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    Halifax Resolves Patriot Grave Markings

    All day
    October 26, 2024
    Halifax Resolves Chapter

    The Halifax Resolves Chapter will be marking the graves of two Revolutionary War Patriots, Samuel Webb Smith and Chesley Daniel in Granville County on October 26, 2024.

    For more information contact, Bill Riggan, President

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    Grave Marking and Wreath Laying Ceremony for Mathew McCauley -- General Francis Nash Chapter

    11:00 AM-12:00 PM
    October 26, 2024
    North Carolina Brigade of the Society of the Descendants of Washington\'s Army at Valley Forge
    General Francis Nash Chapter
    McCauley Family Cemetery
    115 University Lake Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA

    The North Carolina Brigade of the Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge and the General Francis Nash Chapter NC SAR invite you to a Grave Marking for Mathew McCauley. Mathew McCauley was 27 when he enlisted as a Lieutenant in the 10th North Carolina Regiment in July 1777.  He joined Washington’s Main Army and trained at Valley Forge.   As the North Carolina Line reduced in numbers, McCauley moved to the 6th North Carolina Regiment and was promoted to Captain in the summer of 1778.  He was at the battle of Briar Creek (March 3, 1779) and mustered out in the Fall of 1779 when the 6thNorth Carolina Regiment was disbanded.  He went on to serve in the Militia in Hillsboro.

Annual NCSSAR Events

See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.

 

1 February 1781 Battle of Cowan’s Ford Huntersville, NC
27 February 1776 Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge Currie, NC
15 March 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse Greensboro, NC
12 April 1776 Adoption of the Halifax Resolves Halifax, NC
16 May Battles of Alamance County Burlington, NC
20 May 1775 Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence Charlotte, NC
20 June 1775 Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves Fayetteville, NC
20 June 1780 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Lincolnton, NC
21 July 1780 Battle of Colson’s Mill Norwood, NC
29 July 1781 Attack at the House in the Horseshoe Deep River, NC
2 August 1781 Battle of Rockfish Creek Wallace, NC
14 August 1775 Issuance of the Tryon Resolves Bessemer City, NC
25-27 August 1774 Issuance of the New Bern Resolves New Bern, NC
1 October 1780 Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford Morganton, NC
7 October 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain Blacksburg, SC
14 October 1780 Battle of Shallow’s Ford Huntsville, NC

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