{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3571", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3434", "width": "2117", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2075", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "^sriv;*-*. yi*", "height": "3413", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "Revoli\\nchtit:\\nThe Oeos\\nOn the\\nBy", "height": "3402", "width": "2075", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3424", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "/^i f^\\nf^\\nAN ADDRESS\\nON THE\\nRevolutionary History\\nOF\\nCliatliaiii Coiiiit}^, N. C,\\nDELIVERED AT\\nTzaiE OEZNTTiHiisrnsri^^iij Oeii^eei^^?^tioit\\nAT PITTvSBOROUGH, X. C,\\nOn the Fourth Day of July, 1876,\\nBy HEXEY ARMAXD LOXDOX\\nCOLE PRINTING CO., SANFORO, N. C.\\nl^^", "height": "3402", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": ",C4\\n2.\\nPREFACE.\\nBy an Art of onj;ress and the President s Proclanialioii,\\ntlie citizens of the United States were requested to assemble\\nin their respective counties, on the -tth day of July, 187(\\nand appropriivtel} celebrate the Centennial anniversary of the\\nDeclaration of IndeiJendence, and it was recommended that an\\nhistorical address be delivered in evei-y county on that occasion.\\nIn accordance therewith, such a celebration was held at\\nPittsboro, N, C, which was attended by a large concourse\\nof the county s best citizens. Alter music by the Pittsboro\\nBrass Band, an ai)propriate prayer was offered by the Rev,\\nWilliam Snipes, and the Declaration of Independence was\\nread by the Hon. John M. Moi ino-. Then the Hon. John\\nManning introduced the undersigned, to whom had been ac-\\ncorded the honor of delivering the historieal address contained\\nin tlie followi]ig pages. Its i^ublication M as urged at that\\ntime by many persons^ and frequently since, but not until\\nnow, after the lapse of nearly twenty years, have I consented\\nthereto. And it is published nov; only in order to preserve\\nimportant tacts connected with Chatham s historv, which oth-\\nerwise might be forgotten.\\nTo my fellow-count ymen this address is respectfully dedi-\\ncated.\\nApril, 1.S94. ir. A. London.", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "I\\nLadies and Gentlemen: On this day, and at this very\\nhour, the people of the United kStates, throughout their vast\\ndomain, have assembleLl together, in their respective counties,\\nfor the i^urpose of celebrating the one hundredth anniA ersary\\nof their JSJ^ational Independence. It is very meet and projjer\\nthat our citizens, on this day, should lay aside the cares of\\nbusiness and the duties of daily life, and meet together to\\ncommemorate so grand an occasion. ^Vhen I look around\\nupon this sea of up-turned ttices, I feel more than ever before\\nthe responsibility devolved upon me by the Committee of\\nArrangements, and will trust rather to your kind indulgence\\nand symjDathetic interest than to my own ability to enter-\\ntain aid instruct you. This address will not give you any-\\nthing ike a history of our county, but will only hastily sketch\\nthe days and doings of one hundred years ago. Bear x^atiently\\nwith me, then, and hear the traditions of your forefathers.\\nIt has been a task of no ordinary labor to obtain the infor-\\nmation necessary for this occasion, and day after day, like a\\ndutiful son gathering up the fond relics of his mother, have I\\nsearched into the old records of our county, and gleaned from\\nthem whatever might contribute to your entertainment and\\ninstruction. This to me, however, has been a labor of love,\\nwbieh I gladly give to the county in which I was born and\\nreared, and among whose citizens I hope to spend my allotted\\ndays on earth with malice to none, and charity toward all.\\nThis county, together with her twin sisters, Wake and\\nGuilford, was foraied by a division of Orange County in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2January, 1771. The Act establishing the County, ratified\\nJanuary 2Bth, 1771, described its boundaries as follows:\\nBe it Enacted by the Govenor, Council and Assembly, That\\nfrom and after the first Day of April next, the inhabitants\\nof the County of Orange, lying to the South of a Point sixteen\\nmiles due South of Hillsborough, and bounded as follows, to-\\nwit: Beginning at the aforesaid Point, running thence due", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "M cst to iiillnnl Coiiiity Line: lliciicc Soiitli aloiij; (Jnillnid\\n(Huity L ;iit t(\u00c2\u00bb luiilicrlaiKl Ciuiiitv Line: 1 liciicc iil( n i Cimi-\\nbt rltiiul ami Wake Citimlx Lines to a I oiiit due Ivist oi the\\nIJe^iniiiii^-; tlieiicc due Wfst to llic lK ;innin^-, be tM octcd into\\na distiiift Coiinly 1)\\\\ tin- name of liatliani onnty. and St.\\nBartholoiiKMv Parisli.\\nHistoi y inlornis iis thai llu ininiediat cause of this\\ndivision was tlic troubles of the l{(\\\\iiidaturs, and it was\\nthoujiht that this would i)rovent the i)e()])le from so often eou-\\ngrejiatinji at one i)oint. The people of the northern part of\\nthis county were (|uite actixely enjiaged in those troubles, and\\nno doubt many of the:n wei e at the battle of Alamance, (\u00c2\u00bbu\\ntile Kith of yUiy. 1771. l)Ut it is impossible now to leaiai any-\\ntliinj; definitely as to the i)art our county acted in the days of\\nthe KL ^iulatoi s. The county was named in honoi- of that\\n\u00c2\u00bbreat cham])ion of liberty and of the ii ;hts of .\\\\meiica, the\\ndistin.uuished Ivu l of hat ham.\\nThe (\\\\)urt-house was lirst located about half a mile South-\\nwest of the present l)uildin i, on the farm now belonging to\\nMrs. Nat. Hill, and the exact spot is sti l pointed out whereon\\nit stood. This site was selected because of its central posi-\\ntion, and the proximity of a most excellent sprinji of water,\\nwhich to this day continues to pour forth its coolino- stream.\\nThe Jail was built a little south of the Court-house, and the\\nsite is still shown, and is about 75 yards northwest of the\\ndwelling\\nAt Xovember Court. 1774, it is Oi-deied that John Dillard\\nbe allowed the sum of ninety-one i)ounds proc. money for serv-\\nices done in l)uiidin i- :i Gaol and repairin.u the oui-t-house.\\nAt i\\\\Liy Court, 177. it was ()r lei-ed that the bounds of\\nthe Prison of this County laid off by Mial .Scurlock and Rich-\\nard Kennon be record-vl as toUows: Beginning at a saiall\\nblack oak Just aboNc the spring rriUnin^- south i)h degrees\\neast by a line of marked trees to a post in the yard; then\\nnorth S degrees east L 4 poles to a hickory stump below the\\nstoi-e; then south 7S degices west JO i\u00c2\u00bboles to two small sassi-\\nfras on the Spring Ihaiu-h: then up the said bi-anch to be-\\ngiiniing, including the dwelling house and store, containing\\naboni three acres and a (juarter.", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "5\\nTlie little V)lack oak is now staiulinji- a iniohty tree, but the\\nline of marked trees has long; sinee disapiyeared.\\nTlie Conrt i-eeords show that the Sheriff repeatedly protested\\nagainst the Jail as being- insecure, until at Xoveniber Court.\\n1779, it is ^Ordered that ilial Heurloek. John Birdscng, and\\nZxcli Harnim be appointed Commissioners to let the build-\\ning of a public Gaol, the dimensions to be twelve feet by four-\\nteen iii the clear, with a double logged wall up to the joist\\nand above four feet to be filled with stones, with a cabin rough/\\nAt Fel)ruary Court, 1780, John Dillard i.s alh)wed fourteen\\nhundred and forty pounds for building the Jail.