Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-09-07

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;. THURSDAY,
refuge-s some in what was then known as
Meckleuburg and Rowan counties, North Car,
olina, and Others found snfe retreat in the
valley of Nollichucky, in the homes Of Colo
nels William Campbell, John Sewer and
Isaac Shelby. These noble men opened up
their homes for the reception Of those Wings
who had been made homeless by the foe, and,
with their Whig neighbors, they longed for a
fit opportunity to avenge the wrongs Of their
countrymen. 1g .'. = -
So soon as Colonel afterwards General)
Charles Mcdowell, Of Burke county, North
Carolina, heard ofsthe fall Of Charleston and
the contemplated advance Of the British, he
determined to raise force and throw himself
in front of the advancing foe. To effect this,
he sent a requisition to Colonel Isaac Shelby,
of what was then known as Sullivan county,
North Carolina, (now Tennessee) for all the
men be could raise. Shelby was in Kentucky
surveying lands for Henderson & Co., When
he heard Of the fate oft the army under Cen
eral Lincoln and the fall Of Charleston, he
determined to lay his compass and chain aside
and again grid on bis sword, never again to
take it of until his country was free. In
July, he returned to his home and found the
requisition made by Mcdowell. he went to
work with all the energies Of his great soul,
and in short time raised a body Of three
hundred mounted rifemen in Sullivan county.
On the 10th of March-two months prior
to the fall of Charleston-the citizens of
Washington county, North Carolina, had met
and raised a force of one hundred men, to be
sent to General Rutherford, to assist South
Carolina. These troops, owing to the fact
that General Rutherford was hurried of soon.
er than he was expected, did not leave Wash
ington county. In the summer, they, with
probably some others, under the command of
Lieutenant Colonel John Sewer, and the three
hundred mounted riAemen from Sullivan
county, under Colonel Isaac Shelby, joined
Colonel Mel cDowell, near the Cherokee Ford,
on Broad river. ~ @.1s.-'a .a.
Patrick Ferguson Major in the British
regular army and Brigadier-G r-General Of the
loyal militia, had been ordered by CORVALLIS
into the Ninety-Six district, for the purpose of
arousing the loyalists and tories to action.
Patrick Ferguson was, by birth, q Scotchman,
and son of the distinguished jurist, James
Ferguson, and nephew Of Lord Elibank-
Patrick Mury. During the siege of Charles
ton and at the battle of Brandywipe, Patrick
Ferguson had distinguished himself He was
skillful and energetic officer, and a braver
man never lived. d.,t 59nay a8i
After Georgia, in 1779, fell into the hands
of the. enemy, Colonel Elijah Clarke, with
about one hundred Wings, fled from Georgia
to the settlements beyond the mountains.
Here, among the inhabitants of the Watauga
and Holston, Clarke and his confederates
found warm friends. Z; The glowing narrations
of these refugee Wings from Georgia, kindled
into fame the patriotism Of the men who
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Indians, on the 10Th Of October, 1774, at the
mouth of the Kenhawa. - -...
With these daring spirits and his own fol-
lowers from Georgia, Colonel Clarke returned
to the scene of his former conflicts with the
British. The enemys' posts we're annoyed,
their sentinels shot down, and their officers
picked off, Hence, although the British
thought Georgia and South Carolina conquer
ed territory, the officers commanding the posts
of Augusta and Ninety Six complained to the
commander in chief, that "a body of rebels
have assembled against the peace of this pro-
vince" To annihilate Clarke and his men,
and others operating in similar way, Patrick
Ferguson was sent out.
When Shelby and Sewer joined Mcdowell
at the Cherokee ford, in July, 1880, Colonel
Clarke was with Mcdowell. Some twenty
miles from McDowelps camp, at Cherokee
ford, General Andrew Williamson had, du-
ring the Cherokee war, built fort on the wa
ters of Pacolet river. From all accounts,
this fort was advantageously situated and
strongly built. 1t was surrounded by a strong
abatis, and could be entered only by small
gate.
When Lord CORVALLIS sent his emissaries
into North Carolina to warn the loyalists to be
ready for action on his arrival, certain Pa
trick Moore, of what is now Lincoln county,
North Carolina, greatly interested himself in
behalf of the British government. When
CORVALLIS reached Camden, Patrick Moore,
thinking that the time for him to take the
field had arrived, raised the royal standard.
Multitudes of disafected Americans in bis
neighborhood, flocked to his standard. he
invited all the loyalists in the region of coun'
try between the Catawba river and the noun
tains, to join him. With bright anticipations,
this Patrick Moore and his followers set out
for the fort on Pacolet. On his march from
Lincoln county to the fort Moore met with
no interruption. Here, be thought, no doubt,
he was safe and in favorable situation to
render acceptable service to George the
Third. .- '
Colonel Mcdowell determined that Patrick
Moore should not quietly remain in this
stronghold. So soon as he was Joined by
Shelby and Sewer, he detached these two Of:
fcers and Colonel Clarke, with six hundred
men, according to the American account /;
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