Webb in the area near Warren County, Kentucky

 This post is more of a list of things that I have found that may or may not have bearing on my puzzle.  There is no real organization....more like bits and pieces of the puzzle...with the hope that as I gather more information, I can sort this into things that are indeed part of my solution and clues that are not relevant.  I hope to add clues from other people as I go.

I attended the Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society's second Saturday event in March 2014  and wanted to practice what I had learned in Josh Taylor's talk on Information Overload; Managing Online Searches and their Results (https://rootstech.org/about/videos/).  So I formulated a google search:  William AND Webb AND (Warren County AND Kentucky) to see if I could add to the information that I already had found about a migration from Montgomery County, Virginia into Warren and on into Illinois which was a part of a theory that I was trying to prove or disprove.

One of the first hits gave me a transcription of the 1810 Warren County Tax List that can be found at:
http://www.burgoo.com/3333333333073156.html

The Webb men found in this list are:  Lazarus, Eli, Henry, Martin, John, and William.

Because I believe my ancestor to have been William Webb, I also noted that there are also William Webbs in Logan County in 1810.  And there is a William Webb in Barren County in 1810 as well.


So the question is who are these men.

Information from Winnie Whitaker (winniewhitaker@yahoo.com) helped shed some light on these names:

 My Webb family did settle Warren County.  It was along the Green and Nolin rivers which later became Hart, Grayson and Edmonson Counties.      There was one other family of Webbs who passed thru moving north ca 1800, Lazarus and Moses.  They were an unrelated line.   Mine was the Martin Webb family.  He brought his children, their familes, some nephews and nieces and their families as well.     Martin was the son of Merry Webb of Virginia. He married Judith Bolling.

In 2017 I am looking in Henry County while doing a bit of Morrison research.  I have found Merry Sr., Merry Jr. and James Webb (James Webb is named as a son of Merry Webb on this list) on a Titheable List Taken By Robert Chandler for 1767 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  I am reading this list via JSTOR:

Tithables of Pittsylvania County, 1767 (Continued)
Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct., 1915), pp. 371-380
Published by: Virginia Historical Society
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243469

Accessed: 29-09-2017 22:41 UTC
It is a PDF made from the above source.


Winnie added the following:

My line came to Kentucky in 1796.  Martin Webb, son of Merry Webb, was born ca 1740 and moved his family from Halifax /Henry County Va. to Burke Co, NC by 1772.  From there he moved down to the Greasy Cove/Nolichucky River area of Tn.  Back to Buncombe NC /Wilkes County area in 1780's.    By 1790 he was in the Greenville S.C area on the Saluda River with other members of his family.  He and his extended family were in Logan, later Warren Co Ky by 1796 on the Green River.  Others of the family included Harrison, Houchen, Pace, Jones, Jett, Hazelip and Morris.The area is now Edmonson County Ky and most of his original land belongs to the Mammoth Cave National Forest.

For information about the geography of this area, go to my blog post:
http://marshamoses.blogspot.com/2013/11/migration-from-montgomery-county.html


Another hit gives information about a Webb family that is said to have originated in Northumberland County, Virginia who have a Lazarus and an Eli and seem to have lived in Warren County before they moved to Franklin County, Illinois:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/i/l/Delores-A-Hill-OR/BOOK-0001/0004-0014.html

Northumberland County would have been in the Northern Neck of Virginia.


This would NOT have been Winnie's Webb family.  It is instead the Webb family belonging to Charlene Reeds-Ebling (TEbel2888@aol.com) and Dian Mahaney (dianmah@sbcglobal.net) .  I am acquainted with both of these researchers through the Northern Neck Mail list.   Here is information that I have saved from each of them:


I am descended from two of Thomas' grandsons, who relocated to Charlotte Co. VA. then Warren Co. KY, and about 1815-18 settled in Franklin Co. IL.  (Dian indicated that Lazarus was in Warren County as early as 1797 and that Lazarus and Eli had two younger brothers;  William b. 17Dec 1776 and Charles)

Thomas and his wife Elizabeth had four sons and two daughters; William, John, Lazarus, Thomas, Judith and Winefred.These are all pretty basic "Webb" family names, except Lazarus. We looked to see if Elizabeth was a TAYLOR, but it appears now that she isn't. I am descended through his son Lazarus.