\\nTlie only building now remaining of all then standing is\\nthe dwelling hou.se, which is well preserved, l;eirg weather-\\nboarded with short boards riven out of oak logs and fastened\\nAvith wrought nails. There was no town where the old Court-\\nhouse was located, and the place was called Chatham\\nCourt-House. After the close of the war, and the cessation\\nof hostilities, the public necessities demanded a town at the\\ncounty-seat, and accordingly an act of the General Assembly,\\nratified Dec. 29th, 1785, appointed nine citizens of the county\\nTrustees to lay off one hundred acres on the farm of Mial\\nScurlock, deceased, as a town, to be named Pittsl)orough. The\\npreamble of this act gives the reasons for estal)lishing the\\ntown as follows:\\nAVhereas, It has been represented to this General Assem-\\nbly that the lands l)elonging to the estate of jMial Scurlock.\\ndeceased, whereon the Court-house and other l)uildings in the\\ncounty of Chatham now stand, is an exceedingly healthy,\\npleasant situation, well watered and commodious for com-\\nmerce, being situate in a very rich and fertile part\\nof tlie country, and sunilry ]n8rc;hin!,s and persons of distinc-\\ntion in the lower parts of the State are desirous that a town\\nsliould be erected thereon, with a design of becoming pur-\\nchasers of lots, and erect buildings foi- the reception of their\\nfamilies in the summer months; it Mill also greatly tend to the\\nease and convenience of the inhabitants of th.at county in par-\\nticular, and the western parts of this State in generah c.\\nBut the town was not laid off on the lands of Mial Scurlock,\\nbecause his executors did not feel authorized to dispose of the\\nsame, and, therefore, the Trustees bought one hundred acres", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "IVoiii William Petty, \\\\y\\\\uix on the north sido of Robinson s\\nCreek (so ealled from an old man ivsidin*;- on its head watei-s),\\nand there laid ont and established the town ol rittsl)oro. The\\nGeneral Assembly at its next session i assed an act ratifyin;^-\\nthe at tion of the Trustees in locating the toWn on Petty s\\nland, and appointiug George Lucas, Joseph Stewart, Roger\\nGrittith, IMatthew Jones, Zachar^ah Harman, Patrick St. Law-\\nrenee, Nathan Stedman, James Massey and William Kiddle\\nas the first Conimissioaers of the new -town.\\nAs the county had been named in honor of the Earl of\\nChatham, so the Couuly-seat was named in honor of his illus-\\ntrious son, at that time Premier of England. A large number\\nof deeds are found recorded, exe; uted by Matthev,- Jones, in\\n178G, to different persons for various lots in the new towu.\\nIt is a source of regret that uoue of the records of our Court\\ncan be found to furnish any information as to the building\\nof the new Court-house, Jail, etc., but they wei-e soon erected,\\nand the old site abandoned.\\nThe old Court-house was removed to tlie new town, and still\\nstands as the store of Headen, Bynuni C o. In 1843 the\\nwooden Jail was burnt, and the present brick one built, at a\\ncost of $3,500. And at the same time the old Court-house\\nwas torn down and the present brick one erected, at a cost of\\n$8,000. And just here a brief sketch of our town may not be\\ninai proi)riate.\\nThe first dwelling erected here was the one-story tmilding\\nnow standing just east of the Methodist church. The next is\\nthe house now occupied by Mr. A. G. Headen, and known\\nas the Yellow House. This was erected by Patrick St. Law-\\nrence whose name is perpetuated by a P. O. where he once\\nlived), and was built in such a substantial and costly manner\\nas to have bankrupted the owner and tiie contractor who\\nbuilt it. The Methodist church was built in 1827. The\\nEi)is! opal church was erected in 1833, and was called St.\\nBartholomew s, because the county, in the act establishing\\nit, was constituted St. Bartholomew s Parish, as heretofore\\nstated. The Baptist church Mas erected in 1847, and the\\nPresbyterian church was elected in 1851. The present male\\nAcademy is the same one in which Rev. Wm. Bingham taught\\nseventv-five vears ago. and in which were ediu-ated two boys", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "who afterwards became Governors of North Carolina, viz:\\nJohn Owen and Charles Manly. Three newspapers have\\nstruggled through a brief existence in our town the Central\\nBeflector, published by Hugh McQueen in 1830 5 the Commu-\\nnicat jr, published by Wm. Potter (son of Judge Potter) in 1846,\\nand the Christian Sun, published by Eev. D. W. Kerr in 1850.\\nTwo small papers were published here in 1866 and 1867 one\\ncalled the Semi-Montlily Record, published by the students of\\nthe Pittsboro Scientific Academy, and the other by the young-\\nladies of the Locust Hill Seminary, aiid called the School\\nGirl\\nOur town has always been appreciated for its pleasant so-\\nciety, and the hospitality and intelligence of its citizens, and\\nthough our prosperity is shattered, our homes dilapidated,\\nand our business depressed, there is life in the old place yet,\\nand we hoije to regain its wonted prosperity.\\nIn looking over the Minute Docket of the Court for the\\nyears 1774-5-6-7-8 and 9 are found many interesting entries.\\nAmong the first is an order at August Term, 1774, Hhat\\nDaniel Murphy be allowed for live wolf scalps, and ^^that\\nWm. Murphy be allowed for one v/ildcat scalp, which is the\\nlist instance of a wolf or wildcat being found in Chatham\\nCounty. This order refers to the old custom of paying for\\nthe destruction of wild animals. At August Term, 1779, an\\nentry reads as follows: Drewrj Banks came into Court and\\nmotioned to have the following entry made, he having had a\\nfight lately with one James Roe, had the misfortune in the\\nengagement to have his right ear bit off by the said Roe;\\ntherefore, ordered that the same be admitted to the record of\\nthis Court. There are many entries similar to this, for the\\ncrime of perjury being punished by cutting off the ear, those\\nwho had their ears bit off desired it to so appear on the Court\\nrecords.\\nIn November, 1774, is an order allowing Mial Scurlock to\\nbuild a mill on Robinson s Creek, some of the remains of\\nwhich can still be seen at the old site in the field of Hon.\\nAbram Rencher, about half a mile southwest of our Court-\\nhouse. Another mill on Robinson s Creek was built in 1786\\nby George Lucas, about half a mile above the mill now owned\\nby Wesley Pendergrass. Inns or Taverns were called Ordi-", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8\\nnanes, and licenses to kecj) them Avcre p-anted I\u00c2\u00bbv tfic t\u00c2\u00bbnnty\\nCourts, and the in oprictors re((nir( d to uivc bond witli ^ood\\nsecurity, and the \\\\\u00c2\u00bbnrts estahlishi d tin- prices to lie cliarj;ed,\\nwhich re.id rather ([ualntly now. For instance, at Au i;ust\\nTerr.i, 1774, it is orcU red that the rates of the several Oi di-\\nnary keepers in this County be as folh)ws, to-wit:\\nWest India Kuni. pt. C Is\\nNew Enj;-land do.\\nGood Peach Hr.mdy.. i)t.,\\nAi)ple lirandy,\\nWhiskey^\\nTrab Cyder, qt.\\nAll other kinds of\\n(^yder,\\nBristol Beer, liottle, 2\\nMadeira Wiue, f::allon,\\nHi\\nTencrief Wine. _n,ilion II\\nOats or Corn, (jt.. 2\\nStablaii e with fodder\\nl)er nijiht, 1\\nHot dinnei with beer\\nor Cyder, 1 4\\nCold dinner, 8\\nBreakfast, 1\\nLod^in^ in a jiood featlier\\nbed. a ni^ht, 4\\nA\\\\ e ni:ii,lit follow the example of our aucestors with much\\ncomfoi-t to the travelers noAvadays, aud have the rates of our\\nhotels regulated by la^ for in our day liotels seem to be kept\\nmerely for the profit of the proprietor, without any regard t(v\\nthe comfort or pocket of the jjublic. The above rates were\\nestablished before the war began, but when the currency be-\\ncame someMhat depreciated, new rates were ordered at Febru-\\narv Term, 177S, as follows:\\nFor a Breakfast, 8s\\nFor a dinner Avith\\ngrog, 5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLodging a night, 1\\nOats and corn per gal., 2\\nFodder a bundle, (kl\\nBrandy per gallon, \u00c2\u00a32\\nWest India rum\\nper g.illon. 2\\nWhiskey per gallon. 