Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical

Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of It Never before Published.

• Additional North Carolina Resources

• Military Actions in Western North Carolina

  • Burke County

    • Battle of the Cowpens

  • Cleveland County

    • Battle of King's Mountain

  • Lincoln County

    • Battle of Ramsour's Mill

    • British Army's March through Lincoln County

    • Incidents of the Battle

  • Mecklenburg County

    • Battle of Hanging Rock

    • Skirmish at Charlotte or First Attack of the Hornet's

    • Surprise at McIntyre or the Hornet's at Work

  • Rowan County

    • British Army's March through Rowan and Mecklenburg County

    • Struggle of the Regulators

North Carolina Genealogy