
A
xander
a
E
ne
C
q ;
T he
the
ea
lie
st noti c e o f th e ev en t
r
ou
o
l
e
C
L
B
l
eslie
Nisbet
a
four
i
ut
Co l
y
L
ry regul ar
certifi
ate
you
sent
thou
h
ve
c
en
g
R
J Henry Cr a ig of the roth egim t and as to the periods I thi n k would n ot en title
L ieut C ol J ohn H a milton of the North
me
o receive the m oney from th e p ay
t
o
f
n
aroli
a
giment
are
w
it
esses
my
Re
n
C
am i nc li n ed
yo
as
I
u r accou n t
on
e
o
m
c
o
t
o
servic es If you will be so g od as
to beli eve your allow an ce will be a military
accept the p ower an d gran t me your as
lowance
an d n ot half pay an d for that
a
l
i
ll
si
stan c e in obtaini n g the same you w
reaso n I sen d you a pri n t ed certificate
highly oblige
en t an d
whic
you
keep
as
a
preced
n
c
a
h
Sir your most obedient humble serv an t
desire
you
wil
tr
an smit to me a sett
l
D A VI D F A NN I N G
copied from it for the same periods as
ck
N ew Bru nswi
tr an smitted tak
them
you
h
v
e
already
a
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ua
J
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b
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F
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o
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t
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o
S
ty f
Ci
ere be n o bl ot
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p
tic
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ca
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that
th
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A
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G E OR GE R
alteration or erasure in the dates I wi ll
W H I T E H A L L L O ND O N
be
much
obliged
t
o you if you w ill ac
o ll o wmg
f
1
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ec
ived
July
the
t
h
2
0
7 7
R e
quai n t Chill as that the answer of G overn
from my agen t :
ment
to
his
memori
al is th at he ca n n ot be
WHI T EH A L L isth M ay 1 787
ablishmen t the
a
placed
est
e half—
h
n
t
o
p
y
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the
inst
in
a
l
tter
to
On
SI R
grd
n the
commission he held bein g only i
ob
inso
n I d esired he would
—
R
l
o
C
ieut
L
militi a of the town of New York
your
e
nform you Of my h aving receiv d
i
i
fi
n
pack
t
you
s
e
t
with
the
cert
cate
e
he
T
the
M emorial C erti fic a te
age an d your
amou
ted
to
shilli
n
gs
post
2
1
n
i
e
i
i
half—
p ay Of a C aptain or a m l tary p ns on single letter to one shillin g
S
inc
e then I have
e
qual
t
h
rank
to
n t humble
e
ed i
s
I
sir
your
mo
t
ob
e
m
a
duplicat
es of the
rec eived your letter with
servant
s
r
0
2
6
f
o
paper
and
you
r bill
£
s
b
ove
a
G E O R G E R AN D A L L
and
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AR R A
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d F a nni
To D avi
WHI T EH A L L I st August 1 787
SI R —O u the 1 s th May I ac kn owl
edged the receipt oiyour letter and dupli
cate containi n g memorials certificates an d
other papers relatin g to y our claim of
half pay or a milit ary pension and ao
n ted y ou that having presented tho se
q u ai
papers I thought you had a very fa ir
prospect of suc c ess I am still of that
opinion but am sorry to acquaint you
that the consideration of half pay claims
is again deferred an d that it may be som e
months longer before I c an acquaint yo u
with the results I co n clude therefore
that the bill you drew on me for J£2 6 0 1 s
must be retur n ed
I have r ec eived from the T reasury the
sum granted to y ou by Governmen t o n
account of your losse s for which I gave a
receipt in the an n exed form and am
ready to ac c ep t your bill for £ 2 2 1 4s as
after deducti n g age nc y and p ostage etc
and abstract h erewith sent
Copy o f a rec ei p t :
T he 2 4th day o f July 1 78 7 received of
n by order of the L ords
M r T homa s C o fli
s
o f the T re asury a n d according to a di
on u n d er the direction Of the C o m
bu ti
tri
missioners o f American C laims app oi n ted
by an Act of the 2 3rd Of his presen t M a
jesty the sum o f £ 2 4 as a payment for
present reli ef an d on accou n t of the lo sses