1 12\\nCrab (Vder, 5 4\\nOthei- Cvder 4\\nThis shows that the heroes of 7 had a care for the\\ncreature comforts, and amply pro\\\\ided for the inner\\nman. The currency of the ountry becanu so depreciated\\n(hat tinally one dollar in specie was equivalent to 800 in pa-\\nper dollars, for the Court records show that in 17.S2 and 88\\njudgments were rendered in the alternative at that rate.\\n.Vt Xo\\\\ Term, 1781, is an entry that James AVilliams,\\nEsq., be allowed the sun e tw thousand four hundred dol-", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "9\\nlars for a blank-book for the. use of tlie Court. Even our\\nConfederate money was not so worthless as this. It may be\\nof interest to give the amount of taxes collected in this county\\nin those early days, and make a comparison with the present.\\nAt Feb. Term, 1775, is found an entry stating that the Court\\nl^roceeded to settle with Elisha Cain, Esq., Sheriff for the years\\n1771 and 1772, from which it appears that the taxes for 1771\\n(the first year of the existence of the county) were \u00c2\u00a3118-10-0,\\nor about |800, and for 1772 \u00c2\u00a386-10_5, or about $450. The\\ntotal amount of taxes collected in this county last year (1875)\\nwas $29,803.87, of which $17,330.15 were for County purposes,\\nand $12,473.72 for the State.\\nIn the early records many orders are found to lay out the\\npublic roads of the county, but only a few of those roads are\\nnow used, others having been opened. It is to be noticed, how-\\never, that those old roads were much more direct and more\\nconvenient to the j^ublic than the new roads, for the for-\\nmer were laid out to save distance and travelling, while the\\nlatter appear to be laid out for the j)urpose of going by some\\nperson s mill or store, without consulting the public conveni-\\nence at all. And in mentioning roads, it is proper here to\\nstate that the present highways of Chatham County are a dis-\\ngrace to any people pretending to be civilized, and our pros-\\nperity will ever be retarded until our ways are mended.\\nThere were several ferries established at an early day one\\nat Eedfield, about one mile below the present By num Fac-\\ntory, on Haw Eiver; one over the Cape Fear Eiver, called\\nAvent s Ferry, which is still used, and bears the same name.\\nAt Nov. Court, 1781, it is ordered that John Avent be al-\\nlowed the following rates for ferriage across the Cape Fear\\nRiver, viz:\\nFor wagon and team loaded, 400 dollars. For cart and\\nhorses loaded, 200 dollars. For man and horse, 50 dollars.\\nThis was when specie was worth 800 for 1. There were vari-\\nous other ferries and fords in the county over the different\\nstreams, among them ^Yilliams and Crow s, on Haw Eiver,\\nand Eigden s, on Deep Eiver.\\nThe first bridge ever built in the county was across New\\nHope, and was called Sypart s (or Cypert s) Bridge, and was\\nlocated where is now Prince s Bridge, on the road to Ealeigh,", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\nabout nine miles east of Pittsboro. It was near tliis place\\nthat the Tniversity of tlie Stale was lirst localeil, ainl then\\nchanged to hai)el Hill. The date of l)uildiiig this lii-idge\\ncannot be ascertained, but at Aug. Coui-t, 1777, it is ordeied\\nthat Elisha Cain and Francis Syi)art be appointed Coinniis-\\nsioners for letting to tie lowest bidder th.e repairing of New\\nHope Ihi lge, near tlie s;;id Fi-ancis Syi-art s. The future\\nhistorian may desire to know our i)resent nund;er of bridges,\\nand tlieir locations, and they are nuntioned, therefore, for\\nfutui e information: On Deep Eiver are thi-ee bridges, located\\nas follows, viz: At Lockville, Egypt, and the (aulf; on Kocky\\nElver, cue at Wni. White s; on Haw River are six, as follows:\\nat Love s Mill, Pace s Mill, Byraim s Factory, Henley s :Mill.\\nMoore s Mill, ar.d at Haywood, and on New Hope four, viz:\\nat Farrington s Mill, Prince s, Baldwin s Mill, and at John-\\nson s store: a total of fourteen bridges, besides small (uesover\\ncreeks, etc. In .January, ISO. a heavy freshet swept away\\nevery bridge on Haw Elver, which at the time was considered\\na gi eat calamity, but which resulted in being a blessing, for\\nIn April following the plundering bands of bumnu is from the\\nFederal army were prevented from crossing the river, and\\nmuch ])roperty thus saved.\\nAnd now let us proceed to consider the political history of\\nour county dniing the Eevolutlonary War, and what part her\\ncitizens acted in these days that tried men s souls. In doing\\nso, 1 will as much as possible avoid I epeating those events re-\\ncorded iu history, and endeavor to bring new matter to light,\\nas gathered from the Coui t records. The first and nu)st Im-\\nportant fact to be mentioned is the time at which the year of\\nthe King s reign was omitted from the i-ecord of the proceed-\\nings in our Court. The recoid of the J roceedings at each\\nTerm of the Court had the following heading, viz: ^Atan\\nInferior Court, c., held at the Court-House, e., on tlie sec-\\nond Monday, c., in the year of his Msijesty s reign,\\ne. The year of his majesty s reign was always inserted\\nuntil after August Term, 1775, and at JVov. Term, 1775, and\\never (ifferirard.s it is omitted. Ee It ever remembei ed, then,\\nthat the people of Chatham County in this manner renounced\\nthe sovereignty of George III, tlie year before the Declara-\\ntion of Independence was signed!", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "11\\nThe first record of an election of members of the General\\nAssembly was made at Feb. Term, 1779, and is as follows:\\nOrdered that the Sheriff of the County advertise at the most\\npublic places in the County, that on the 10th of March next,\\nthe Inhabitants of the County are ordered to meet at the\\nCourt-House of said County to choose two Burges and one\\nSenator to represent them in the next General Assembly of\\nthis State, and that he summon John Auld, Eich. Kennon\\nand Jolm Montgomery, Esquires, to sui^eriutend said election.\\nIt will thus be seen that there was only one voting-place in\\nthe County. No^Y there are sixteen voting-places. History\\ninforms us that Ciiatham sent delegates to Hillsboro in Aug.^\\n1775, to the Congress at Halifax in Nov., 1770, and to the\\nGeneral Assembly in 1777 and 1778. At May Term, 1777,\\nthe record states that Ambrose Ramsey qualified as Col. of\\nthis County, Jeduthan Harper as Lieut. Col, Mial Scurlock as\\nFirst Major, and Mathew Jones as Second Major.\\nThe record of August Court, 1778, shows the following cap-\\ntains of the militia, viz: Alexander Clark, Abner Hill, John\\nXall, William Goldston, Thomas Hill, Presley George, John\\nBirdsoug, James Kendrick, Joseph Crump, Edward Edwards,\\nJames Herudon and Josiah Rogersf Ko record can be found\\nto show any account of the troops from Chatham in the regu-\\nlar Continental Army, and it was supposod there was no or-\\nganized company from the county. The bold depredations,\\nof the Tories in this and the surrounding counties kept our\\nmilitia quite actively employed at home.