page_title: Benjamin Merrill
section_title: Battle aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Benjamin Merrill / Regulator movement / Battle aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque from battleground monument. Reads: "Of the twelve regulators condemned at Hillsboro, the following six were executed by the British Governor: James Pugh, Robert Matear, Benjamin Merrill, Captain Messer, and two others whose names are now unknown. "Our blood will be as good seed in good ground, that will soon produce one hundred fold." - James Pugh, under the gallows at Hillsboro, N.C., June 19th, 1771."
context_page_description: Benjamin Merrill was a captain in the militia of Rowan County, North Carolina who sided with the Regulators during the pre-Revolutionary War uprising. He was captured following the conflict ending Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771, and shortly thereafter ordered to be executed as a rebel and traitor by Colonial Governor William Tryon.
context_section_description: From May 30 to June 20, 1771, the court of oyer and terminer was held at Hillsborough for the trial of the Regulators captured at Alamance. Twelve were convicted of high treason, and six of them were sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered for their part in the uprising, including three officers of the colonial militia who had joined ranks with the Regulator's: Merrill, Captain Robert Messer, and Captain Robert Matear.
caption: A plaque from Alamance battleground monument reads: "Of the twelve regulators condemned at Hillsboro, the following six were executed by the British Governor: James Pugh, Robert Matear, Benjamin Merrill, Captain Messer, and two others whose names are now unknown. "Our blood will be as good seed in good ground, that will soon produce one hundred fold." –James Pugh, under the gallows at Hillsboro, N.C., June 19th, 1771."
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