Our best clue so far has been the DNA suggesting Thomas was related to Giles Webb. His descendants (I believe) are in Richmond and Essex Cos.

Dian  
and also from Dian:

My WEBB ancestors born in Northumberland Co. moved from NLD. to Charlotte Co. VA then to Warren Co. KY, then to Franklin Co. IL. My maternal great granparents were, I believe, third cousins. Charles H. Phillips was a descendant of Lazarus Webb and Nancy Creek. He married Jo Webb, she was a descendant of Eli Webb and Margaret Sandusky.

Lazarus and Eli were brothers born in Northumberland Co. DNA shows that their paternal grandfather Thomas Webb (ca. 1720-1783) and maternal grandfather John Webb (ca. 1720-1771) were related. 

and from Charlene:

I am descended from two of Thomas' grandsons, who  relocated to Charlotte 
Co. VA. then Warren Co. KY, and about 1815-18  settled in Franklin Co. IL. ...
  
Charlene and Dian cleared up confusion that I had found on the internet about Nancy Creek.  She is NOT my 4-gr-grandmother since she married a Lazarus Webb rather than a William Webb.  I was very happy to get that clarified.

Census information
In the next part of this blog post I a going to look at the various William Webbs found in tax lists and in censuses in this part of KY.

The William Webb found in Barren County, Ky in 1810 is perhaps the right age for my 4-gr-grandfather.    My William Webb is 60-70 in the census of 1830 in Clay County, Illinois.  I know this to be my 4-gr-grandfather. That makes his birthday somewhere between 1760 and 1770.  The William Webb in Barren County in 1810 is 45 or over.

Morrison family from Pittsylvania to Cabell County

I became very excited about the fact that my 4-gr-grandmother, Elizabeth Hensley, was the daughter of William and Rachel Witcher Morrison.  Elizabeth was married to Solomon Hensley in Pittsylvania County before 1810/1811 (based on estimated date of birth of oldest son).  Everyone who researches this family indicates that Elizabeth was a Morrison.  So I have assumed that fact.  And I began to jump into her supposed ancestors.  However, as I started a blog post about her connection to the Witcher family, I saw many holes in my assumption about her connection.  So I am going to take some time to try to figure out and prove just who Elizabeth really was.  I will begin this with a close look at the Morrison family who lived in Pittsylvania County during the Revolutionary war, but moved to the area that is now Cabell and Wayne Counties in WV by early 1800.  There is a great deal of information and much of it is contradictory.  I can not seem to find a source that has lots of documentation to prove the connections that are asserted.

The traditional story is that Patrick Henry Morrison came into the Salt Rock area in the early 1800s with McComases and Hatfields in hot pursuit of Indians that had stolen their horses in Giles County (now Logan).   I have a copy of a typed account written by Patrick Henry Morrison when he was 80 years old dated  22 September 1910.  This is Patrick Henry Morrison, Jr who is writing and he is living in Cabell County, WV at the time of the writing.

Some of what Patrick Henry Morrison says does not agree with the research that I read from the Morrison family.

My father, Patrick Henry Morrison, Sr. came from Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  He was Scotch Irish in descent.  My Grandfather, James Morrison, was an old Revolutionary Soldier and is buried on the home place.  No Tombstone.  He lived here with my father, Patrick Henry Morrison, Sr.  My father Patrick Henry Morrison, sr.  died directly after the Civil War on 28 May 1869.  My mother, Anne (Ward) Morrison, died in 1855.

......
Patrick Henry was with a group that tracked Indians who had stolen their horses in GIles County, Va to what is now the Salt Rock Community in Cabell County.  They found the horses and returned home.  Patrick Henry liked the area so much that he and his brothers and sister traveled through the Cumberland Gap to settle at Salt Rock. [my note:  doesn’t make sense to travel through the Cumberland Gap to settle.....much more likely that they moved via Giles/Logan]

Note that he does not name his sister nor does he mention parents moving with them although he says that his grandfather is buried on the home place.  But the huge difference from the research is that everyone's research says that Patrick Henry Morrison, Sr  was the son of William and Rachel Witcher Morrison---not James Morrison.

