The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-02-23
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF
ADAlR.
(BY H. G. BAKERY

Virginia, and entered the service in
1778 with Capt. Alexander Cummins
in the 18th Regiment of the Virginia
line Coils. Davis and Bluford were
commanders of his regiment They
marched from headquarters at Valley
Forge to Monmouth, and he was in
that battle under Gen. Lee. Gen. Lee
retreated, and on his retreat was met
by General Washington, "and some
words of considerable warmth ensued,
after which General Washington ad-
vanced, and made second attack on
the British"
He says he then marched about
sometime in New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, and then marched to the White
Plains in the State of New York and
encamped for some tIme-from there
he marched to Bonbrook, New Jersey,
and took quarters for the winter. In
the spring of 1879 he was discharged
at that place. During part of his
service he was sergeant. The Incl
dent of the meeting of Washington
and Lee referred to above is mention
ed by the historians of the United
States, but, it is not certain that any
account OF it is more suggestive than
that of this old soldier when he says,
"And some words of considerable
warmth ensued." Ridpath, in his
HISTORY of the United States, says of
it:
''Lee, who had opposed the battle,
and was not anxious for victory, or
dered his line to fall back to a strong
er position, but the troops mistook his
order, and began retreat, the British
lcharging after them. Washington
met the fugitives, rallied them, ad-
ministered severe rebuke to Lee, and
ordered him to the rear. >"
We do not think we read it in any
history-if not, it has come to US as
tradition, possibly through this SOL
der, or some of the others who were
present on the occasion, for several of
the old pioneers of Adair were in the
battle, that the father of our country
at the time in the righteoutness of
his wrath INDUCED in expletives very
! suggestive of fire and birthstone, and
place described in Millions Paradise
Lost.
Our soldier, however, puts it mildly
as "words of considerable WARMTH
not cuss words. He could not say his
old General would do thing of that
j kind! We may add here that William
Hurt was. very intimately connected
, with. the early affairs OF the county, as
, his descendants have been since.
One of his SONS, Young e. Hurt, was
sheriff of the county, during the un-
: settled times of our civil war. Two
, of the sons of Young E. Hurt, viz R.
NJ. and J. W. Hurt, have held the
same position in the county. An
other of his sons, l.. B. Hurt, has
+ served a term as Master Commissioner
of the circuit court, and a term as
$ county clerk. His Youngest son,
$ Judge Rollin Hurt of the Kentucky
court Of Appeals, also served two
: terms as County Attorney,
D James Irvine, another Revolution
airy soldier, has many descendants here
and elsewhere, men of high standing
0 and influence. He gives his age as &c
/ years.
4 He entered the service from Halli.
:, fax county, Virginia, in May, 1776, in
e the 6sth regiment Virginia line-un.
: der Capt. Rogers, the regiment com.
i manded BY Col. Haynes Morgan.
His first services were against Lord
Dunnmore, and in this service marched
Ito place called Cherry Point at the
q mouth of the Potomac. He then
n marched against the Cherokees to
f Long Island of Holston, where they
! built fort. After returning home he
i remained for some time as a minute
: man, ready to be called out at any time,
S The next spring he was called out fol
S a tour against the Tories, and marched
to river in North Carolina, called
Tear river. They took several Tories
; and broke up some Of their little
} stands where they were collected. AT
y ter his return from Tear river, he tool
e a tour in South Carolina under the
command of Col. Mason, marched to q
place called Stonaw in South Carolina
a where he was engaged in a battle will