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Some Revolutionary Heroes of Rutherford Part Eight
Prominent local figures William Gilbert and Major James Holland are outlined through Draper’s claim of Gilbert’s loyalist ties and Holland’s later Tennessee settlement. The piece corrects Draper’s error, details Gilbert’s 1775 Association Oath and 1780s service, and traces Holland’s 1780s Grazing grants, political roles, and later life across Rutherford, Pulleduer and Maury counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gilbert
Lyman C. Draper
Kings Mountain
Major Dunlap
Gilberttown
King George
Ferguson
Nashville
Tennessee
Flournoy Rivers
Pulaski
Tenn
Draper
Horace L. Carpenter
Rutherfordton
Gilbert
George
David Schenck
Greensboro
N. G
North Carolina
Tryon
Lincoln
Rutherford
Hillsborough
House of Commons
Willian Gilbert
Court of Pleas
William Graham
Bezonian
Committee of Safety
Association
McFadden
Tryon County
N. C
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Charleston
D. C
Gilerttown
M. James Holland
Maury County
Land Office
Capitol
Franklin, Tenn
Sarah McCandless
Pennsylvania
Sarah Gilbert
Congress
William Blount Holland
Duck River
Columbia
Maj
Holland
William Blount
New Settlement
New S
Major Holland
Legislative Journal
Childress
Haywood
Verger
Tyree Rodes
James Holland, Jr
Jothers
Will
Fourtain Creek
Treasury
Fountain Creek
Gilbert Grant
James Holland
Jeff Gilliam
Tuscaloosa
Big Jim