during the l a t e d issensions in Americ a
Sign ed for David F anning
G R A N D A L L A ttorney
£ 24 0 3
After this I r ec eived the letter from my
Agent an d fou n d I had lost property to the
acc ording to an
amount of
105
appraise m en t of three men a cqu ain t ed
with the prop erty Bu t as it was n o t like
a coat tak en ou t o f my hand o r gold t ak en
ou t Of my p ocket I could n o t get a n y thi n g
for my lo sses a lthough I did n o t giv e in
anythi n g like the amount of my losses I
lost t w e n ty fou r horses and only reported
fifteen o n e o f which cost more th an a l l
I ever got fro m Government and six
head of c a ttl e £ 2 89 for property sold at
the comm en c em en t of the war an d the
land whi c h I was heir to and for wh ich I
refused man y ti m es 1:3 0 0 0 Virginia cur
Bu t bec ause I turned out i
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renc y
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the service of my King and country i
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th
year of my age an d my exertion s
n support of the
were very exempl ary i
Britis h Governme n t I have lost my all
for and on account Of my a tt achment to
the British G overnment—o n ly £ 6 0 which
would not p ay the expe n se s I h ave been at
to obtain it
I c an prove what I h ave h ere wrote to be
facts an d the world will be abl e to j udge
after reading this narrative an d Observe
this Act of O blivion p a ssed in North
C a rolina in th e year 1 78 3 whi c h is here
m
with set forth—which is e n l a rged and i
n e which
proved i
n the L ondon M aga zi
will be found on p age 6 0 7 Vo l I from
July 1 to Dec 1 1 783
An Act of Pardon and O blivion by the
St ate of North C aroli na
Whereas it is the policy o f all wise
Stat es on the termi n atio n o f all C ivil
Wars to grant an Act of P a rdon and Oh
li
vi
on for past of
fences an d as divers of
th e citi z ens of this State an d others the
inh abitants thereof in the course of the
l a te unhappy war ha v e b ecom e liable to
fences com
gre a t p ai n s and penalti es for of
mi
tted against the p ea c e an d governme n t
of this State and the Ge n er al Assembly
out of an earnest d esir e to observe the
a rticles of peace o n all o c c a sions disposed
to forgive Offences rather than punish
where the necessity for an exemplary
punishment has ceased Be it therefore
en acted by the Gen er al Assembly of the
State of North C aroli n a an d it is hereby
en acted by the authority of th e same that
all and all man n er of treason s misprisions
of treason felony or mi sdemeanour com
tted or done since th e 4th day of J uly
mi
1 776 by any perso n s wh at soe v er be par
n total oblivion
don ed released an d put i
Provi
ded always that this Act o r any
thing therein cont a in ed sh a ll n ot extend
to pardon o r discharge or giv e any bene fit
w hatsoever to person s wh o have t aken
c ommission or have be en
denominate d
o fficers and acted as such to the King of
Great Britain or to su c h as are named in
an y of the laws c ommo n ly called c on fis
cation 1aws or to such as h ave attached
themselves to the Briti sh an d c ontinued
without the limits o f the State and n ot
returned within t w elve mon ths previous
to the p assi n g of this Act
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Provided further that nothin g h er ei n
c ontai
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M allet D avid F ar ming an d S a muel
Andr ews or any person or per so n s guilty
Of deliberate and wilful murd er robb ery
r ap e or h ouse breaking or an y o f them
anythi n g herein c ontained to the co n tr ary
Provided n everthel ess
n otw ithstanding
that nothing in this Act shall be constru ed
z en of this State fro m their
to bar any c it i
vil action for the recovery of debts or
ci
Provided also that n othin g
damage
herein c ontained shall e n title any person
by this law to be relieved to elect or be
n this S tat e
elected to any omce or trust i
ce civil or military
or to h old any Ofli
And whereas by an Act passed at Wake
ficers civil an d milit a ry
C our t House al l o f
who have taken p arole were susp e n ded
