# Talk:Griffith Rutherford

I have recently expanded this article.  I will add further content soon.-(Wikipedian1234 (talk) 23:05, 19 August 2010 (UTC))

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Reviewer: Jim Sweeney (talk) 22:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)
It is reasonably well written.
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It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 

It is broad in its coverage.
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### Comments
There is a disamb link to Partisan Done
In the Campaign against the Cherokee section do you know what his regiment was called ?
In the Battle of Ramsour's Mill section Johnson informed Rutherford of the change of plans by 10 o'clock - is that am or pm 10:00 ? Done
Locke's forces left their encampment late in the evening of June 19 and arrived at the enemy's position enemy is POV can you change British or loyalist ? Done
Same a bit further on though it was discovered that the enemy was regrouping Done
There is a clarification tag in the Later life section Done
Can the books in the bibliography have publishing location added Done
I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow folks to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. A good read well done --Jim Sweeney (talk) 00:01, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I unfortunately cannot find the name of Rutherford's regiment, though I do believe I'll be able to fix the unclear statement in "Later Life"-(Wikipedian1234 (talk) 01:29, 24 September 2010 (UTC))
Ok the regiment may cause a problem if it goes A or FA class but can live with it here. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:27, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Every issue has been attended to apart from the name of Rutherford's Regiment.-(Wikipedian1234 (talk) 21:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC))
Passed GA Jim Sweeney (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Note to future FAC reviewers: On 7 Feb 2012 I ran Duplication Detector to compare the article with McDonald (2006), its most heavily used source, and found no suspicion of close paraphrase.


### Early life
The uncertainty of 1721/1731 is puzzling. He immigrated at 18 -- don't we know the year, or nearly? Also, on page 22 of MacDonald we learn that James Graham, b.1714, was 7 years older than Rutherford.
MacDonald (p.21) only has the first 656-acre plot as 7 miles from Salisbury. His remaining land is more spread out geographically and in years of purchase. --Stfg (talk) 22:18, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I've now dealt with both of these, citing MacDonald. Please check that the reference to Ashe p.381 immediately after "who bore him ten children" is still in the right place. --Stfg (talk) 11:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)


### French-Indian War
I'm puzzled about the date of the start of his career and attainment of the rank of captain. Macdonald (p.27) has Waddell and "Captain Rutherford" involved in the Forbes expedition that took place (didn't it?) in 1758. However, later (p.29) we read of Rutherford getting his commission as a result of his service on the expedition. What gives? --Stfg (talk) 22:18, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll postpone copy editing this section until the content can be brought up to scratch. The comments made on it in the A-class review haven't yet been effectively dealt with, and MacDonald p.28 (and surrounding pages) tell a story somewhat different from what is cited to it in the article. For example, MacDonald seems not to give the exact year of his commission as captain, but the implication is that it's probably 1758 or 1759 and certainly considerably earlier than "by the end of the war" (1763). --Stfg (talk) 11:35, 8 February 2012 (UTC)


### Revolutionary War
"who had been attacking colonists on the western frontier since their alliance with the British" -- not in Hunter p.176. I've move the citation to before this clause, which may now need a citation of its own. --Stfg (talk) 11:57, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Griffith Rutherford was not in the Continental Army.  He was in the North Carolina militia, specifically, commander of the the Rowan County Regiment and Salisbury District Brigade.   I don't think there is yet a category for Irish Generals in the North Carolina Militia.
 Talk to G Moore 01:37, 30 January 2019 (UTC)