NC Record 025
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Date
26 May 1776
Names in record
Col. Armstrong, Joseph Williams, Joseph Philips, Mr. Williams, Williams
Record type
Book
Text of Record
“Col. Armstrong, Joseph Williams, Joseph Philips and others were in the tavern for a conference with Williams, who was leaving for the Council of Safety. Scarcely had Mr. Williams started when an Express arrived from Transylvania, bringing letters signed by Mssrs. Cameron and Stuart. The letters had evidently been written to friends and as they revealed what was being planned, they were sent to this Congress. The plan was this: the white people who were loyal to the King were to take their wives and children to Florida, where they should have land; then the men should go into the war. He wrote that he already had 2000 soldiers, nearly 1000 Indians and that four or five hundred whites were in the Cherokee Nation.”
Comments
(Quote from Volume III of Records of the Moravians in North Carolina.)
Credit transcription and/or comments to: Nancy Kiser
County of record
Surry County