Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

tories upon the waters of Holston, were
now as dangerous and as hurtful as
the Indians. To watch their motions,
as we'll as those of the Indians, it be-
came necessary to keep up constantly,
scouting companies of armed men.
One of these killed Bradley, tory. he
was a notorious offender, who had Of
ten been imprisoned for his misdeeds
in the Jail of the District of Halifax, in
North Carolina, and had given himself
the name of honest Jim Bradley, by
which, also, others BY way of derision
called him. In the same year, one
Dykes, tory, was taken by the light
horse company, there being one in each
county of the State of North Carolina
to apprehend tories and to take and
bring to the army drafted militia men
who deserted. The company acquaint-
ed with his desperate character, hanged
him. He and others had agreed to
come from the frontiers to the house of
Col. Sewer, and to put him to death; 4;
of this agreement, the wife of Dykes
gave information to Sewer, who, in the
time of her distress, had treated her
with great humanity and friendship.
HALEY, as well as others, were confed-
crates with Dykes. Robert Sewer, who
afterwards fell at the battle of Kings
Mountain, collected his company of
horsemen together, caught HALEY, and
shot and killed both him and James
Bradley at the same time.
The people of Washington and Sulli-
van counties had not only to defend
themselves from the Indians, but were
called by the difficulty of the times,
and the dangers which threatened the
western counties of North Carolina, to
carry on more distant warfare
On the 10th of June, 1880, Col. Isaac
Shelby being in Ken lucky locating and
surveying lands which he had marked
out and chosen five years before, re-
ceived information of the fate of Char
lesion and of the surrender of the main
southern army, and forthwith he re-
turned home, to aid his country in the
great struggle she maintained for in
dependence. Arriving in Sullivan
County early in July, he received dis
patch from Col. Charles M'Dowel, Civ.
ing information that the enemy had
overrun the two Southern States, and
were approaching the limits of North
Carolina, and Col. Shelby was request
ed to bring to his aid all the riflemen
he possibly could, and with as much
dispatch as possible. In a few days
Col. Shelby marched from Sullivan at
the head of two hundred mounted rifle
men, and joined M'Dowel's camp near
the Cherokee ford of Broad river, in
South Carolina. Lieut.. Col. John Sc
vier, of whom q like requisition was
made, having arrived there with his
regiment few days before. Shortly
after the arrival of Col. Shelby, Col
M'Dowel detached him with Col. Sc
vier and Col. Clarke, of Georgia, with
about six hundred men, to surprise an
enemy's post, twenty odd miles in hi:
front on the waters of Pacolet river
They marched at sunset, and surround
ed the post at day break the next morn
ing. This was a strong fort, built il
the Cherokee war, about seven years
before, and was surrounded by a strong
abatis, and was commanded by Capt
Patrick Moore, distinguished loyalist
Col. Shelby sent in William Cooke
ESQ.,, to make peremptory demand o.
the surrender of the post, to which
Moore replied that he would defenC
the post to the last extremity. Shelby
then drew in his lines to within muske
shot of the enemy all round, determined
10 make an assault upon the post. Blu
before procee ling to extremities, h
sent in a second message, to which
Moore replied, that be would surrende
upon condition that the garrison be pa
rolled not to serve again during the val
unless exchanged, and this propose
was acceded to. In the garrison wer
found ninety three loyalists, one Britis
Serjeant Major, stationed there to di'
cipline them, and two hundred and fit
, stands OF arms, all loaded with ball an
buckshot, and so disposed of at the poi
' holes, that they could have kept o.
double the number of the assailants.
Shortly after this affair, M'Dowel d'
, tached Shelby and Col. Clarke, wit
: six hundred mounted men, to watc
the movements of the enemy, and
y possible to cut off his foraging partie
Ferguson, who commanded the enem!
y then about two thousand strong, con
posed of British regulars and loyalist
with o small squadron of horse, We
, an officer of great enterprise, and thu
only major in the British line. was
:, Brig. Gen. in the royal militia estal
lishment made by the enemy after
overran North and South Carolina, an
: was esteemed the most distlnguishe
partisan officer belonging to the BIRTHS
= army. He made several attempts
surprise Shelby, but without success
On the first of August, however, IL
advance of Ferguson, about six or seve
hundred strong, came up with Shelf
at place he had chosen to fight then