He may have been killed in the battle of May 16, 1771 by the troops of the same corrupt English governor
He may have been one of those who had his only firearm confiscated by the troops of the English governor after the battle.
He may have been one of those Regulators who were sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered, although they were only hanged on June 19, 1771 by the English governor
Almost 250 years later I peacefully chose not to further finance the Remington Firearms Corruption of 2013 with my dollars. In addition I will advise and encourage others to do the same
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Freedom Group, Inc owns Remington, Marlin, Harrington & Richardson, New England Firearms, L.C. Smith, Parker, Bushmaster, DPMS/Panther Arms, Dakota Arms, EOTAC, and INTC.
I sympathize and understand.
I had ancestors who received similar treatment more recently during Reconstruction. One was caught and hanged for resisting the outside occupation. One had his home burned and the rest went GTT, like many at that time.
Evil corrupt times.
One of my ancestors was born here during the Republic of Texas. Love of independence and freedom runs deep in our veins.
Who owns Freedom Group?
Well, what a coincidence. Your 6th great grandfather likely knew my 4th great grandfather, who was kidnapped out of Town Fork settlement along with his mother by what we assume to have been her people, Cherokee, otherwise they’d have merely been killed. They were taken to the Cherokee town on the Dan River. His father sought the aid of the militia under Hugh Waddell and received it, but was killed trying to retrieve them. His mother was never seen again.
He was orphaned and as such was bound out by the Court of Pleas and Quarters in Salisbury to a man of prominence in the area, Benjamin Merrell, who became a leader of the Regulators and who was without a doubt hung and worse after Alamance.
If you’ve researched the matter and read the history, regardless of where your sympathies pertaining to this pre-Revolutionary War clash lie (and it’s clear where mine lie), it’s difficult to come away with any impression other than that it is very unwise to go off half-cocked and unprepared to deal with the response you’ve provoked, no matter how right your cause.
The bulk of the Regulators were scattered abroad afterwards, most heading further into the backcountry, into and beyond the Blue Ridge, to the Wautauga settlement, to the part of NC that was ceded to create TN after the war. They didn’t forget, though. When provoked by Ferguson who threatened to come after them yet again and burn them out, they returned, much better organized, to Kings Mountain. They comprised a majority of the OverMountain Men who were instrumental in defeating British forces there.
Remember that.