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Revolutionary
Soldiers Buried Near Snow Creek
The Landmark
Statesville, N.C.
March 9, 1883
A citizen of
Sharpsburg
Township has furnished us
with the following list of Revolutionary soldiers whose bones repose in
the Snow Creek graveyard.
Robert Boyd
Captain Wm. Feimster
James McHargue
John McHargue
Thomas Moore
David White
Wm. Hardin(?) Bardin(?)
James King
John King
Captain Joseph Sharpe
James Sharpe
William Sharpe (“Lawyer Billy”)
Jas. Callahan
Samuel Wilson
Adam Laurence
Peter Claywell
Ned Burton
William Bone
Valentine Tucker
Robert Dobson
Isaac Marshall, Wm. Woodsides and John
Luck, also soldiers of the Revolution, lie buried in private burying
grounds near Snow Creek.
Of the above, Peter Claywell was at the
Battle of Guilford Courthouse; James, John and William Sharpe were in
the Battle of King’s Mountain; Ned Burton and John Luck were at the
surrender at Yorktown; John McHargue was wounded, captured and paroled,
came home, took smallpox and died; James King was in the skirmish at
Cowan’s Ford; and James Callahan was in the Battle of Camden.
There are buried at Snow Creek also
several soldiers of the War of 1812 and a number of Confederates.
Among the latter is the gallant and distinguished Reuben P.
Campbell, colonel of the 7th N.C.R.
The majority of the graves of these soldiers are unmarked save by
rude stones and the gentleman who gave us the above names and facts
accompanying them added the patriotic suggestion that the descendents or
other relatives of these heroes should unite and have raised in the Snow
Creek grave yard a monument to the memory of the soldiers of these three
wards who are buried there.
Transcribed by
Christine Spencer, August 2008 |
UPDATED: August 5, 2008
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