North Carolina was the 12th state to ratify the U. S. Constitution.

Constitutional Convention met in Hillsborough. Raleigh chosen as state capital. (Orange)

Whigs routed Tories after McPhaul’s Mill. (Robeson)

Gen. Butler and 300 Whigs attempted to rescue Gov. Burke and 13 others from David Fanning’s 600 Tories. The previous day Fanning and 21 to 22 of his men had ridden into Hillsborough in broad daylight and captured the Governor. (Alamance)

• Lindley’s Mill

Tory forces under David Fanning routed Whig force under Thomas Wade. (Hoke)

70 Whigs under Col. Thomas Robeson defeated a force of 400 Tories under Col. John Slingsby. After most of the Tory officers had been killed or wounded, the remaining fled, many into a ravine since called Tory Hole. (Bladen)

New Bern occupied by British soldiers.

Tories under David Fanning attacked the Whig forces of Col. Phillip Alston camped at his house. Alston surrendered. (Moore)

British under Major Craig defeated 330 N. C. Militia under General Caswell and Col. Kenan. 20-30 Whigs were taken prisoner. (Duplin)

Newly appointed Tory Col. David Fanning and his militia of Chatham and Randolph counties guarded the roads leading to the Courthouse and captured most of the Whig militia officers of the county. (Chatham)