David FANNING was a Loyalist Colonel, with a small army of soldiers recruited from the people of central Carolina. These troops terrorized people far and wide throughout the piedmont of North and South Carolina. During one of their raids in Guilford County, they killed one of the McADOW brothers. Later a group of militiamen from Guilford caught Alexander SHANNON, a local recruit, visiting his family in the community. The militiamen proceeded to execute SHANNON (1781). Later they discovered that they might be subject to civil prosecution for murder, three of them applied to the assembly for a pardon for their action. James McADOW, a brother of the victim of FANNINGS troops, Henry REED, and William HALL were the applicants. Their application was approved, the final voice vote recorded was 50 for and 7 against. Tories Captured At Battle Of Moore's Creek Bridge Frederick CRAFTS William SHANNON Jeremiah FIELD Joseph FIELD Seymore YORK Stephen PARKER John DOWNING John DOAK James LOW Robert TURNER Samuel DeVINEY William FIELD Robert FIELD William ARMFIELD Stephen SISNEY David JACKSON Robinson YORK Joseph DOBSON John SIMMONS Robert ADAMS Other Tories Reneca JULIAN James WALKER Jacob ELLIOT Abraham WOODWARD James WILSON William DRAPER John UNDERHILL