from the ex ec ution of their resp ective
O ffices and required to appear at the n ext
Gener al Asse mbly to shew cause if an y
they c ould why they should n o t be re
ce ; an d wher eas
moved from the said Offi
officers aforesaid h ave
of the
several
neglected to appear agreeably to the re
Be it
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s her eby
State of N orth C arolina and it i
e th a t
enacted by the authority of the sa m
cers both civil and milit a ry are
al l such ofii
hereby decl ared to stand suspe n ded from
c es u n ti l
the execution of their several ofii
m
th ey sh al l appear at some future A sse bly
n of th eir
be
restored
t
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the
executio
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ces or removed agree abl e to
respec tive Ofii
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Prov
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or
heir
merits
demerits
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nothin herei
n contained shall be con strued
ac e fro m ex
exclude
a
J
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of
the
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m ake it appear to the satisfaction of the
C ourt o f his County by oath or otherwise ;
that he was taken prisoner without his
con sen t and privily and that after his cap
ture he had not voluntarily stayed with
n an y
the en emy nor taken an active part i
m an n er by furnishing them willingly with
provi sio n s bearing arms or accepti n g any
app o mtment in their civil regulations
R ead t hree times and ratified in Gener al
Assembly the 1 7th May 1 783
R 1 0 CA S WE L L 5 S en ate
E STA R KE Y S Commons
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M an y people are fools enough to think
bec ause o u r three names are particular ly
put i
that we are al l guilty of
n this Act
the crimes set forth but I defy the world
to c h a rge me with rape or anything more
th an I have set forth in this Journal
All his Maj esty s subj ects or others th at
w i sh to know the truth of anything furth er
th an I have set forth let them make en
quiry of those gen tlemen whose n ames I
have struck in ; exami n e the letters of the
rebels and the recommendations Of the
o fficers who have been acquainted with
n per son and with my services in the
me i
time o f the late war
Although I have been prohibited from
receivi n g any be n efit from the laws of the
St ate all that I desire is to h ave the liberty
n in favour o f
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a
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o f c omm
the British Govern me n t I flatter myself
that there would be n o doubt of my put
tin g many of them to swing by the nec k
e
h
their
ho
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John
W
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did
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for
ste a lin g 1 50 horses in North C arolina
to the
follows
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short
address
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prin ter signed
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feri
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sou r c es, an d sel ec t ed t h o se wh i
c h seem ed most li
k el y to be t ru e ; by whi
dent ly
c h h e evi
mean s t h ose most da magi
n g t o F ann i
ng
H e say s, “ F a nn i
n
g seld om mu r d ere d a n y excep t
s c au se a n d t h o se who ha d ex c i
ted hi
th ose wh o ha d p r oved tr eac h er ou s to hi
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well a s to sho ot d esert ers, an d he may h ave th ou gh t o f Ba lf ou r i
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T h e mu r d er o f a w o ma n , wh i
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c h h e so p a t h et i
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p a ge 2 54 , i
n g hi
mself to t ell th e ta l e I t i
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ma n li
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fi c u l t t o c on c ei