So next I am going to look at the Morrison males found in Pittsylvania County area in the late 1700's to early 1800s

A Patrick Morrison took the oath of allegiance in Pittsylvania County in 1777.  He was on William Witcher’s list as was John Hensley Sr. and John Hensley Jr., 4 Razor men, and 6 Witcher men. There is no other Morrison male on the Pittsylvania list.

http://www.usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/pittsylvania/Oaths.html

I looked again at that site this morning and would add to the above comment that Benjamin Foster was named on William Ward's list.  But it would seem that everyone in Pittsylvania County should be somewhere on the list because after several of the lists are named the men who refused to sign.  So where was William Morrison?  William, John and James Morrison were fighting with the Virginia 6th.

After sleeping on that thought and doing some more looking on the internet, I did find a list of those taking the oath in Henry County.  But I first want to add a piece information as I should see who might have been actively engaged in fighting in the Revolutionary War in Jan 1777.

Henry County Courts

By an act of the Assembly of October 1776, Henry County Court was first held in the home of John Rowland on the third Monday in January. Records show that 630 citizens took the oath of allegiance to the United States and about 40 refused to renounce their allegiance to Great Britain. There were many more people living in the county than this indicates, either away hunting and trading or serving in the army under George Washington.
Source: The Historical News, Vol. 27 No. 4-VA, November 2007, Southern Historical News, Inc.

So the site where one can find the oath of Allegiance for Henry County is:

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10578/images/dvm_LocHist000230-00180-0

This link takes you to the Allen County Library's digitalization of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol 9, pg 12-13 if you prefer paper copy.  It is read on Google play.

and I also found the below statement which indicates that some of these men could have been very young.

History of Henry County, Virginia by Judith Hill – Oath of Allegiance, taken at the first county court that was held at John Rowland home, third Monday in January 1777, all free males above 16 years.  ......

Oh, my gosh....there is Bailey Carter on the second list made by Peter Saunders.  On the third list made by Thomas Hamilton is found George and George Jr Rowland.  On the fourth list made by James Lyon is a man with name Isham Solomon.  On the fifth list made by Edwin Lyne is John Salmon, Charles Foster, Mich Rowland, Mark Foster

Sure enough, the list is continued in Volume 10 of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography on page 72.....whoops....doesn't seem to be a continuation of the list.  But this issue is VERY interesting.....

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=PUYMzFD2CgQC&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&authuser=0&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA72

Unfortunately the list that I looked at in Vol 9 does not seem to be a complete list if there are really 600+ taking the oath.  I count only about 355 names including those who refuse on this list.  I have been looking at the magazines one by one to see if I can find the rest of the list.  Indeed Henry County has articles every month, but they do not seem to have the rest of the names.  I would seem to be more productive to actually read these old magazines as I go rather than skipping around.  So I will put this project off temporarily.  

The below starts my list of various land transactions for Morrison family:

In Henry County there are the following land transactions:

James Morrison to William Slaughter 18 Oct 1810 Deed Book 3 page 382

Nathan S. Morrison  selling to James Whalen 18 Dec 1803  Deed Book 2/pg 311

Some photos that I would like to identify

All of these photos I have copied from Nancy and Eleanor at some point.

The first photo is labelled Nannie Lee Hawkins Taylor on far right

Carter Taylor Seaton said that she believed that it is Elinore Hawkins Sheets on the left.

I can not remember who was in the below photo

And the last photo, can someone help me?

Ports in Early Virginia

In working on an old blog post that I did last year about this time, I came across a map on a site on Family Search that I did not want to loose.  So I am going to start this blog post and come back and edit it at a later date.  The site on Family Search has MANY excellent suggestions on doing research and I will also visit it at a later time:

http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Virginia_Emigration_and_Immigration

Occaneechi Trading Path used for migration from north to south

I spent much of today transcribing a legal pad on which I made notes probably about 2004.  I think that the notes were from several NC Genealogical Society's events as well as visits to the NC archives, Guilford College Hege Library, several Quaker churches in the area....etc  I did a terrible job of making it clear from where each of the pieces of information were acquired.  As I tried to get my head together on several of the items, I found myself interested in the location of the Occaneechi Trading Path that settlers might have taken when migrating south.  The below map was taken from the Family Search site:  http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Occaneechi_Path

You may want to go to the site to view the map more clearly.  You can see a more detailed view of the trail as it goes through the NC Piedmont on my blog post:

http://marshamoses.blogspot.com/2012/04/eno-cemetery-marker-dedication-just.html

Silas Wooten, John Hunt, Isaac Williamson, River Jordan--were they buddies? Kinsmen?

