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Some Revolutionary Heroes of Rutherford County
David Dickey, a soldier, statesman, doctor and legislator, is highlighted as an early Rutherford County figure. The article traces his frontier life, service at Kings Mountain, and roles in local governance and medicine. It notes his marriage to Mary Heslip and burial in Green Hill township, with monuments in the Lynch family graveyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford County
David Dickey
Green Hill Township
Lynch Place
Rutherfordton
H. L. Carpenter
Rutherford County News
Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
James
George Dickey
Europe
Tryon County
Rutherford
Dickey
America
Hess
Andrew Dickey
James Miller
Jonathan Hampton
Gilbert Town
Hampton
Hampton’s
Wm. Graham
Graham's Fort
Kings Mountain
Graham
Lincoln County
Draper
Timothy Riggs
William Bilbert
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Clarence Griffin
North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser
N. C
Roswell Elmer
David
Mary’ Heslip
Elias McFadden
McFadden
M. E. Church
Mary Dickey
M. E. Elturehy