\\nFrequent mention is made of certain persons being brought\\nbefore the Court charged with disloyalty, and upon their re-\\nfusing to take the oath of allegiance to the State were ordered\\nto leave. So very zealous were our citizens to suppress every\\nsymptom of disloyalty and disaffection, that men were arrested\\nfor even speaking words inimical to the new government; for\\nat Aug. Court, 1777, there is an entry that Robert Sellers,\\nEsq., one of the Justices of this Court, being brought into\\nCourt by virtue of a warrant, and being charged with hav-\\ning spoken words inimical to the United States of America,\\nand in violation of an act of the General Assembly of this\\nState, on the evidences being sworn in behalf of the State to\\nsupport the charge against him, it was solemnly adjudged", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nby tlic roiirt tliat he \\\\\\\\;is not ;nilty of the said cluirji e, and\\nthat \\\\\\\\v he discliar^cd accordiujily. The arrest of desertei S\\nMlii( l\\\\ was the cause of so nuieh troiihh- in tlie late civil war,\\nwas frequently done by the Kebels of 7G. An entry made\\nat Au^ Term, 1777, reads as foHows: James AN alker, being-\\nbrou ;ht before this Court and examined ui)on sus])icion of\\nhaving deserted out of the service of tlic (itli Kegt. of South\\nCarolina forces, he is ordered to be committed to the public\\ngoal tor the district^ to be dealt with as the law directs. So\\nit seems that the Rebels of the late war had a precedent\\nset them by the Rebels of the Revolution, and only fol-\\nlowed their illustrious exami)le in arresting and imprisoning\\nmen who deserted from the service of their State. As we\\nwere called Rebels in the late war, so were the patriots of\\nthe Revolution stigmatized as Rebels, and their resistance\\nto British oppression called a rebellion. Truly halli the\\npoet said:\\nRebellion! foul, dishonoring word.\\nWhose wrongful blight so oft has stained\\nThe holiest cause that tongue or sword\\nOf mortal ever lost or gained.\\nHow many a spirit, born to bless,\\nHath sunk beneath tlr.it withering name,\\nWhom but a day s, an hour s success,\\nHad wafted to eternal fame!\\nThe Rebels of the Revolution were more ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iolent and ex-\\ntreme than vvev we were,for they compelled every citizen to take\\na test oath, or le.ive the State. At May Term. 1778, certain\\nJustices were ordered to administer the oaths by act of\\nAssembly^ prescribed, to the jx ople in general in their respec-\\ntive districts, and make a list of all those who neglect or\\nrefuse to take the same.\\nIn other words, a test oath was required to be taken by every\\nperson, and those citizens who refused to renounce allegiance\\nto their King and take the oath to supi)()rt the new govern-\\nment were to be reported to the Court, so that they might be\\narrested, their ])i opei ty contiscated, and they and their fami\\nlies reinov (l from the State. Surely the late i-ebels did\\nnot attempt nioi e high-handed measures. A ])iil w;!s intro-", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "13\\n(tliiced into tlie Convention in 1861 to reqnire a f^imilaf test\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2oath, and it was voted down by an overwhehnino- majoi ity.\\nThe property of all those who adhered to the King was con-\\nfiscated, and our records abound with repeated references to\\nthis subject. For instance, at May Term, 1780, it is or-\\ndered that John Ramsey, Mial Scurlock and John Nail be\\nappointed Commissioners to take into their possession the con-\\nfiscated estates of this county, agreeable to an act of Assem-\\nbly, passed at Halifax, 18th day of October, 1779.\\nHearing tliese things should cause every person to have\\nmore tolerance and charity to the late rebels for proceeding\\nas they did, and as after the close of the Eevolutionary War\\nthe Whigs and Tories settled down in peace and amity, and\\nforgetting their differences united together in building up this\\ngreat country, so let us emulate their glorious example of\\nreconciliation, and laying aside the passions and prejudices\\nexcited by the late war, let us unite together for the common\\ngood of a common country. In this Centennial Year of Jubi-\\nlee, let us forget and forgive the w^rongs inflicted and the suf-\\nferings endured, and profiting by the sad experience of the\\npast, press forward with the hope of a glorious future for us\\nall. The soldiers who woi the blue and those wlio wore the\\ngrey are now alike engaged in the more congenial pursuits\\nof peace, who hath lier victories mere wnoAvncd tlian war,\\n4uul are together building up our waste places, so that peace\\nand plenty may again bless our beloved country.\\nNo more sliall the war-cry sever.\\nOr tlie winding rivers be red:\\nThey banish our anger forever.\\nWhen they lau]-el the graves of our de;ul)\\nUnder tlie sod and tlie dew,\\nWaiting tlie judgment day,\\nLove and teai S for the Bine,\\nTear and love for the Grey.\\nIt is almost impossible to give even a brief sketch of the\\nmost distinguished citi7 en8 of Chatham living one hundred\\nyears ago, for with many of them their vei\\\\v names arv for-\\ngotten, and they have passed away as bubble.*^ on the current\\nof time. But\\nWe shall rerlve their names, and in fond memories\\nPreserve and still keep fresh, like fiowers in water,\\nTheir glorious deeds.", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14\\nEi.isiiA Caix w;is the first Sheriff of the county, and after-\\nwards one of tlie le:idin Justices; was a delegate to Hillsboro\\nin Au 1775, and after the war a member of the Legislature;\\nresided on the northern side of Haw IMver. Wm. Hooper\\nwas the first Clerk of our County Court. Richard Kennon\\nwas a prominent Justice of the Court for many years, whose\\nname is repeatedly mentioned in our records. He lived, died\\nand is buried near the present residence of Wm. White, on\\nRocky lliver, and tlioug:h hundreds of our citizens, continually\\npass by the former residence and grave of this man, who was\\n80 iirominent in days of old, yet how few, if any, have ever\\nheard his name ever mentioned! Sic transit mundi gloria\\nAmerose RAMSF.Y vras Col. of the militia,a prominent Justice\\nof the Court, the owner of the mills where Cornwallis cro. S?d\\nDeep River, and, after the war, for many years in tlie State\\nLegislatui e. John Ramsey wavS for many years a Justice of\\nthe Court, and afterwards Clerk. Mathew Ra^fsey was\\nCaptain of a company of light-hoi-se, was captured by Fan-\\nning at Chatham C. H., was can-ied prisoner to Wilmington,\\nwhence he escaped -and rejoined his comi)any. He owned and\\nlived at what is now called Green s Mills, on Rocky River.\\nHe was a brother of Ambrosia and John, and the grandfather\\nof the Ramseys lately living here. ]\\\\riAL Scuklock owned\\nthe dwelling at the old C. H. and was Clerk of the Court from\\nMay, 1777, until his death, in May, 1781. Mathew Jones\\nwas one of the first Justices of the Court, was Major of the\\nmilitia, and, after the war, in the Legislature. He lived, died\\nand is bui ied near the Asheboro road, about five miles west of\\nPittsboro, and when this town was laid out, bought numy lots\\nin it. He is the Grandfather of Mrs. Johu E. Nettles. Maj.\\nJohn Xaul, or Xall. and Joiix Luttrele are the only two\\nofficers who were killed in battle. They were both killed at\\nCane ci eek in the attem])t to release Gov. Burke, whom Fan-\\nning had captured and was earning to Wilmington. They\\nwere l)oth Justices, Luttrell living near Haw river, and Xall\\nnear the present Hear Creek Baptist church. Major Xall was\\nthe great-grandfather of ]\\\\ri Elbert I). Nail. Major Nail was\\na giillant and brave officer, and a good and useful citizen,\\nwhose untimely death was a public loss. Roger Gbiffith\\nwas for nrany years Sheriff of the county, a .Tustice of the Court,", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "15\\nand Major of the militia, and lived near the old road, about f\\nof a mile southwest of Pittsboro\\nBut time and space would fail me to even briefly mention\\nall the leading characters of that early day, for there were\\nJohn Birdsong, John Montgomery, Baalam Thompson, Jedu-\\nthan Harper, William Kinclien, Joseph Brantleyj Joseph Hin-\\nton, James Sellers, Thomas Gregory and others, who were\\nJustices of tlie Court, and men whose names should be re-\\nvered by a grateful posterity, though they have long since\\npassed away and finished their course. Let us emulate their\\nvirtues and shun their vices, and so act our part in the\\nworld s broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, that\\nwhen another hundred years shall have rolled by the men of\\n1976 may recall our names with grateful love and reverence,\\nand we be held ii}) as exauiplars of virtue and patriotism.