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Grave of Colonel Wade: Anson Ancestry and Rutherford Ties
An article traces the grave of Colonel Thomas Wade near Lilesville Anson County detailing the site history and markers. It covers Wade’s birthplace 1720 1768 the first Anson County court houses at Mt Pleasant New Town and Wadesboro the Indian Execution Rock tablet and how Anson county formed from Bladen Mecklenburg and Tryon. The piece also notes Rutherford county’s connection through the 1775 Provincial Congress military districting and Wade’s command of Minute Men in the Salisbury district with Adlai Osborne and Joseph Harbin in leadership roles.
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Thomas Wace
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George Anson
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Virginia
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Tryon County
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Montgomery
Richmond
Sullivan
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