The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-29

when the enemy ptluk NiiNCh " 'hN
east to the west end of the mountain,
surrended at discretion Ferguson was
kilI,d with two hundred aud six officers
and men. and eight hundred and ninety
nine of the British were captured The
Americans had eighty eight Killed and
wounded. The whole mountain was
covered with smoke and seemed to thun-
der" For his distinguished services on
that day the legislature of the State
waited Joseph Winston an elegant sword
Colonel John Campbell Of Arlington,
in preparing his Memoirs of the Mill
tarv Transactions of West Virginia
says
In the unique affair of King Mount
ain. Colonel Winston played a conspicu
Gus part. He lie the right wing on this
Bunker Hill of the South. and contri-
buted greatly to that mementouS victory,
of which the battle of Cowpens. Gull
ford. and the surrender of CORVALLIS al
Yorktown were the direct consequences.
Mr.. jefferson, in a letter now before
me, SAYS "he remembered well the deep
memorable victory. 1t was the Joyful
enunciation of the tirst urn of the tide
of success that ended the war with the
seal of our independence"
In February. 1871. he led a party
against a band of tories, had a running
fight with them. killed some and dis
perscd the residue he then Joined Gen.
Greene with one hundred rifemcn, aud
took part in the battle of Guiltord Court
House. March II. 1871, in which, al
though Lord CORVALLIS held the battle
field. vet his losses were SO great, and
Il .lo.L l., rnnnral on Say,,.a thnt h,
afterward avoided battle, which before
he SO anxjously sought. Crippled and
wounded, he retired to Wilmington.
drew his slow length along, hoping to
meet Arnold, If not Clinton, but from
the effects of this barren victory at Gull
ford, he never recovered and tiallly wa
compelled to surrender at Yorktown
October 10, 1871.
In 4793 and in 1903, Joseph Win~ton
was a member of congress. 10 1900. he
was a presidential ~elector. voting fon
| Jefferson, and again in 1872, voting fur
Madison.
For three years he represented Surry
county in the State Senate, and when
Stokes county was erected, he was APP
pointed lieutenant colonel. and for five
terms represented that county in the
State Senate. between 1870 and 1912 i
was during this last service that he was
presented with the sword f,r military
services in l7SD.-'Sl. The county sea,
Of +, r~vth cou ~ derive rs n,rne n,
hln. He L i- patron SAINT.
He was a man Of stately form, old
school manners, and OF a commanding
presence. His home was within the
lofty mountains of Stokes and Surry,
whose cloud capped SUBMITS seemed
within a squirrels Jump Of heaven"
Here he died April u, 1915, leaving
many worthy descendants. He was the
uncle of William Winston Seaton. Of the
Nntonni Mtetigeucer, Washington City.
DR.. Draper, IN his Kings Mountain
Heroes" adds the following incident !:
He lett three sons, born at a single birth.
A married sister, who had "a babe a
month old, called to visit the mother. and
proposed to adopt one of the trio. and
thus each would practically have a set of
twins to rear. Mrs. Winston regarded
the proposition favorably, and. as she
sat up in bed, carefully examined ali
three to determine which to part with
and which to keep for her own at length
she exclaimed II cannot, for my life,
decide; you nj lave either Of them.
sister. AS God has given them to me,
tie will give me strength to nurse them.
And SO be did, all Of them lived and
were well educated. One of them be-
came a major general, another a Judge,
whilst the third became a State Senator
acknowledgement of Mississippi a
brother of these t~riplets, who remained
in North Carolina, fought in the war of
1912, became a major-general and a mem
Der of the legislature.
Israel q. Law, born 1910, died 1878,
at Betbania, (then in Stokes worked on
a tarU till manhood, and then engaged
In matchmaking, manufacturing, and
banking, in all of which he was eminently
successful. He was, in ls47, president
OF the branch bank at Salem, and at
the close of the war, obtained "a charter
Tor the First National Bank at salem
He was a member of the State conven
ton in 1865, with Judge Starbuck, and
of the Fortieth and Forty-first Congress,
1867 to IL.
tie was a TAI of large wealth. and
well known as a sagacious financier. He
died April It'll, 1873.
We should do injustice to the truth of
history 10 make no reference to the Mo-
r%avians, located in this county.
There is not says Williamson, "a
more industrious and temperate body of
people nan the Moravians. who live be-
tween the Dan and Yadkin Rivers"
In l749, the British Parliament passed
an act by which the U4ttns Frnfun.. was
acknowledged as a Protestant Episcopal
Church. By this act, the free exercise
of all their rights as IA church was secur-
ed throughout England and her colonies
which right was denied to them in other
countries. Hence it was desirable to
make settlements, where this liberty of
conscience could be enjoyed. Offers of
land were made from various quarters;
but the most acceptable was that of Lard
Granville, the owner Of large possessions
In North Carolina.
The Lord Proprietors. under charter
Of Charles H., March oath, 1861 on
account OF the expenses incident to "A
distant colony. and The small revenue de
rived, IN 1929, surrendered their claims
To the Crown, receiving 10 return O.
800 sterling each ouiy Lord Granvillve
retained his eighth part, which was laid
of for him in l143. He continued to
receive rents, and have his agent and
land office until the revolution. In the
present century his heir brought suit IN
the circuit court OF the United States to
assert his rights. Mr.. castor was his
counsel. The suit went on appeal to the
Supreme Court Of the United State, and
Was there dismissed for want of an an.
peal bond. lSwain's Lecture on the
Regulations Moore T.. H..
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