\\nSee to it, men of Chatham, that ye be not degenerate\\nscions of noble sires, but be faithful to every trust, sincere in\\nevery opinion, and true in all things. Let not the little, petty,\\ndifferences that divide you as individuals hinder you as the\\ncommon citizens of a common country from uniting together\\nin your efforts to build up that country. This Centennial\\nyear of our National Independence should mark a new de-\\nparture in our national growth and prosperity. It should\\nbe the beginning of a new and brighter era dawning on our\\nwhole country. It is the dividing line between the old and\\nthe new. It should be as some mighty breakwater dashing\\nback the angry waves of hate and i^assion which have so long-\\nbeen seething and surging in our distracted country. This\\nyear and these celebrations, which to-day are participated in\\nby the whole American people, will have lost their force and\\nsignificance unless we are taught the grand lessons of peace\\nand reconciliation, of love of country, and of charity to our\\nfellow-man. Let us learn to be more tolerant of the views\\nand opinions of those who differ from us, and bear in mind\\nthat no man is perfect.\\nBut to proceed, wiiile a large majority of the citizens of\\nChatham were zealous for the new government, and gladly\\njoined in the cause of liberty and independence, yet there\\nwere others, and many of them highly respectable citizens,\\nwho saw no good or sufficient cause to throw off the sove-", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "16\\nri ffi^ity of Ortnit Britain, ami nn Iio refused fo join in wfiat\\nthey considered adreadfnl rebellion, and to-day their d(\u00c2\u00bbsc(Mid-\\nants are among- onr most re|)ntal)le citizens. l ,iit during t he-\\nwar the passions of whi i;s and torien were so exeiteil that a\\nmost murderous and destnictive species of waHare was car-\\nried on among neighbors and former friends. Tlie tones were\\nled by a man, of whom a sketch will liei-e l e given, as he is\\nso closely iutei-AVoven with the liistoiy of tliose days.\\nThe most conspicuous character of the Kevolutionarj- days\\nwas CoL David P^vxNrx(J, whose name is still flimiliar in our\\nown time, and about whose bloody deeds and murderous ex-\\nploits our old people still talk witli hoiTor. Tradition has so-\\nenveloi ed him as to make it almost impossil)le to separate\\nthe tnie from the false. Eev. E. W. Canithei-s, in 1854, pub-\\nlished his work entitled Tlie Old North State in 1776, in\\nwhich, he devotes much space to the tr iditions concerning\\nFanning, and notwithstanding- his diligent efforts to an-ive at\\nthe truth, are found many inaccuracies and mistakes. Fan-\\nning hiiUvSelf wrote a narrative of his ad\\\\ enturcs, which was\\nnot i^ublished until the year 18G1, and then only fifty coi)ies,\\nand thej^ for private distribution. It is from reading this\\nnarrative that I am enabled to correct the mistakes of Mr.\\nCaruthers and others, lie w;is born in Wake oi Johnston,\\ncounty, in the year 1754; was bouml as an ai pren1i( e, but\\nowing to hai sh treatment, r;in away, and engaged in traffic-\\ning with the Indians in South Carolina. Tpon the commence-\\nment ol hostilities he became a tory and was engaged in many\\nadventures in South Carolina until after the fall of Charleston,\\nin May, 1780, he came to this county and lived with a noted\\ntory, John Rains, on Brush Creek. In a letter to the Uni-\\nvei-sity ^lagazine, in March, 1858, Gov. Swain incorrectly\\nstates that Fanning came to Chatham in 1778. He remained\\n([uiet at this place until 1781, when, with a few followers, he\\ncommenced a predatory warfare on his neighbors, nuiny of\\nwhom were murdered; and finally, Avhen in the month of\\nJune a general meeting of the loyalists was called to appoint\\na commanding officer of the militia, he was elected colonel,\\nand immediately set off for Wilminji^ou (100 miles distant)\\nto receive his commission from Maj. Craigg, the British officer\\ncomniauding that j)Ost, which commission read as follows:", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "17\\nBy J;i nes Heury Craigg, Esq., Maj. iu liis Majesty s 82d\\nBeg., commanding a detachment of the King s troops iu North\\nCarolina, c., c.\\nTo David Fanning, Esq.\\nThese are to appoint yon to be colonel of the loyal mili-\\ntia in Randolph and hatham counties, who are directed\\nto obey you as such in all lawful commands whatsoever; and\\nyou are authorized to grant commissions to the necessary per-\\nsons of known attachment to his Majesty s person and gov-\\n\u00c2\u00abernment, to act as captains and subalterns to the different\\ncompanies of militia aforesaid. As colonel, you are hereby\\nfully empowered to assemble the militia, and lead them against\\nany party of rebels, or others the King s enemies, as often as\\nnecessary; to compel all persons whatsoever to join you; to\\nseize and disarm, and, when necessary, to detain in confine-\\nment all rebels or others acting against his Majesty s govern-\\nment, and to do all other acts l)ecoming a King s otticer and\\ngood subject.\\nGiven at Wilmington, this 5th of July, 1781.\\nJ. H. Craigg,\\nMaj., commanding the King s Troops.\\nE npowered with tliis authority, he returned from Wil-\\nmington on the 12th of July, and ordered a general muster\\nlit Cox s Mill, at which place he established his head-quarters.\\nTliis mill is now owned by M. J. Swift, and is situated on the\\nwestern side of Deep Eiver, at the mouth of Mill creek, in\\nBmdolph county, about five miles from the Chatham line.\\nHe organized his forces and appointed officers, whose names\\nwould here be given, but the descendants of many of them\\nare among our respectable citizens, and might dislike their\\ntory ancestors to be named. His first exploit after organizing\\nwas his descent upon Chatham Court-House, on the 15th of\\nJuly, as Caruthers has it, or on the 18th, as Wheeler states.\\nMr. Caruthers is mistaken iu saying that it was a court of\\npleas and quarter sessions which Fanning there captured, and\\nGov. Swain makes the same mistake in his letter to the Uni-\\nversity Magazine. Those courts were held then at the same\\ntime, as they ever since have been held, until their abolition\\nin 1868, i. e., on tlie 2d Mondays in Feb., May, Aug. and", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18\\nXovcMiilxM So that this court was not in session in July. Fan-\\niiiug s narrative states e\\\\ i)li( itly that it was a geuer.il mus-\\nter, and the day folh)win 4 were to eall a court-martial\\nfor the trial of several loyalists who had refused to bear\\narms. And Fanning- |)ro( eeds to ^Ive an account of his raid\\n(page 23) as follows: Upon receiving this intelligence,!\\nproceeded towards the Court-House, 17 miles, that night w illi\\nthe men T had named, and the morning following, by seven\\no clock, 1 arri\\\\ ed there. I surrounded the plr.ce where they\\nwere. I expected to tind members of tlu court-martial, but\\nthey had dispersed the evening before, and were to meet at\\neight o clock. I then posted pickets on every road, and within\\ntwo hours took 53 prisoners, among them the colonel, major,\\nand all the militia officers of the county, except two, who had\\nnot attended, audals) one continental cai)tain, with three of\\ntheir delegates to the General Assembly. I immediately\\nmarched then to Cox s Mill, an d paroled all except 14, w hom\\nI knew were violent against the goveiar.nent. Those I con-\\nducted to Wilmington, and delivered to Major Craigg.