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Jo h n , the
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m agi
n a ti
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l s a re fil l ed u p from i
l e the fa c t s c oul d h ave b een ea si
ly
a b su r d d et ai
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PA G E 9
d era bl e i
mp ort a n ce i
T H O M A S F L E T CH A L L wa s a ma n o f con si
n S o u th Car ol ia b ef or e
on
Li
s o ld er a d mo r e fa m ou s con t em p o r a ry
ke h i
ot
G enera l R u ggl es
th e R ev o l u t i
p a t ri
s sy mp at h i
es wer e wi
ms o f the Col oni
t h the c l a i
o f M a ssa c h sett s h i
st s bu t h e r efu sed to
H e was t h erefo re i
n to
eb ell i
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m p ri
son ed by
o r d er o f th e P r ovi
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be d ra g o ed i
al
an d hi
s p r o p er t y
n 1 776
n c lu d ed
which i
r F o est
F ai
C on g ess i
hi
s h o me i U ni
on
Di
n 1 782
S C wa s c on fisca t ed i
stri
ct
s C reek wa s a b a c h o f R eedy R i
ve a n d i
ll i
R a ebu
n L a u r ens Co
am
R ev Wi
T e e t a d W H D a y t o n tra vell ed t h ou gh th e c ou t ry to get h e
th e l att er a s an
C ommi
ssa ry o f th e
tt ee o f Co rresp on d e c e a d S a f et y ” o f S ou th Ca roli
emi
n a t o st i
r
th e p eop l e a ga ist th e G over m e t ; th e f orm er to p er f o rm C h ri
st i
an ri
tes a s well
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o f R ev
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am T enn e t
ll i
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was p ob a bly a s
a c o l on i
a l c l er
gy ma n o f som e n o t e
bo i
n I rel an d
The A m eri
ca
E di
t o r say s th e na me wa s S a lva dor a n d a ttri
b u t es F a n
S I L VE D O OE
t i
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o p r o o f of i
mig s e ro r to i
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Th e rea d er i
s r ef err ed to S abi
n e s a cc ou n t
s c ar eer
He i
s sai
s m an a n d hi
d to h ave b een “ on e of th e most ma l i
o f t hi
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st s,
n di
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an d to ha v e b een ma d e so “ b
vi
v e a m on g th e S ou t h ern L oy ali
ll egal and
y th e i
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fia bl e means emp l oy ed by th e P a t ri
u n u st i
o t s to m ak e hi
m o t h erwi
se
Th e fiv e vi
c ti
ms
c a n E di
wh o , th e A m eri
t o r say s, were t aken f rom the a i
l a n d execu t ed by hi
s or d ers at
n
fered i
A u gu sta , p rob ably su f
a ti
di
rec t reta li
on fo r th e fiv e L oya l i
st s, wh ose mu r d er V an
T y n e say s l ed to rep ri
sa l s t h ro u gh the wh o l e w ar , an d wer e
p rob abl y deserter s f r om the
TH
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BRO W N wa s
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N O TE S —Con ti
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54,
Kirk s F a rm week b ef ore the b a tt le of C an e C reek a d hi
s b r o th er E D W A R D
who
n c omm an d wa s k i
ll ed th e n ext week at L i
ll s ; M E R E D I T H E D W A R D S
s c c eed ed h i
mi
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T H O M A S D A R K T H O M A S E A S TR I D GE a d T H O M A S R I CH E TTS were all exec u t ed for t hei
on fo
a ll eged t rea so
a ga i
n st t h ei
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n Ja n u ary
1 782
l oy al ty u n d er a c on vi
cti
n dl ey s M i
JOH N R A I N S S r was ki
lls an d JOH N CA GL E an d JA M E S R I CE were
l l e d at L i
han ged at P ee D ee a n d DA VI D JA C K S ON met the sa me fa t e i
n R an do lp h ; S TE PH E N WA L KE R
wa s sh o t i
n A p ri
l 1 782 by C ol o el Ghol so on D eep R i
ver a n d JA M E S a n d S I M ON L I NDL E Y
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T H O M A S BL A I R sett l ed a t N ew R i
w ere sh o t i
ver bu i
ron w orks
n th e m ou n ta i
ns
lt i
so n er
wh o h a d c ha rge o f G overn o r Bu rk e wh en a p ri
a d p r osp er e d an d JO H N M CL E A N
wa s t h r ou gh f avo r o f a Wlhi
ver A L E !
