The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-13
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JOSEPH GRAHAM.

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JOSEPH GRAHAM.
IA yoa 20 % frvn B-stir's Fasd .
sesoss The Cals~bs. sbsst 9 aides an shs
reed % Lsnroinsan. snd snms DO rem lhs |
lsiar place, yos psss yssssiss Faasee.
ne pradues 81 sbr sklil ard ensrpssss &C
hat cihzsa spldlsr. and Solder ssurrn,
Jossph Gnhan. Here he lived some /,
Tory yeas q his life. sJssnfiag ghs in-
sefnai inpiosrmenis Of his rauhIy. wilh
al his psrss.etshee and pa~es &c insen-
iion. planning and building ssd pesleemng
hls ifos sark.; and ineres,ing III. esn rs-
sources A. he sdded 10 the eoassaisnees
q his ne'ghboihood. add Ibs wssIlh Of
The county.
Here he reared l4mily Of children. Sc
ven al whom survived hIm. thruzh hss
lils sss prolonged 70 sssehiy-sesrn yesss.
Here as neiehhor aud head Of Iaauily.
Ike Dr. Hunter the minister Of Unity and
Goshen. Un shnss instructions Grshsm
sitsnded. he exercised that frank has-
piisliiy. and cheerful intercourse. that
precision in prne'ple. and dee,s,on in se-
iion. whieh ehssseisfised the soldiers
and nfiirrs Of the Revolution, ~ha wenl
into The camp psirioss. and came out un-
pollutd by its wees aid anhardsnsd by
ne sufsnnas AMI bloody scenss. Z
Hunter and Grahsn ~efe bsih sperta-
tors Of the Conueafioa ia Chsrlu.ie, May
20lh. l775-ian,rr. avn days tat b,s
twentieth anniversary h,nh dsy;-aad
Graham not YET axeen. B.sh ssw much
service in The sar thn foilas ed. and alter
the peace. Hunter served hi. country 40
q fsithfpl minister Of the go-p.i--snd Grs-
ham 40 . high minded, nohle spirited sil,-
zen. . sheriff. military officer. mig's-
uaie. and in the latter part OF hi. lie, an
Elder IN the Presbyterian Church.
ms PARESTAGE AND EDUCATION.
Botn llnnirr aud Grsh ,n acre of tina,
rsce from The norh &c ireland. called "a.
mil,srly Scotch Irish. that filled mp 50
large q portion 81 Virginia and The CAROL.
mss. whose rss,denre ~ the CsralIna. - -
marked nv the "a, sfes Of the Brush Ar
my under COINS ail,s--a hose ismilie-
- ere then 20 frui .tnl IN s pldlers. a. iho,e oI
their dr,csndahts have slnce been IN good
cit,zens. many of whom the State aud She
Nation have delighted On homer. lnm ,hs
time hs B,iush Lard-h,p drspalsed %
sohjugs,,ns people among ~hom his IT
nv could not stsy. - ..a :. .."
Hunter WAS brought from ireland wher
Q child-Csraham was horn 10 Prnnsyl
vsnis Oct. I3Ih. 1859. and al the age az se
ven years ~as settled Nth h,s widowes
mo,her, ~ho had brought her five child
rem 20 the ueighborhood Of Charlotte
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
His coming 20 Mrcklenburg was sbouu
the time Of the birth OF .7ndrew Jackson
since General and Pre.ldent Of the Uai
ted Stales. whict, took place Mach 18th
1867, on the wsxhaw, . creek IN S"uli
Carolina whirh enters the Cs,s~ b
about thirty miles from Charloits, Cd,
residence oi his parents aud fr,s.ds whs
were all sm,ersn,s. like the ancestors O
Graham, from The ptovince Of Ulster %
ireland.
Grah.m and Hunter both received thei
Education in pau al f"uri.h,rg Acsde
NV IN Chsrlo,ts, si'efwsrd. kno@n u
Queen. Museum, aud subsequently 81
i.,berty Il"n.
HE ENTERS THE ARMY,
In the month oil Ma, ITS. and OF th,
, age OF n'nsteen, we fluid him in the army
, an oiiiret in The company Of Captain Goo
den Of tho 4th Regiment OF North Carnli
: ma regular troops. under Culonel Lyle
, m ,rrh,ng to the Rendezvous a, Bladens
burg in MARYLAND. In Csswell c"nnty ih'
! regiment met the ne~s of the b'tlle o.
: Monmouth and the consequent retreat n
, the British forces to New York, ant
proceeded no further. G'shsm return
; ed hume on furlaugh aud spent the sum
/ mer.
. In November Of the ssme yer he va
in active serv ice. on the Savannah, undo
. General Rutherford-sni IN the 81 rim,
/ following ~e find him, as Quarter Master
with the troops under the command o
Grner,l Lincoln in his camra.g" aRslns
3 General P,evost. After the barle OF Sfo
, no, shich lasted an hour aud half. fough
e The 10Th Of June, l779, in which Gene
raj J.ckson's elde.t brother. Hugh. i"
his lille. not from wounds, but The rxces
sive hes,.--G atan Was seized with lie
j, yer, snd after lingering two months IN 'h'
hospital. took his discharge as soon a. h
n could travel. and returned home.
D AGAIN ENTERS THE ARMY.
4 lie was plough,ng in the fields OF NJ
mother in May 1880, when he rece've'
the news tina, on The l2th of The month
9 Charleston. South Carolina. had sure"
/ dered ~ the Bntr.h-ihst Cnrnwaii's hs'
/ moved on rapidly 10 Camdrn-,'at B'
It fords regimen, te,reanng. and out OF Dan
!. ger as they supposed. was oser,aken o.
il Ia lton on the Waxhsw. surprised an
. slmos, The Whole regimen, killed or d-s
e peratcly wounded. in cold blond aud ASH