I am correcting this blog post in November 2023.  Nancy Wooten sent me information that indicates that it is NOT the estate of River Jordan, Jr....instead it is the estate of Daniel Currey in Richmond County.  So if you are reading this, please get in touch with me at mosesm@earthlink.net to see if I have corrected everything.  I may need to hunt for the original information.  Hmmmm this is not the first time that I have tried to correct this post.  I just can not find enough information.  I absolutely believe that Nancy Wooten was correct and that it was not River Jordan who had died....instead it was River Jordan who was either the administrator or the executor of the estate.  I give up again on making the corrections.  What I believe that I was working on was that John Hunt was a neighbor of Frances Worth (Silas Wooten's father-in-law) in Guilford County.  Isaac Williamson was the son-in-law of Nancy Hunt Woodle.  Is it true that Nancy Hunt Woodle and the John Hunt of Guilford County were siblings?  I just can not figure out all that I need to know.

The next paragraph starts the original post:

I had saved several years ago a one sentence excerpt from a on-line source about the Descendents of Isaac Williamson---Richmond County, NC.  The excerpt includes the name Silas Wooten.  Is this MY Silas Wooten?  Why and where was he when the threesome witnessed the inventory of  the estate of River Jordan, Jr?

Here is the sentence found on that website:  "John Hunt may have been a brother of Nancy Hunt.  He along with Isaac Williamson and Silas Wooten witnessed the inventory of the estate of River Jordan, Jr.  on 11 Oct 1792."

 In poking around via google on the internet, I find the information that Isaac Williamson who died in Richmond County and was born in 1758 married Sarah/Sally Woodle about 1786.  Sally was the daughter of William Woodle and Nancy Hunt.  So Nancy Hunt was Issac Williamson's mother-in-law.

https://www.ncgenweb.us/richmond/williamson2.html

First question is where is Richmond County, NC and was that where River Jordan, Jr. died?

The first question is easy via a google hunt.  Richmond County is on the border of NC and SC and is east of Charlotte and west of Fayetteville, NC.  Wow, I bet that it saw a lot of hard times during the Revolutionary war!  And indeed when I went to the genealogy site for Richmond County, it was described as having years of lawlessness followed by court action against the Tories at the end of the war.

The question of where River Jordan, Jr.'s probate took place is not as simple.  I did some quick google searches but did not turn anything up.  I'll fill this part in after I have more time to look at it.  In the mean time I want to write something else that was on my mind.

I had the Guilford County map out a few days ago to look for something for another researcher. The map that I look at is the Hughes map that I purchased several years ago and is described at:

http://ncgenweb.us/nc/guilford/hughes-map-index-guilford-a-l/

I don't feel that I am able to put a scan of the map on-line because of copyright, but I can describe that  in the northwestern corner of the map near the William Coffin Mill and on either side of the road that is labelled Cape Fear Road are found the land holdings of my 5-gr-grandfather, Francis Worth (1787) and that of John Hunt (1786).   Silas Wooten was the son-in-law of Francis Worth as he married Phebe Worth c. 1783 using date of first child as indication.  Is it possible that it is this John Hunt who is a witness with MY Silas Wooten and Isaac Williamson for the estate of River Jordan, Jr.  Did they travel together to do this?  Or was the estate of River Jordan in Guilford County environs and Isaac Williamson traveled from Richmond County or is it another Isaac Williamson?  Lots of questions.  Are the men relatives?  friends?  what was their relationship with River Jordan, Jr.?

I have read on occasion on ancestry information that Silas' mother had maiden name Jordan.  However, I have absolutely no idea about Silas' parents at this time.....I do know that Silas enlisted during the Revolutionary War in Halifax County, Virginia.  Some people have told me that men always enlisted in their home county.  Other people have told me that there were unusual circumstances when Silas enlisted and that Halifax may have been where EVERYONE was going to enlist if they lived in NC or that part of Virginia.  I don't know yet.

However, my browsing on google tonight did show that the Jordan family were in Halifax County at some point:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu01765.xml

A guide to the Jordan family papers held at the Library of Virginia says:

The material pertains in most part to the descendants of Samuel Jordan, who arrived in Virginia in 1609. The name Jordan became associated with a leading family of Quakers in James City, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, and Halifax counties.