en d all ow ed to settl e on th e L ow er D eep R i
g f ri
A N D E R M C K A Y di
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D U N CA N R A Y w en t to N ova S c oti
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ch i
n the West I n di
es a d Col
th F ann ig an d A n drews i the A c t of
H e a l so say s t h at P E TE R M A L L E T ex cl u d ed wi
H e mi
Pa r don was th e vi
d t h at m ost o f the others ki
ll ed
cti
m o f p rej u di
ce
gh t h a ve sai
o t h erw i
i ba tt l e w ere th e vi
ms o f di
c e a d th e ba rba ro u s met h o ds
se tha
c ti
ab o l i
c al m al i
r c ou n try
o f wa gi
n g wa r emp l oy ed by t h ei
r en emi
es wh o ha n ge d fo r t ea son a gai
nst t h ei
m en who l ov ed t h ei c o t ry] a s w ell a s t h ey th emselves di
d an d c on sc i
en ti
ou sl y sou gh t to
r si
de
ts h i
p ro mo t e i
gh est it er ests as t h ey saw t h em a n d moreov er h a d l aw o th ei
D oc t o r Ca r t h ers p u bli
th e rep ort o f J o hn Wi
lli
ams the J u d ge of
sh es p a ges 2 44 5
th e C ou rt t o th e G overn or i
n wh i
M e edi
th E dwa r ds a n d Th oma s E astri
dge
c h h e say s
w ere a l so idi
c t ed for tr ea so
T h ey a e b o t h m en w h o a p p ear ed to be equ al ly p op ul ar
m on g th e T o ri
es
ve an d me o f F an n i
t h ou gh gen era lly ki
nd
a n d v ery a c t i
n g s ga n g
a n d hu ma e to p ri
son er s whi
le i
n th ei
r c u sto dy
A s to th e gen era l moral
”
c h ar a c t er o f t h ese m en i
T h en h e p u bli
sh es
t seemed to be p rett y go o d on ly g ea t T ori
es
F an nig s l ett er o f F eb ru a ry 26 th 1 78 2 t o th e G overn o r t h rea t eni
f any
n g rep ri
sa l s i
m o e w ere h u g
I u der sta d y ou h a v e h u g t h ree o f my men —on e Ca p ta i
n a n d two
va te s— a d h ave a Ca p ta i
n a n d si
x me
I f th e requ i
si
ti
ons
u de
se t en ce o f d eath
p ri
o f my a ti
c l es do n ot arri
ve t o sa t i
sfa c t i
on
a n d th e effu si
on o f bl oo d st op p e d
a n d the
li
ves of t h ese m en sa ved I wi
ll etal i
bl oo d a d t e f o ld fo r on e an d t h ere
a t e bl o o d fo
sh a ll
ev er a
o fli
c er or p ri
va t e o f th e R eb el p a ty esc ap e t h a t fa ll s i
n t o my ha n d h e e
a fte
A l as t h ey w ere h a ged ! a
a tr o ci
ty wh i
ch a f t e
hi
s ca u t i
o
al l y
at
exas
t c h o f f ry a d th e ki
ll i
n
p e a ted F a i g to th e hi
gh est p i
g o f Balf ou r D o u dy a n d
Brya n a d the d estru c ti
on o f a
f oll owed i
u mb er o f p l an t a t i
on s
n qu i
c k an d gha stly
u cc essi
on
A s q ait ol d T h o ma s F ul l er i hi
Worthi
es o f E
A sol
s
sa y s
gl a d
er s most p r op er bem oa ig o f a f ri
di
n wa r i
en d s d ea t h i
n r ev en gi
ng i
t ”
s i
C o l on el A R CH I BA L D M CD OU GA L L w as i N ova S c o t i
a som e y ea rs
th en i E n gla n d
o
a n d fin a lly sett l ed i N o rt h Ca ro l i
wh ere h e o b t a ied a p e si
wh ere h e wa s p op ul ar
na
sef l c i
a d
st s g e er a lly w o ld h av e b een
t ie a s th e L oy a li
a d w er e i
n th e Bri
sh
ti
nc es t o wh i
P rovi
led
c h t h ey w ere exi
PA GE 2 2
C ap t JOH N L E GGA I T i
n C o l on el H a mi
l t on s N o rt h Caro li
na R e i
g men t was on e of
t h ose with F an nig a t S t A u gu sti
ne i
n 1 78 3
bu t fina lly retu rn ed to N orth C a r ol i
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ND F A N N I N G was bo rn on L on g I sl an d N Y M u ch a bu sed by some A meri
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