The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-05-15
HISTORICAL FACTS CONCERNING
NORTH CAROLINA WORTH RE- N
MEMBElIN(i.

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NORTH CAROLINA WORTH RE-
MEMBERTNCi.
Some years ago n. ID. Kingsbury, then
one OF tile editors of the Raleigh Sentinel.
prepared u statement Of facts connected
with our states history. The Oxford Or
.paan's Friend has recently Published The
article. II does not contain all Of ,bc
points that should be mentioned, so he
has used, the article and added other
pnin's. Healso irefaces the whole with
u brief extract from All address delivered
ut Oxford In 1876, at the Centennial An
niyerrary. sa ~ ts,s a sissssH
North Carolina has heen modest In as-
seriing her claims when others have been
bhtailt and boastful. When applied TO
communities and comnonwealhs, Il II
not true that ''real worth requires noin-
lerpreter.n and that glorious deeds and
noble works willsrcurepoper recognition
and firm the bIazoniy Of State. whether
asserted or not. II is high time that We
should take the velvet fr,m our mouths
and speak out from r,strunis aiid printing
press boldly and Enthusiastically IN behalf
of ou: own people aud State. iu,ihesi.
talinsly aid positively assert that tile
truth Of history iuiIy warrants lie In
claiming Tor my nniive North Carolina
Tie following facts III which SHE IS FIRST:
]. The first English settlement made
on the American Continent was on
July 4th, 1854. ,rss... ....s
.. Tie Inst Indian who ever received
Christian baptism was Mantcn. y chief.
He WAS lapii-ed August Is. 1884.
3. The iirst white child ever born Oh
the American Continent was Virginia
Dare. daughter Of Anancas and Eleanor
Dare. ssiie WAS bsrii on Roanoke islanti,
4. The first fevoiution in America by
which tyrannicai aud hunrighieoais govern.
uipnt WAS nyerthr0wn was in Albermarie
In 1876. 'f Il -@' *.7t~~ '~
S. The first traciate of paper ever pub
lisIled Ia America II. Resistance 10 tyranny
aud oppression, Was written In Granville
cuunIy, In lT65, aud Is mentioned by Her
man Husband. r. Et&sG H
6. The firSt blood she'd om The American
Continent in resistance 10 British tyranny
was at tie i@ttle OF Alamanee on May l8,
I'LL, between the Regulators and Tryon,
tie Royal Governor.
!. The first men who were ever ham
ged by British authority for taking up
arms fn defence Of liberty, WAS at Hills
boro, Orange county. in The year l7II--
probably in the month of June.
s. Tie first opposition offered by an
organized assembly 10 the tax on tea and
the unjust rule Of Great Britain. was made
10y tile iirs, Provincial Congress held at
Newberl, on August 25tli, liza.
o. Tie first Declaration OF Indepen-
,lence ever made in America was at Chare
loiIe, ON May 2Oth, l7T5. '4
TO- The first Convention Of the People,
to declare sn apen resistance To British
authority, was held at Charlotte on 3lst
May, l775, when new government was
set up. l. +'' ~ ~*"~. ~ ="
II. The first open resistance 10 British
authority. occurred on the Cape Fear
river. al Wilmington, under Colonels
wad.lrli aud Ashe. ''*+s"4" .~
IL. The first Colony to instruct her
delegates In the General Congress to de.
clare independence Of the British Crown,
was Sorth carnlina. This was ,ione oi,
April lsth. I7se. at Halifax, where the
Colonial Congress was then in session.
Is. The first important battle fought
hetweeu British aud American troops was
at Moore's Creek bridge. In the now
county nf Pender. on February 27th. 1875.
over fur months befoIe the National DE.
"r Independence was nade'
u. The iirst State ln the number of
TROOPS furnished in proportion to popuIa>
:ion, IN tile war between theS south aud
llle North. was North Carolina. She sent
inlo service I2l. 900 effective troops. lie.
sides nerriy 1000 on other duty. The
largest vote twI,ilel ever polled l,efore the
war was lI2.5OU. ~
In there fourteen particulars North
s,aroliua sla,rls first. The events recpr-
,leil snie.,laled al other similar events in
any other State Wilmington Star. ..
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