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From: "Stacy Wade Harris II" <>
Subject: Re: [NCFRANKL] WAS LORD CORNWALLIS' ARMY IN FRANKLIN CO NC??
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:03:41 -0400
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Jeremiah had a son named Willis b. july 1756 in Bute Co. and died sometime
after 1833 . As you probably already know , Franklin County was part of what
was named Bute before the war . Do you have any dates on that Willis ?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam West" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [NCFRANKL] WAS LORD CORNWALLIS' ARMY IN FRANKLIN CO NC??


> Hi,
>
> Thanks so much for sharing this with me. One of the RW soldiers I told
> you
> about was a Willis Perry. Was he connected to Casine?
>
> Sam
>
>
> On 3/18/07, Stacy Wade Harris II <> wrote:
>>
>> http://news.webshots.com/photo/1011710527026816886IJQnlnAPGW
>> http://news.webshots.com/photo/1011710658026816886TQvaENmvmf
>> These links are to a newspaper article on Casine from "The State" written
>> in 1949 . I got it from the library inLouisburg but I replaced the photos
>> of
>> the house with my own . I don't know where you would find proof of
>> Cornwallis camping there or even if it exists . I am a decendant of
>> Jeremiah
>> Perry and live just 3 or 4 miles from Casine . I go by there but don't
>> stop
>> other than to take pictures , but I'll see what the caretaker knows after
>> Church today and call T.H Pearce and see what he has to say about it
>> since
>> he is the County Historian . Actually we have the annual "First Flag"
>> memorial at the courthouse at 2:00 and I'll see him there . I've always
>> been
>> shown the woods east of the house and told that this was a field then and
>> that a detachment from Cornwallis' army camped there .
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sam West" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:41 AM
>> Subject: [NCFRANKL] WAS LORD CORNWALLIS' ARMY IN FRANKLIN CO NC??
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am involved in a project actually documenting Revolutionary War
>> Soldiers
>> > who
>> > were in Franklin Co NC, and so far I have documented nearly 300
>> > Soldiers
>> who
>> > there. There have been previous list compiled and published, but this
>> is
>> > the first
>> > that the original records documents these men as being Revolutionary
>> > War
>> > Soldiers,
>> > and their connection to Franklin Co NC.
>> >
>> > I have been told that Lord Cornwallis and his army was at, or camped at
>> the
>> > Casine
>> > Plantation in Franklin Co NC? I would like to add this information to
>> my
>> > database,
>> > but I need the actual primary original documentation. Does anyone have
>> this
>> > documentation
>> > and can share it with me? I have tried to follow Lord Cornwallis'
>> > route
>> up
>> > to York, Virginia,
>> > and all references puts him and his army in the eastern parts of Nash
>> and
>> > Halifax Counties,
>> > which would be away from Franklin. Can anyone help.
>> >
>> > Also, for those involved in the heritage book, if this list is
>> > something
>> you
>> > would like to include
>> > in your book let me know. I have several narratives: Revolutionary War
>> > Activities in Franklin
>> > Counties [includes information about the report center, Louisburg, the
>> > Military Stores at Hill's
>> > Cross Roads, the County Rangers in search of Corwallis, the hanging of
>> > Captain Ricks, alias
>> > "Beard", Revolutionary War Soldiers in Franklin Co NC, and also one on
>> The
>> > War of 1812. All
>> > of which are done in narrative form.
>> >
>> > Sam West
>> > e-mail:
>> >
>> > "Not all of us can do great things, but we all can do small things in a
>> > great way."
>> > author unknown
>> >
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>
>
> --
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