Many early Wilson Co. TN residents have a connection to Guilford Co. NC because they were Soldiers of the Revolution who fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. There were 4.500 Americans (both Militia and Continental Line) who fought in this battle under General Nathaniel Greene. They were defeated by the 1,900 British soldiers led by Lord Charles Cornwallis, but the Americans killed 25% of the British soldiers in this battle and caused Lord Cornwallis to retreat from the Carolinas to VA where he surrendered six months later. He make the following quote about this battle: "I never saw such fighting since God made me. The Americans fought like demons" Lt. General Charles, Earl Cornwallis Among these Soldiers of the Revolution who fought in this battle were my Wilson Co. ancestors: 1. William Eddins, Sr. (wife Rebecca Chandler) who fought with the North Carolina Continental Line, and whose daughter Elizabeth married James Ozment July 14, 1817 in Wilson Co. (I descend from his son William Eddins, Jr. and Sarah Hooker) 2. John Porter McFarland, who married Nancy Manees/Menees (I descend from their son James Menees McFarland and Dicey Bilbro) -------------------- To request a lookup to find out if YOUR ancestor fought in the Battle of Guilford Co. Courthouse, contact: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park 2332 New Garden Road Greensboro, NC 27410-2355 or go to www.nps.gov/guco/ click on "email us" to get an email form to fill out and send. You can read about this battle at www.nps.gov/guco/index.htm -------------------------- Personally, I would be very interested to see a list of Wilson Co. citizens who fought in this battle. Perhaps those of you who learn your ancestor was in this battle, could post that info on the message board. Kathleen Hill Redondo Beach, CA Wilson Co. TN direct ancestor names: BILBRO, CHANDLER, EDDINS, FRIZELLE, HILL, HOOKER, KELLY, MANEES/MENEES, MCFARLAND, PEYTON, THOMPSON, WESTBROOK, WHITSON, WILKERSON ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ozment" <johnozment@hotmail.com> To: <tnwilson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:49 AM Subject: [TNWILSON] Guilford Co., NC, connections? > > Your Thomas J. Swain and Rebecca Bland could have > connections back to Guilford Co., NC, as do the > Ozments. I have seen the surnames Swain and Bland > in Guilford Co. > > ________________________________ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message