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Griffith Rutherford

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“Militia general. He led expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. Colonial & state official. Lived nearby on Grant's Creek.”

State historical marker: L-21: Griffith Rutherford ca. 1721-1805

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  1. Regulators gather within a mile of Hillsborough, face Tryon's militia and disperse With the superior court sitting under guard of more than a thousand militia, armed Regulators appeared within a mile of Hillsborough on September 22: upwards of eight hundred by Tryon's journal, about 3,700 by Husband's Impartial Relation. A council of war set terms: surrender nine leaders, lay down arms and promise to pay taxes. The Regulators asked for the night to answer and by the next morning had dispersed, about thirty coming in to give up their arms. People: William Tryon, Griffith Rutherford Place: HillsboroughDocumenting the American South, Colonial and State Records: Journal of William Tryon's journey to Hillsborough, including orders to the militia, June 20 to October 2, 1768 · Also: Internet Archive: Hermon Husband, An Impartial Relation
  2. Orange County militia join Griffith Rutherford's campaign against the Cherokee Orange was first asked for 500 men and could not raise them; the quota was cut to 300, which was met. Officers from the county included Major Hugh Tinnin and Captains William Williams and William Murray, with Jacob Albright as drummer. Place: Orange County · Also named: Hugh Tinnin, William Williams, William Murray, Jacob AlbrightSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 44-45 · Also: Nash, Hillsboro, Colonial and Revolutionary
  3. The Council of Safety refuses Rutherford troops from the Hillsborough brigade, citing disaffection When General Griffith Rutherford asked for troops from the Hillsborough brigade for his expedition against the Cherokee, the Council of Safety refused because of the many disaffected persons in that district and neighborhood. Connor counts the refusal among the signs of Loyalist feeling in the summer of 1776. Place: Hillsborough DistrictSearch the index · Internet Archive: R. D. W. Connor, William K. Boyd and J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, History of North Carolina (1919), vol. 1, p. 427

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Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, February 1780

Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 · 1780

Samuel Huntington, president of the Continental Congress, is among the writers in Governor Richard Caswell's letters for February 1780. The 32 images also name Griffith Rutherford, Craven County, Hillsborough and Orange County.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Rutherford, Griffith, 1721-1805.

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Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, July 1779

Gregory, Isaac · 1779

July 1779 correspondence of Governor Richard Caswell, in 53 images, with Isaac Gregory among the writers. John Jay, Baron von Steuben, Griffith Rutherford, Charles Thomson and the Continental Congress are named, along with Camden and Orange counties.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Rutherford, Griffith, 1721-1805.

NC Digital Collections DPLA

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, November 1778

Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781 · 1778

Governor Richard Caswell's correspondence for November 1778, 96 images from the Governors' Papers. Caswell was chosen as the state's first governor by the provincial congress in December 1776. Writers include Cornelius Harnett, Allen Jones, Griffith Rutherford and Henry Laurens, and Continental Congress business sits beside matters from Hillsborough and from Chatham, Currituck, Edgecombe and Johnston counties.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Rutherford, Griffith, 1721-1805.

NC Digital Collections DPLA

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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