I have some other thoughts that I want to add into this blog post to look at in the future.  Several years ago, Nancy Wooten sent me something that she had found:

I also want to add in in this spot the fact that there are children named Jordan in both Silas Wooten and Silas Ooten's families.....

I also do not want to loose:

Also, in one of Martha Sisler's e-mails to you

(the one about the land grant) she mentions a Lewis Whooten
or Wooten and his wife Elizabeth.  She said Lewis was the
patriarch of the Wilkes Co. Wooten's and a Quaker!  He
attended New Garden.  She also has Silas in Wilkes Co. at
some point.   These people sound like they could be his
parents.  Silas and Phoebe did name their first son William
Lewis!   I will try to find something on the Wilkes Co.
website.  I believe she said this was created from Surry Co.

Here is a little bit that I have googled on the internet....take it for what it is worth:

3.  GEORGE³ JORDAN (ARTHUR², ARTHUR¹) was born in Surry County, Virginia, and died 1718 in Surry County, VA. He married MARY BROWNE Abt. 1686 in Surry County, VA. She was born Abt. 1670 in Surr County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1728 in Surry County, Virginia. 
....
Surry County, Virginia 
Book 7, page 145 
05/18/1718 date 
08/20/1718 probate 
In the name of God Amen I George Jordan of Surry County considering the 
frailty of this mortall life Do make and Declare my Last Will and 
testament....

....

Item I give unto my Son Thomas Jordan the upper part of my Land lying 
one the head of Sunken Marsh commonly called Stoney runn the said parcell 
of Land I give unto my Son Thomas Jordan and to his Heirs forever. 
Item I give unto my two Sons James and River Jordan the remaining part 
of that Land lying one Sunken marsh and Stonery runn to be Equally 
Divided between them the said parcells of Land I give to my Two Sons 
James and River Jordan and to their heirs forever and in case either of 
my sons 

....

This River Jordan has following information attached to him:

vi.

RIVER JORDAN, b. 1703, Surry Co., VA; d. Aft. 1742, Bertie Co., NC.

Copied from:  http://www.2fools.net/book-0001/0013-0003.html

Bertie County, NC is on the coast and not near Richmond nor Guilford Counties.

Silas Wooten's service during the Revolutionary War

I am reading a book by Stewart E. Dunaway called Colson's Plantation Cross Road in the American Revolution.  The book is a welcome addition to my collection of Revolutionary War books because it does not deal with the details of battle.  Rather it deals with the massive efforts that it took to feed and clothe an army and with the methods that Gen Greene used to make his plans.....ordering rivers to be surveyed, roads, etc....It begins with the fact that Gen Greene was not very excited to be sent south.  On getting to the south he was appalled at the condition of the army in the south.  And he immediately set about trying to get his army fed and clothed.

I will at a later time add Silas' pension and where and what he did .....and under whom he served.  But I didn't want to loose a thought that I was reading in the book.  But I will add the information about Silas' discharge:

1781 Silas Wooten was discharged on April 1, 1781 in Caswell County , NC

(this is from page 27 of Dunaway's book)  "After the famous battle at Guilford Courthouse (which the British won), the Patriot forces retreat to Troublesome Iron Works (today Rockingham County) where they established a camp and hospital." (During the Revolution this would still have been in Guilford County north of where the battle had taken place. )

http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_speedwells_furnace.html

 Greene remains at the camp from March 16-20th, and then starts a move to the south.  He camps at "South Buffalo" for several days......

I did not find a good map explaining where this is and will try to add something about south Buffalo later....

I found an excerpt from the book  The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies by David Lee Russell at

http://books.google.com/books?id=5DFy0eWaPxIC&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=Ramsey's+Mill+as+location+for+Greene's+army&source=bl&ots=X9YB8Kg66F&sig=FBW9WnvF7gn61VnHlMu6Scnv2y0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tkfZUoa3GY2osASw04GIBg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Ramsey's%20Mill%20as%20location%20for%20Greene's%20army&f=false

This information is taken from page 235.

