Forming of the Militia
173 Lackey Town Rd
Old Fort, NC 28762
USA
Relive the history!
Lexington and Concord was a year ago, 1775 the suttlers on the frontier, approximately two families per square mile, ‘tho not much concerned over a war with Great Britain, did have the worry of attacks by the Cherokee. Those indians encouraged by the King’s agents, Stuart and Cameron, to reclaim their hunting grounds from the colonists, word of burned cabins and massacred families reached the Committee of Safety daily. For their protection, men between the age of 16 and 60 enlisted for Militia duty and brought their families to the security of Fort Royal or the Upper Fort on the Catawba River. That fort located on land from a “King’s grant” would soon be referred to as Davidson’s Fort and play a major role in North Carolina’s actions against Tory and Cherokee raids as far east as present day Spartenburg. Davidson’s Fort will also supply troops from its garrison to the pivotal battles of Kings Mountain, the Cowpens and Guilford Court House.
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