by tkendrick | Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
“The patch knife is a standard part of any rifleman’s equipment. But what is a patch knife? A patch knife can be said to be any kind of a knife that will cut a patch and there are a multiplicity of blades, which can do the job. They may be loosely placed into three...
by tkendrick | Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
PENSION APPLICATION OF JAMES FERGUS This pension was copied by John T. Misskelley, from a book in Kip Carter’s collection, called The Revolution Remembered, an eyewitness account of the war for independence. Edited by John C. Dann. Pg. 177-185. Copied exactly as it...
by tkendrick | Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
A HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1780 AND 1781 IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA BY LT. COL. BANASTRE TARLETON “BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, PART OF THE STORES BEING ARRIVED, WITH A REINFORCEMENT FROM CHARLES TOWN, CONSISTING OF THE 7TH REGIMENT, AND SOME...
by tkendrick | Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
“CORNWALLIS PLANNED HIS INVASION OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER, 1780. LEAVING 6,000 MEN TO HOLD THE BRITISH BASES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA , CORNWALLIS WOULD MARCH WITH AN ARMY OF ONLY 2,200 RANK AND FILE FROM CAMDEN , SOUTH CAROLINA , TO CHARLOTTE ,...
by tkendrick | Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Michael C. Scoggins, York County Historical Center, May 2002 It was not until June 1772 that the border between North and South Carolina west of the Catawba River was established by survey. After this survey, a large tract of land between the Broad and Catawba Rivers...