\\nAmong tliose captured, Mr. (^aruthers states, was John\\nWilliams, attoruey-at-law^, commonly called London John\\n(having come from the city of London), but this is a mistake,\\nas our Court records show th.it he was admitted to practice\\nlaw as an attorney at February Term, 1785. He should have\\nsaid James Williams, Esq., who bad been an attorney in the\\ncounty for mmy yeii S, and w lio, was i3,irolel after being car-\\nried to Wilmington, as our records farther show, and who, on\\nhis i-etui-n home, wrote a letter to Gov. Burke in behalf of\\nthe other prisanewS. (See Caruthers, page 168). UponFan-\\nuing s i-eturn from WlUnington occurred his attack upon and\\ncapture of Col. Philip Alston, and twenty-five men. As Mr.\\nCaruthers gives a full account of this fight, (page 180), it is\\nhere merely mentioned. The house is still standing in a good\\nstate of preservation, and the holes made by tory bullets are\\nstill jilainly visible, ft is si^tuated^ on the northern bank of\\nDeep Kiver, and known as the Chalmers Place.\\nFanning s next ej^ploit was the capture of Gov. Burke ;ind\\nothers at Hillsboro which, however, belongs to the history of\\nOrange county. Fanning, after this, continued his depreda-\\ntions, and even after Cornwallis surrendei-, in Octol)er 1781,", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "19\\nhe still bid bold delid/uce to the rebels, and ruin and death\\nmarked his footsteps, until June, 1782, he left the county for\\nSouth Carolina, thence going to Florida, and finally to ]Sro\\\\a\\nSeotia, where he died in 1825.\\nWhile we condemn the principles of this man and abhor\\nhis bloody murders, yet we must admire his wonderful bold-\\nness, displayed on the most i)3rilous ocsasions, and his un-\\nflinching devotion, even in defeat, to the cause he had\\nespoused. Another leading tory was Col. John Pyle, who\\nlived on the public road about equi-distant from Pittsboro\\nand Graham, near the present residence of Jesse S. Henley.\\nHe is first mentioned as a prisoner at the battle of Moore s\\ncreek, near Wilmington, but will always be known as the\\nleader of the tories at Pyle s hacking match, 25th Feb.,\\n1781, whom Col. Lee so completely cut to pieces. AVhile no\\nimportant battle was fought in Chatham county, yet the armies\\nof L:)rd Cornwallis and Gen. Greene marched through the\\ncentre, from the northwestern to the southern borders. A\\nfew days alter the battle of Guilford C. H., on the 15th of\\nMarch, 1781, Cornwallis took up his line of march for Wil-\\nmington, and on the night of the 22d encamped on Cane creek\\nin Chatham county, at Dixon s mill, which mill is still owned\\nby the Dixon family^ and remained two days at this place.\\nThere are many pleasant local traditions connected with this\\nencampment. The chair in which Cornwallis sat while there\\nstill remains in good preservation, and is now owned by Mr.\\nThomas C. Dixon. Several of these traditions are preserved\\nin some jingling verses, written by a son of one of the eye-\\nwitnesses. Upon leaving Dixon s Mill, the British army\\nmarched to Chatham Court-House and spent the night, Corn-\\nwallis occupying as his head-quarters the house in which Mrs.\\nISTat. Hill now resides; cut in the weather- boarding of this\\nhouse are still to be seen the names of many British soldiers.\\nFanning, in his narrative, mentions that he met the army\\nat Dixon s Mill, and that he gave Cornwallis information as ^^to\\nthe situation of the county and disposition of. the people, and\\nthen returned to Deep Eiver to conduct more men to the pro-\\ntection of the British arms, and after two days rejoined the\\narmy at Chatham C. H. From this place the army marched\\nto Ramsey s Mills, known now as Lockville, and encamped in", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20\\nGlascock s old \\\\Md, Coniwallis haviii i Itis luMd-quai tors in\\nthe sjinie buildiu^- now occupied as a hotel. Here they re-\\nmained two (.lays engaj;-e l in buildiii a bridge across Deep\\nRiver. While \\\\wvi several soldiers were shot by Thomas Kid-\\ndle and a lew other (.hiring- wlii ;s concealed on the other\\nsid\u00c2\u00ab of the river. vS .niie of our oldest citizens remember old\\nTom Riddle, and deliji-ht tt) lell how he shot dow u the lirit-\\nish soldiers, and his narrow escape from capture. Foraj;in c\\nparties were sent out iu the surrounding; country, aud one\\nparty visited the farm of the tiither of ilr. Benjamiu John-\\nson, near Rocky River, who is still livin and distinctly re-\\nmembers seeing; them. He was then alxuit twelve years old,\\nso that this old man is now about 10(J years of age He is the\\noldest man now living in Cliatham county, and yet is well\\npreserved in body and mind. He was abont thiit ye-ars old\\nwhen he marriwl, and his first child was lM)rn iu ISOl. He is\\nthe last remaining- link connecting; the past with the present,\\nthe only one of our citii^ens who was living- at our nation s\\nbirth, and celebi-atcs its centennijil. Who of us will live to\\nsee the second centennial t\\nCornwallis pnshed forward the building- of the bridg;e at\\nRamsey s Mills as rapidly as ossible, for (len. (ireene was in\\nhot pursuit, and had reached Rigden s ford, on Deep River,\\nbnt had hesitated to ci oss, not knowing- whether Cornwallis\\nwonld cross Haw River and go down to the east bank of the\\nCape Fear, or cross Deep River and go to the west side.\\nThe location of Rigden s ford is incorrectly stated by Mr.\\nCamthei s (on psig e 181^, st^cond seri(\u00c2\u00bbs) as lM\u00c2\u00bbing- forty miles\\nabove Ramsey s Mills, but Simms,in his Life of (xcn. Greene\\n(page 205), locates it correctly as being* only twelve miles.\\nAfter diligent incpiiiy and search, I am siitistied the latter is\\ncorrect. At February Court, 1779, is the following entry:\\nOrdered, that (on complaint of John Wilcox) the dam on\\nDeep river is a nuisance by overtlowing his mill and destroy-\\ning the ford at the Gulf contrary to the Act of Assembly, and\\ntliat John Montgomery, John Thompson, Samuel Temples,\\nBalaam Thompson and Isjiac Brooks, Rail s., enquire into the\\nsaid complaint, and if the\\\\ find the s;iid dam to be a nuisance,\\nthat they direct Stephen Rigden to remove the same. It is\\nwell known that John Wilcox had a mill at the Gulf, and this", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "21\\ndam of Stephen Eigden iniist have been he\\\\i that point a\\nshort distance, and no doubt it was renioveci iu t l)edience to\\nthe above order, for I am informed by Mr. Jordan Tysori, Sr.,\\nwho is now in his eightietli year, and has always lived near\\nthere, that when a boy he well remembers seeing the remains\\nof a dam and a mill about three miles below the Gulf, and\\njust above the present Egypt bridge. I have found in our\\nCourt records repeated mention of the road to Eigden s, and\\nin every instance corresponding to this location.\\nEarly on the morning of the 23th of March General Greene\\nhastened from Eigden s ford, hoping to overtake the British,\\nbut was just too late. The army of Cornwullis was the only hos-\\ntile army that ever passed through Chatham, but in the late\\ncivil war the people of Chatham made a much more narrow\\nescape than they imagine, for if Gens. Johnston and Sherman\\nhad delayed their armistice one day, our county would have\\nbeen swarming with hostile trooi^s. In the Eeport of the\\nSecretary of War in 1SG5-1S66, page 1209, Gen. Sherman\\nstates that Major General O. O. Howard was to turn to the\\nleft by Hackney s cross roads, Pittsboro, St. Lawrence, and\\nAsheboro Major Gen. H.W. Slocum to cross Cape Fear river\\nat A vent s ferry, c. Gen. Howard had reached Cary, and\\nGen. Slocum Holly Springs, en route for these points, when\\nthe truce for ten days was agreed on, followed by the surren-\\nder of Johnston s army on the 26th of April.