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People in its history
People named in events about this site, ordered by number of mentions. Each example links to an entry with a source citation.
- David Fanning1 entry: Butler's militia ambushes Fanning's Loyalists at Lindley's Mill (September 13, 1781)
- John Butler1 entry: Butler's militia ambushes Fanning's Loyalists at Lindley's Mill (September 13, 1781)
- Thomas Burke1 entry: Butler's militia ambushes Fanning's Loyalists at Lindley's Mill (September 13, 1781)
In the chronology
- Hugh Laughlin and Thomas Lindley start a grist mill on Cane Creek In 1756 Laughlin and Lindley started grinding at a mill on Cane Creek, the first mill in that part of the county. For more than a century people called it Lindley's Mill, and afterward Sutphin Mill. Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 269
- Butler's militia ambushes Fanning's Loyalists at Lindley's Mill The day after David Fanning's raid carried Governor Thomas Burke out of Hillsborough, John Butler rode with about four hundred militia to the ford where the Wilmington road crossed Cane Creek at Lindley's Mill and laid an ambush with Colonel Robert Mebane. The opening volley killed Colonel Hector McNeil, but Fanning organized a flanking attack that drove the militia from the field, and the prisoners went on to Wilmington. People: David Fanning, Thomas Burke NCpedia: Lindley's Mill, Battle of
Research sources
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Background
- NCpedia: Lindley's Mill, Battle ofcited by an event here
- Churton Street: mapping the businesses of Hillsboroughchurtonstreet.org Who traded where along the main street, from 1754 to the present
Records of the time
- Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 269cited by an event here
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Lindley’s Mill or later Sutphin Mill Library card Search NC LIVE for this site’s names and Orange County. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access articles, e-books, and newspapers.
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request form Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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