-My understanding is that Cross Creek was the early name of Fayetteville, NC, now the home of Fort Bragg. -Whigs were Americans. -There is a tidal river near Charleston, SC, named Stono. -Asheville is in mountainous Buncombe County, which I feel sure is your Bunchomb Co NC. Charlotte, NC, is in Mecklenburg County. It's close to the SC border; in fact, it's on it. Highway 64 (federal highway interlaid and overlaid with more modern roads and by-passes) runs from Ashville to Charlotte, and then on to the coast via Raleigh.