Another good >place to learn about the life and times of the Rev.war is in Hillsborough >and Alamance county, where "the War of the Regulation and the Battle of >Alamance" almost started the Rev.in May 1771, but Gov. Tryon brought his >troops in to settle the Regulators. > >a descendant of the Messer who was hung in Hillsborough, along with 5 >others. One Regulator was executed on the spot and others hung after the >battle. >The book THE WAR OF THE REGULATION AND THE BATTLE OF ALAMANCE, MAY 16, 1771 >by William S. Powell published by the NC Div of Archives in Raleigh is a >good source of the story. >SBarkley >Taylorsville, NC okay - fill me in a bit on the Regulators. Were they the ones who were in the Lost State of Franklin over in TN? I had a brother to my ancestor in that group, along with some Shelby, Campbell, Looney, Seiver, Sam Houston (uncle of the Texas one), etc. That was quite a group. I know there were divisions, one of them being the Regulators from NC, but I was never sure what they were. The State of Franklin was formed cause the folks got bad at NC government (TN was NC back then). Also NC would not send them any help in defense against Indians. I also read where the Spanish was courting some of them, promised them lots of land if they could sway everyone to become part of Spain. Also the French were talking to some. It is difficult to think how close we came to not being a country. I mean, we could have ended up little countries like in Europe. I know people in Boston, etc. were fighting.....but the southern frontier was really an active place back then. And each group very soon set up some type of government, since they were not getting any help from the government on the coast. At Ft Nashborough NC (Nashville, TN) 1780 the Cumberland Compact was signed. I understand the same was happening on the frontier of western PA, Conn., etc. Why do we never hear about all these little governments that did not last long, but show how our ancestors thought law and order was important. There were so many really intelligent men setting up these governments. So anyway, who were the Regulators of NC? Mary