12 giug 1780 anni - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Settlement and Rev Martin's house)

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Rev. William Martin outraged by the massacre at Waxhaws by Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton. He preached a sermon to the Covenanter Church on Rocky Creek telling his congregation that they needed to ignore the proclamation and take up arms against the British.
Lt. Col. George Turnbull of the NY Volunteers (Provincials) learned of this sermon and sent a force of dragoons to disperse the congregation that was organizing under Capt. Benjamin Land (Turkey Creek Regiment) which they did, along with killing Capt. Land. Two miles away, the dragoons attacked another gathering at a local blacksmith shop, killing one. They then rode to the home of Rev. Martin, arrested him, burned his house, and took him to the Rocky Mount jail.

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