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Some Revolutionary Heroes of Rutherford County
The Courier News presents biographical sketches of Rutherford county Revolutionary soldiers buried in the area. Major Patrick Watson led Rutherford foot forces and died in 1809. Major Francis Logan, born in New York, lived in Rutherford county and died in 1826. John Moore, a youth soldier who rose to civic prominence, served as a state senator and Presbyterian elder, with extensive land and business holdings in the region.
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