Showing posts with label Tories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tories. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Cabin Of Nancy Hart


Also see Thomas Brown In The Hornet's Nest.

The Hornet's Nest, A novel of the Revolutionary War by Jimmy Carter, is concerned with the war "as it was fought in Georgia and the Carolinas...".


Unfortunately for them, they chose the cabin of Nancy Hart and demanded that she prepare food for them (after Thomas Brown's Tories killed John Dooly at his home).  Nancy and her husband, Benjamin, had moved from Carolina to Georgia with the Clarkes (Elijah), and she had proven to be quite self-sufficient after her husband was killed on one of the militia raids into Indian territory.

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Rechristened Fort Rosalie


Source (Fort Rosalie And Vicinity)
"1763 rule of the Mississippi Valley passed from Louis XV to George III  By proclamation George III's government made the Natchez District...the only British area open to settlement west of the Appalachians."'

"...patriot James Willing circa 1777 ...was made a captain in the Navy...to make prize of all British Property on the Mississippi. However...when a party of  Americans did arrive, the Natchez settlers (many if not most of the Tory persuasion) gave it a violent reception.  Once more the British flag flew over Fort Panmure, as the British had rechristened Fort Rosalie.  It was not to stay there long.  Fort Panmure capitulated (to Spain) on October 5, 1779.