It says:  "Greene's army pursued Cornwallis through heavy rains and along muddy roads, reaching Buffalo Creek on March 22, and Rigdon's Ford on the Deep River by the 26th.  The patriots were traveling through country full of loyalists and food was scarce.  On the 27th Greene was informed that the Virginia and North Carolina militia had agreed to their enlistment for six weeks, which unfortunately had started from the day of their initial gathering, not the day they joined the American cause officially.  This meant that Greene had only four days left with most of his militia.  Greene pleaded with them to stay, but most were determined to go home.  Those who did stay indicated they would stay at their own pleasure, and could leave at any point......Important news arrived that the British were at Ramsey's Mill on Deep River, only 12 miles away from their location at Rigdon's Ford, and on the same side of the River.  Greene reached Ramsey's Mill on the 28th, only to find that the British had bridged the river and were miles away to the south.  .....Greene decided to allow his army to rest and recuperate at Ramsey's Mill.

Note in the below map that Ramsey's Mill is in Chatham County, NC .  Remember that Ramsey's Mill was only 12 miles from Rigdon's Ford (would this have been west of Ramsey's Mill?)   It is my guess that at this time the Virginia militia were very unhappy to be moving farther south and farther from home.

and the from the book  Life of Nathanael Greene Vol 3 by George Washington Greene that is an ebook and can be read at:

http://books.google.com/books?id=lHRKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=Rigdon's+Ford+on+the+Deep+River&source=bl&ots=Pe4Anqmoa3&sig=pAYYN6RA4up9yXNI0plre4q5o6s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lljZUrHGNpT6rAHtqYD4BQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Rigdon's%20Ford%20on%20the%20Deep%20River&f=false

"....If measures are not taken to furnish us with provisions immediately, we shall be compelled to fall back."  Another obstacle arose.  The militia, in spite of commands, remonstrances, and threats, had recklessly wasted their ammunition.  It took a day to bring it up from the rear, and it was a day lost.  Greene feared that Cornwallis might escape him.  The roads were deep, the rains frequent and heavy, provision hard to obtain, and good intelligence still harder, for the region through which his route lay was deeply disaffected.  Still he pressed on.  The 26th found him on the march from Cane Creek to Rigdon's Ford, on the Deep River.....But now came the severest of disappointment of all. On the 23rd he had written to Jefferson about the necessity of calling out a fresh body of militia to take the place of those whose terms of service were about to expire.  On the 27th he wrote to him that , counting their time from the day of their "embodiment in their different counties," not from that of their entrance into active service, they insisted upon being permitted to set out on their way home in season to reach it by the expiration of their term of service.  .....Their might still be one hope left.  There might still be the chance to fight before the evil hour came.  On the 27th he  was at Rigdon's Ford where he hoped to cross the Deep River in time to attack the enemy on their march.  But word came that they were still at Ramsay's Mill, twelve miles below.  Disencumbering himself of everything that could impede his advance, he "put his army in motion without loss of time, firmly believing that Cornwallis would fight again. "  But Cornwallis had secured the passage of the river by throwing a bridge across it, and on the 28th, when Greene came up, was already on its right bank, though Lee pressed too close on his rear to give him time to destroy his bridge.  Everything around bore witness to the precipitation of the retreat.  Some of the British dead were lying unburied by the wayside, and the Americans buried them.  Beef was still hanging in quarters in the slaughter pens, and the hungry Americans ate it eagerly; and still ravenous for food, seized upon the garbage that had been thrown aside for the turkey buzzards.

On the next day Greene wrote to Governor Nash, from Ramsay's Mill:  "The enemy are on the way to Cross Creek, and probably to Wilmington.  I wish it was in my power to pursue them further; but want of provisions, and a considerable part of the Virginia militia's time of service being expired, will prevent our further pursuit.  The greatest advantages are often lost by short terms of service.

Dunaway in his Colson's Plantation says:  Greene with his ragtag forces, of which the militia basically disappeared.....

 Ramsey’s Mill, on the site of the present Lockville dam, canal and powerhouse, three miles north of the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers, provided a campsite for the forces of General Charles Cornwallis. Following the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1871, during the course of the British retreat to Wilmington, the army camped at Ramsey’s Mill. Although General Nathanael Greene’s forces initially pursued them, Cornwallis and his men escaped them and hastily continued to British-controlled Wilmington. 


Location:  SR 1011 (Old US 1) at SR 1012 (Moncure Road) at Moncure.  In Chatham County

ID: H-18 Marker Title: RAMSEY'S MIL Location: SR 1011 (Old US 1) at SR 1012 (Moncure Road) at Moncure County: Chatham