I had never heard of Tryon Palace until your post.
Just looked it up——it looks quite impressive.
Also-thanks for the history lesson.
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Well the descendants of that revolt... many still have their sheepskin land grants and have farmed the same land since the 1700’s. And, they fought in the Civil War (NC supplied more CSA soldiers than any other state).
Tryon was hated, and his main thug agent was burned out of his home and had to high tail it back to old england with his booty. People did not mess around back then. Nor should they now. Tryon hanged many of the leaders of the Regulators. It is a fascinating story running up to the attack on Boston and the Continental Congress and... our freedom.