Appendix






    
    
    We are indebted to Mrs. A.G. Barnett of Asheville for her fine interest, in supplying the 
    following items:
    
    Capt. James Johnson (or Johnston) fought under Colonel Hambright in the battle of 
    King’s Mountain.  After Major Chronicle fell mortally wounded, James Johnson was one 
    of the men given orders such as the occasion demanded.
    He was of the same company as “Hambright’s party “The South Fork Boys.”
    Reference:  “Commanders at Kings Mountain,” by J.D. Bailey, page 196.
    
    Tom Rutledge (Routledge) of Duplin County, North Carolina, was an officer in North 
    Carolina troops of Continental Army.
    Reference:  History of North Carolina Colonial Records
    
    Major George Rutledge was sent by Governor Blount, 1793, to fight the Creek and 
    lower Cherokee Indians.
    Indians were seen at the Warm Springs (now Hot Springs, N.C.)  Guards were 
    stationed at four block houses at Hough’s.  At the Burnt Cane-brake, at the Painted 
    Rock, and at the Warm Springs.
    Reference:  Ramseys Annals of Tennessee, pp.  569, 621, 624, 625, 626, 657, 658, 
    667, 668, 704.
    
    George Rutledge was elected Brigadier General in General Sevier’s place when Sevier 
    was made Governor of Tennessee.
    Records show George Rutledge helped protect the western frontier of North Carolina 
    from Indian invasion.
    He was a descendant of George Rutledge who was a member of Sam Corbin’s Company 
    in the “Spanish Alarm” in 1747; whose Company protected the coast of North Carolina in 
    1742 from the Spaniards.
    
    William Rutledge, made Lieut. Jan. 25, ’77 of 4 Regiment North Carolina troops, 
    Continental line.
    Reference:  “Saunders North Carolina State Records, “ “ North  Carolina, 1780-81,” 
    Schenck, Appendix B., p. 478, gives the name of Wm. Rutledge (or Routledge of 
    Lincoln County, North Carolina.  The name in England was spelled Rootledge, also 
    Routhledge.
    
    Colonel James Brown, a Revolutionary officer, was killed by Indians as he was 
    emigrating to Cumberland to enter into possession of lands allotted him for military 
    services in the North Carolina army of the Revolution.
    Reference:  “Ramseys Annals of Tennessee, with Faries’ Index, pp. 508-10-15-16-17-550.
    His descendants were first settlers in Jefferson County, Alabama, where Birmingham is 
    now situated.
    
    Isaac Thomas, Indian fighter and defender of western frontier for many years prior and during 
    the Revolution.  Isaac Thomas of Watauga Settlement is one of the three men not killed at
    the fall of Fort London, 1760.
    He sounded the warnings of Indian raids planned, and saved them many times from death.  
    A monument to his memory is standing at Sevierville, Tennessee, in Sevier County, which 
    was once part of North Carolina.
    The Nancy Ward Chapter of Chattanooga, Tennessee, D.A.R., was named for the beautiful 
    Indian maiden who furnished him valuable information which protected the settlers of the 
    western boundaries of North Carolina.
    Reference:  “Gilmores Rear Guard of the Revolution,” pp. 82-83.
    Reference:  “Ramsays Annals of Tennessee,” p. 755; “Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American 
    Biography,” Vol. VI, pp. 82-83.
    
    Major Joseph Dickson (or Dixon) fought at the battle of Kings Mountain.  After Major Chronicle 
    was killed he was one of the men who took charge of the Company. 
    Reference:  “Commanders at Kings Mountain,” by J.D. Bailey, p. 196.
    
    William Brown, Regulator, captured by Governor Wm. Tryon 1771, after the Battle of Alamance. 
     He was one of the twelve men condemned to death by Governor Tryon.  Six were executed but 
    William Brown with the other six men were condemned at Hillsborough to Court Martial, and 
    respited to await the Kings pleasure.
    Reference:  “Some Neglected History of North Carolina,” by William Edwards Fitch, M.W., 
    p. 242.  Also “Colonial Records,” Vol. VIII, p. 635; Vol. IX, pp. 36-37-274-311.
    
    




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