\\nThe only allusion to Gen. Greene s army which can be found\\namong our records is mentioned in the inventory of the estate of\\nPeter Dunken Duncan? one ticket for 2 heifers Gen. Greene s\\narmy took, which ticket it is hoped was finally paid.\\nIn those days no Superior Courts were held in this county,\\nand not until 1800. The Superior Court was held at Hills-\\nboro tAvice a year, and jurors drawn fiom the surrounding\\ncounties composing that district. Our County Court ordered\\ncertain jurors from Chatham to attend every Superior Court\\nat Hillsboro and, it seems, paid their expenses, as the rec-\\nords repeatedly mention that such an one be alloAved his ticket\\nas juror at Hillsboro As a matter of curiosity, I have\\nsearched up an old bill of costs to show what lawing cost in\\nthose days. Eichard Barry vs. Wm. Bynum, May Term,\\n1772. Warrant and all services, nearly $20.", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "2 lid do.,\\n18\\nPrnvince Tux,\\n5\\nSiibpa .iui,\\n8\\nAttorney s Fee\\n1 5\\nSheriff;\\n8 4\\n22\\nIsf Cont in nance, M- 14 j It iy no u onder tliat the peo-\\nl)le complained so imu-h of\\nCourt C hargesand costs, which\\nwas the main j;ronnd of coin-\\nlilaint by I he Regulators.\\nThese county courts were es-\\ntablislied in 1707, and were\\n\u00c2\u00a33 18 4 abolislied in 18()8. and have\\ngenerally been Icnowu ius the peo[ U s courts. The earliest\\nlawyers who practiccnl in our courts w ere William Hooper^\\nJames Williams, Eiumtield Ridley, .loliu Kinchen, AliVed\\nMoore, Kalph AlcXair, Henry (Jitlbrd and others. John Kand\\nwas the King s Attorney, and at Aug. Term, 1774, it is or-\\ndered tluit Win. Dillard be allowed for making a clerk s table\\nand chair for the King s Attorney one ixjund tive shilling;?.\\nJames Williams was State s Attorney after Independence\\nwas declai ed, luitil In? resigned at Feb. Term, 1785. He was\\nvery prominent during those days, and lived somewhere near\\nHaw^ river, and a ford was called by his name. At Feb.\\nTerm, 1775, is the following entry: Alfred Moore, Esq.,\\ncame into Court and produced a commission from his Excel-\\nlency, the Govenor, empowering him to practice as an attor-\\nney in the several courts in this province, thereupon he took\\nthe several oaths by law directed, and subscribed tin. test.\\nIt is to be hoped that some person will at no distant day give\\na sketch of the Bar of Chatham County, and perpetuate its\\ntraditions.\\nIn concluding this imperfect slietch of the* e-aiiier tlays of\\nour county, I have deemed it not inappropriate to annex a.\\nbrief statement of the military companies furnished by Chat-\\nham to the Confederate army, giving the number of men en-\\nlistetl therein, the linrnlKT who died from disease or were\\nkilled in battle, and the names of theofhcers who commanded\\nthem, so that this may fitrnish correct information to our fu-\\nture historian. For. though only eleven years have elapsed\\nsince the close of the war, yet it was only after careful and\\nmost searching inquiries that the data for this statement have\\nbeen obtained from the sur\\\\dving members of these compa-\\nnies. This aUusion to the late war is not made for the pur-", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "^23\\npose of awakeniug your passions, or exciting your feelings.\\nbut merely to gather up materials for the history of our county.\\nThe first company organized in this county was tlie Chat-\\nham Eifles, which immediately after tlie fall of Port Sump-\\nter tendered its services, and after drilling some time at Pitts-\\nboro and receiving their uniforms and tents, on the 28th of\\nMay 1861, amid the tears and lingering adieus of the loved\\nones at home, took up tlieir line of march for Raleigh. Tlie\\nofficers were the following Eoss E. Ihrie, ciq^tain, and at the\\norganization of the regiment elected lieutenant- colonel; John\\nManning, first lieutenant, and at the oigauization of thii regi-\\nment appointed adjutant; Oscar M. Xeal, second lieutenant;\\nWm. L. Loudon, third lieutenant, who was elected first lieu-\\ntenant to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of\\nhrst Lieut. Manning, and at the reorganization in May, 1802.\\nwas elected captain, and shortly thereafter assigned as A. A.\\nGeneral to Daniel s brigade, and was wounded at Malvern\\nHill, Gettysburg, ;ind Winchestier. Upon the promotion of\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acapt. Ihrie, John W. Taylor w;is elected captain of the com-\\npany. The officers elected or appointed thereafter were as\\nfollows, viz: Clarence G. Poe, third lieutenant, who died of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2disease; Leonidas J^ Merritt, first lieutenant, who was killed\\nfit Malvern Hill;V)ames T.Rogers, 2d lieutenant, who was\\nwounded at Malvern Hill, and disabled from duty; J. Tlnnnas\\nEubanks, third lieutenant, who was killed at Spotsylvania,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2and W. H. H. Tyson, first lieutenant and afterwards captain-\\nThe company warS at first Co. M of the 15th regiment, but\\nin August, 1862, was transferred to the 32d regiment as Co.\\n^I. They num])ered at the outset one hundred and ten\\nmen, and the total number during the war amounted to 188\\nmen. A number of the members of this company became\\nofficers of other companies. The losses of this company were\\ntwo officers killed in battle and one died of disease, and\\ntwenty-one privates killed and thirteen died of disease, a total\\nof thirty-seven. The Chatham Guards orgsmized in May,\\n1861, were attached to the 26th regiment as Co. E, Their\\nofficers were Wm. S. Webster, captain, who resigned; W. J.\\nHeaden. first lieutenant, who was elected to the legislature\\nin 1862 and resigned; Bryant Diinlap, second lieutenant;\\nW. Brewer, third lieutenant and after^v^rds captain, wounded", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24\\nand oaptim d at fJcttysbm-o-; Oran A.Traimcr, third li\u00c2\u00abMitonant,\\nwounded and (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ai)tnn (l at (il( ttysl)iir,u-: ,J. LandHMt. second\\nlieutenant, and K. H. McMauns. lliii-d lieutenant. Total num-\\nber of men I x lonoino t() tlie coiupauy altoj-ether dui-in the\\nAvar was ahoid 1*04. Losses, one ofiticer killed, twenty-tive men\\nkilled on the battle Held, ei^ht died of wounds, and thirty-\\nfour of disease, a total of sixty-eiuht. At the battle of (Jet-\\ntysbur.u- this company lost, in killed and wounded, ei;j;hty\\nnu -i out of eighty-three who went into the liuht. The ^Cbat-\\nIiam Boys was oi-ganized loth of June, bSfJl, and became Co.\\n^G, 2()th regiment. Their officers wei-e W. S. McLean, cap-\\nta .ii. who resijiiied; John E. Mathews, first lieutenant, who\\ndied; George E. Underwood, second lietitenant, who resigned\\nfor disease; H. V. Albright, third lieutenant, afterwards\\nelected captain, and killed at Petersburg; John \\\\l. Lane,\\nelected ca])tain and i)ronioted to l)e colonel of the regiment,\\nand wounded at (Jettysburg; John A. Low, third lieutenant,\\ndied of wounds received at Bristow Station; A. E. Johnson,\\nsecond lieutenant, and promoted to captain; Wm. G. Lane,\\nthird lienttMiaiit and promoted to first lientenant; and S. E.\\nTeague, third lieutenant. The total number during the war\\nwas one hui:divd and seventy-tive men. Losses were two\\nofficers killed and died from wounds, one officer from disease\\nand thirty-four men, and twenty-eight men killed and died\\nfioni wounds, a total loss of sixty-five. At the battle of (b t-\\ntysbui g they lost fourteen men killed and forty-thiee wounded.\\nThe officers of Go. D, 35tli regiment, wei-e Hardy J. Lassi-\\nter, captain, who was killed at Malvern Hill; Kol)ert E. Petty,\\nfirst lieutenant, promoted to be cai)tain, and then ]\\\\Iajor;\\nJames P. Gibson, second lieutenant, who resigned; C. A.