The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-23

Mr.. Frank T. Fields Of Anna. this
county. Is q Er~eat-Grandson If the
S~cotchman. John Mcmillan. who
came from Scotland in 1920. Mr..
Fields Is a leading farmer % tho
county. in fact. he may ~ said II hs
one II the few best farmers any
where in this section OF tbs state. AMI
he has always taken a stand FIR tn.
best Interests Of his community and
county. Another descendant ~ John
Mcmillan IS Senator W Z. Fields. nov
Of Mouth Of Wilson. Va. MIR E..lis
served in the State senate IN 1921 ami
later. also az a ii # the Lower
HOUSE in 1875 II viii also b. r.
m"mbered that Mr.. Fields. who X m
able lawyer. was for a time the lead
ing candidate for the nomination for
Judge in the convention that npn1i-
mated Judge F. Il. Jones Of Winston
Salem at Madison a few years ago
The Eastern part " Allegheny
seems 70 have been without settlers
prior I" the Revolution. though hunt
ers and trapper from Virginia and
points further down the State fire.
quented these forests in search ~
game. In about the Year 1855 ~,
Maynard brothers moved from What
is now Surry County 10 Allegheny
County and built cabins along Ciad>
Creek. After living there for tive or
six years. during which time Il few
other families had moved into tho
section, they left for Kentucky. com
planning, as did Daniel Boone. that
the neighbors were pushing in too
close on them. Among the early set
tiers was Joseph Doughton. who came
from Franklin County. Va. II. rep
resented his county in the Legislature
Of 1917, and was the progenitor OF a
long race of men prominent in Alis-
ghanyS military and political l1..
Among them was j. II. Doughton. /,
captain in the Confederate Army. Tx.
Lieut. Gov. II. A. D~oughton and Con
gresham Il. l.. Doughton.
Several years z on the lands ~
Esquire John Gambill lying along the
banks of NeWItiver some parties
found what gave evidence of having
been a battle ground. 1t was just
after a severe freshet. Same parties
> were walking along the bank just
after the waters had receded and
noticed some white objects lyme
. about on the ground. An exanina-
. ton revealed tn f. t hat hes. OBJ
. jects were human skulls ana other
PARTS Of the human skeleton. old
scars long since healed though leav-
:. ing their outward mark. in which
were found loaded bullets deep-bcd-
ded in trees nov Did. told Of some
battle lost or Won on that spot many
years aSone. There Is no tradition
among our people concerning it. Wa:
it a battle betwcen the Whites and
the Indians as the former confIscatrt
or appropriated the %latter's lands ant
Daniel Boone withStood "A hoWllnl
horde Of savage Indians thirsting f.
his life's blood and carne of victor
Was it here hat cmi@rants from
y this section going to Tennessee an
IS Kentucky with their ago an
q families were forced into a pitch.'
battle with the Indian from his HID
q ing place in the dense underground
q both sides leaving their dead just a
Is they had fallen with no shroud SAY
= a covering Of leaves which a mercifu
e wind blew over hem; All these an'
e other questions have been asked. bu
e there is not ever a tradition amon'
d families who have lived in that S.r
y ton for one hundrcd and nifty year
= as to how it occurred nor n Wer
n the participants. There was a battle
ir but who fought it. and when