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John Rutherford

John Rutherford (1724–1782), also spelled Rutherfurd, was the colony's receiver general of quitrents and a royal councillor who enslaved as many as 150 people. He served in Governor Tryon's 1768 campaign against the Regulators, taking command of the troops when Tryon fell ill, and in the 1771 expedition that ended at Alamance.

Source: NCpedia: Rutherfurd, John (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)

15 works about John Rutherford are indexed here.

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Life and Orange County connections

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September 20, 1768 At the Hillsborough camp, Robert Palmer is named one of six lieutenants general Palmer, whom Governor Tryon had made adjutant general of the militia marching on Hillsborough, was named a lieutenant general of the army in orders issued at the Hillsborough camp on September 20, 1768. The same orders posted a town guard of a hundred men, with the court house and market house as guard rooms. People: Robert Palmer, William Tryon, John Rutherford, John Sampson, Benjamin Heron, Samuel Strudwick, John Ashe Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting 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
September 24, 1768 Tryon hands John Rutherford command of the army at Hillsborough Made a lieutenant general on September 20 to lead the right wing, the Orange Brigade, Rutherford took command of the whole army at the Hillsborough camp when Tryon's illness worsened, and ordered the next day's sermons to the troops. People: William Tryon Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 7, pp. 831-834: Journal of William Tryon's journey to Hillsborough, June 20 to October 2, 1768

People named in the same events

People named in the same dated entries as John Rutherford, those sharing the most entries first. Each line links one of the shared entries in the chronology, where its source is cited. A shared entry shows these people in the same event, not how well they knew each other.

William Tryon 2 entries, including At the Hillsborough camp, Robert Palmer is named one of six lieutenants general (September 20, 1768)
Benjamin Heron 1 entry: At the Hillsborough camp, Robert Palmer is named one of six lieutenants general (September 20, 1768)
John Ashe 1 entry: At the Hillsborough camp, Robert Palmer is named one of six lieutenants general (September 20, 1768)
John Sampson 1 entry: At the Hillsborough camp, Robert Palmer is named one of six lieutenants general (September 20, 1768)
Robert Palmer 1 entry: At the Hillsborough camp, Robert Palmer is named one of six lieutenants general (September 20, 1768)
Samuel Strudwick 1 entry: At the Hillsborough camp, Robert Palmer is named one of six lieutenants general (September 20, 1768)

Indexed works

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Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Dartmouth numbered 21-24, enclosing copies of legislation

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Governor Josiah Martin's numbered dispatches 21 through 24 to the Earl of Dartmouth, with copies of North Carolina legislation enclosed, reproduced by Adam Matthew Digital in 2019 from Colonial Office file CO 5/303 part 2. Subjects include finance and currency, debt and the courts, judges' wages, the council and assembly, voting and taxes, oaths, litigation, sheriffs, inheritance, prisoners, Irish settlers, customs, quitrents, land grants, surveying and mortgages. Names include Arthur Dobbs, William Dry, Willie Jones, John Rutherford and Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Rutherford, John.

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Letters and dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough, October 1768 - May 1769

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Governor William Tryon's correspondence with the Earl of Hillsborough for the months from October 1768 to May 1769, just after Tryon marched militia to Hillsborough to protect the court from the Regulators. Adam Matthew Digital reproduced the file, Colonial Office CO 5/301, in 2019. Topics include legislation, Anglican clergy, soldiers' wages, sheriffs, land and quitrents, trade and currency, taxes and education, the Catawba and the boundary line, roads, a murder case, punishment and prison, and people such as Richard Caswell, James Hasell and John Rutherford.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Rutherford, John.

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Letters from William Tryon to the Lords Commissioners, enclosing legislation and accounts of the ship 'Brigantine Fox'

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Letters from Governor William Tryon to the Lords Commissioners in London, with enclosed legislation and the accounts of the ship Brigantine Fox, reproduced by Adam Matthew Digital in 2019 from Colonial Office file CO 5/300. They show the range of a governor's business: council appointments, judges and courts, assembly acts, cotton manufacturing, poverty, naval stores, rice, tobacco and indigo, currency, the Tuscarora, education, marriage, debt and customs. Hillsborough is among the places named, and people include William Johnston, Richard Henderson, Cornelius Harnett and Samuel Strudwick.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Rutherford, John.

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Governor Martin's letter to the Earl of Dartmouth whilst aboard the Cruiser Sloop of War, notifying him that communication with Charles Town is totally cut off and of increasing influence of revolutionary committees

1775

Writing in 1775 from aboard the sloop of war Cruiser, Governor Josiah Martin told the Earl of Dartmouth that communication with Charles Town was entirely cut off and that revolutionary committees were gaining ground. John Ashe, William Dry and John Rutherford are named, and the places include Fort Johnston, the Cape Fear and Hillsborough, the town named for the Earl of Hillsborough.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Rutherford, John.

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William Tryon's letter to the Earl of Hillsborough regarding a message from the assembly which he has enclosed

1771

Tryon's letter of 1771 to the Earl of Hillsborough forwards a message from the assembly, and a companion version reports the recent victory over rebel forces and the events after their surrender: oaths, disbandment, land grants, petitions from widows and children, and a capital sentence touching Benjamin Merrill. Richard Caswell, John Rutherford and Robert Palmer are named, and Hillsborough appears among the places.