\\nBoon, third lieutenant, who resigned; (J. W. Avent, elected\\ncaptain; James A. Lasater, first lieutenant, and died from\\nwounds; A. D. Burnett, second lieutenant; and Thaddeus\\nMarks, third lieutenant. Their losses were two otticers killed\\nand died from wounds, and sixteen privates killed, and twelve\\ndied from disease, and six from wounds. Total number en-\\nlisted in the company 143 men. The officers of Co. G,\\n48th regiment, were W. H. Jones, captain; A. G. Headen,\\nfirst lieutenant, who resigned; J. A. Thompson, second lieu-\\ntenant, who was wounded and disabled at Bristow Station; E.", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "25\\nL. Tysor, Jr., second lieutenant, and C. Clegg, elected\\nsecond lieutenant to fill vacancy. Theii losses were twenty-\\nthree killed and twenty-one died of disease.\\nThe otficers of Co. E, 44th regiu^ent, were R. Cotten,\\nHr., captain, who was elected lieutenant-colonel of the i egi-\\nnient and resigned; C. M. Stednian, 1st lieuttniant, then cap-\\ntain, and major, and wounded at Bristow Station; James\\nPhilips, second lieutenant and afterwards captain, and died\\nof disease; J. J. Crump, second lieutenant, promoted to cap-\\ntain, and wounded at Ream s Station; Richard C. Cotten,\\nsecond lieutenant, and resigned; Sidney Tally, second lieuten-\\nant, and Nathan Hilliard, second lieutenant. Total number\\nof enlisted men ir)0, of whom forty were killed and died of\\ndisease.\\nCo. B, 49th regiment, was organized in Ai)ril, 1801*,\\nand the officers were: E. H. Ward, captain, who resigned;\\nJohn Bennet, 1st lieutenant, then captain, and died of disease;\\nYoung A. Oldham, second lieutenant and afterwards captain;\\nand \\\\V. p]. Oldham and James H. Horton, elected lieutenants\\nto fill vacancies. One officer died of disease and twenty-two\\nmen, and ten men were killed. Number of men enlisted\\nabout 7. In Feb., 1863, this company was transferred to\\nthe 15th regiment as Co. D. Co. D, 61st regiment, was\\norganized in Aug., 1862. Its officers were; N. A. Ramsey,\\ncaptain; Wm. S. Ramsey, 1st lieutenant, who was wounded\\nat Fort Harrison, losing his left arm; James Ellington, second\\nlieutenant, who was killed at Fort Harrison; Richard C. Cot-\\nten, Jr., second lieutenant. This company lost thirty-five\\nluen, who were killed or died of disease.\\nCo. E, 5th N. C. regiment of cavalry, was organized in\\nthe summei of 1862, and its officers were as follows, viz:\\nThomas \\\\V. Hairis, captain; John L. Haughton, first lieu-\\ntenant, who died of disease; Dewitt C. Harris, second lieuten-\\nant, who died of disease; N. F. Muse, Jr., second lieutenant,\\nkilled in 18()4; and their vacancies were filled by Atlas P.\\n(xilbert, Josiah Tysor and John F. Atwater. This company\\neidisted al out one hundred and fifteen men; and lost two of-\\nficers, died of disease, and one killed, and ten men killed or\\ndied of disease. Co. G, 5th regiment of cavalry, was or-\\nganized about the same time as Co. E., and had the following", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "2()\\nuliiiccrs: .loliii r .Mc( Iciialiiiii, captain, w I .o rcsi^iwd: Win.\\n.McClcnaliaii, liist liriitciiant, w lio I csi^iicd on acctmiit of l\u00c2\u00bba(l\\nlioallli: Saimicl ICUiii.utoii. second licutciiaiil Cicero lladlex.\\nJr., stM oiid lieiilenanl. Tlie last company oruani/.ed in Clial-\\nliani was Co. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a211. 70tli re iinient .hinior Reserves (as\\nthe seventeen ca It ld hoys were called This coni] any was\\n(\u00c2\u00bbr_uani/ed in .May. 1S()4. and nnud\u00c2\u00bbered S7 l)o\\\\s. witii W. II.\\nCarter, captain; C.irson Johnson, tirst lienlenanl: .1. .1. W al-\\nson, seccnid lieutenant: and W. V. Fultdrd, lliii d lieutenant.\\nIn addition to tlicse companies. Chat ham liii-nlslied many\\nmen for companies ori;ani/,ed in other counties. o. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I. (ith\\nrejiinuMil. nlisted fifty-seven men from Chatham. II. W. York\\nbeiiiii captain. ;ii l promoted to major, and T. .M .leid^ins a])-\\npointed second lieutenant. Of these. se\\\\( nleen wei-e killed\\nor died of disease. About thirty men enlist d in a battery of\\nartillery, commanded by Ca])t. D. .Mooi e. who became\\ncolonel of the (Jdth icniment. and was killed neai Richmond.\\nOf these, six were killed and died of disease. TwentN joined\\nCa])t. .Iennin,ii s Co.. in the 11th i-eniment. and ten o. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ii.\\n2Sth i ej\u00c2\u00bbinient. About twenty-tive Ciiathani men enlisted in\\nCo. D, 8d cavalry regiment, and of them Thomas rooks\\nwas lirst lieutenant and then ca])tain. and 1). M. White second\\nlieutenant. Fifteen men Joined Co. I, :U\\\\ reiviment of cav-\\nalry, and othei s were attached to \\\\arious connnands. which\\ncannot now Ix asi ertained. Lieutenant Joseph .v. liill was\\nattached to the battalion on ^uard at Camp iManiium. and was\\nkilled at the b;dlle of Kinston. John R. IIauj;hton was in\\nthe Siii nal serxice, and died at S. uithx ille ol (Kse ise. and others\\nof Chatham s sons hll uid nown iii-ax es. It will thus l)e seen\\nthai Chatham i-ounty did Ihm- full dut ha\\\\in,u furnished the\\non federate army ne u h two t hous ind of her best and bra est\\nsons, of whom more than four hundred shed their life s blood\\nand yielded up their precious lix es in obedience to their conn\\ntry s call. Whet her t he cause in which they died was ri^ht\\nor wi oul; does not diminisli oui estimation of their nolde\\ndeeds of darinji their unyielding- dex ot ion to duty, and their\\np.it ient endurance of won in Is and disease. Their cause is losl.\\nbut let us not lose t he renuMnbrance of their iilorious deeds.\\nThe\\\\ are dead, but let not t heir \\\\irtues die with t he ii. I\\nthem no jLiratefiil count ry erects the monumental brass and", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "stone, with inscriptions of their heroism, but let their monu-\\nment be the lovinj;- liearts of their surviving comrades, and\\non them be forever inscribed tlie memory of their virtues.\\nAnd as their wliiteniuo- bones now lie scattered on evei-y bat-\\ntle tield,\\nYe winds of Heaven, o er them i^entiy siiih.\\nAnd April showers fall in kindliest rain,\\nAnd let the liolden sunbeams softly lie\\nUj)on the sod for which they died in vain.\\nAnd s[)e iking of the late war, let it eA er be remembered\\nthat the colored people, who were then slaves, remained true\\nand faithful to their masters, and who. while nearly the entire\\nwhite m lie po})ulation was absent in the army, quietly and\\nindustriously tilled the soil, and by their labor furnished the\\nprovisions to feed not only the unprotected women and chil-\\ndren at home, but the soldiers in the armies. In th(Mr praise,\\nbe it ever said that no hand was raised in servile insurrection,\\nl)ut many went with their young masters to the tented field.\\nand with them shared a soldier s sufferings.\\nAnd now my task is done, yours not yet begun. Sly task\\nwas to gather up the traditions of the past; yours is to profit\\nby them, so that you may be enabled the better to live in the\\nfuture. If you should be aided in doing so by anything\\nyou may have this day heard, then is my labor not in rain.\\nAnd now standing to-day upon the threshold of the new cen-\\ntury ot our national existence, and looking backward upon\\nthe old, let us exclaim:\\nOh! checkered train of years, farewell.\\nWith all thy sti ifes and ho} es and fears;\\nBut with us let thy memories dwell.\\nTo warn and lead the coming vears.", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "1.\\nE", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3434", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3402", "width": "2023", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3571", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "addressonrevolut00lond_0048.jp2"}}