Select Mount Holly and Dutchman’s Creek Area 🌊 1. Strategic Location West of the Catawba River 🛡️ 2. Revolutionary War Significance 🪨 3. Native American Activity and Possible Stone Structures 🏠 4. Early Settler & German/Dutch Influence 📍 Want to Investigate Further? If you’re exploring around Mount Holly and Dutchman’s Creek, here’s what I’d recommend:…
Read MoreWhy Cowan’s Ford Was Important: ⚔️ The Battle 🏡 Connections to Local Families and Plantations 🔹 The Alexander Family 🔹 General William Lee Davidson 🔹 Latta Plantation 🔹 McAuley Farm / “Hornet’s Nest” 🌿 Geography & Legacy 🗺️ Key Sites Today 📍 Timeline of Events Around Charlotte & Cowan’s Ford 🇬🇧 British Take Charlotte –…
Read More✅ Greene’s Movements: ❗ Greene did not go west — that was Cornwallis’s direction 🔥 Strategic Outcome: 🎯 Why This Matters to the Artillery Map (Northlake Position) The Northlake ridge and wagon road split: The fact that this ridge covers the south approaches, overlooks the Wagon Road forks, and offers sightlines toward Long Creek, Cowan’s…
Read MoreFrancis Bradley was killed on November 14, 1780, at about 37 years old. He was ambushed and “privately slain by the enemies of his country” while defending what is referred to as McAuley’s lot or farm judiciaryni.uk+4bmgen.com+4allthingsliberty.com+4. 🏠 Whose farm was it? The land where Bradley died belonged to a McAuley (sometimes spelled McAulay or…
Read MoreHISTORIC ROAD NETWORK CONTEXT ✅ Great Wagon Road Split (Near Present-Day Charlotte) In the late 1700s, the Great Wagon Road: Artillery near Northlake Mall would: 📌 GEOGRAPHIC LAYOUT & FIRING ARCS (Approx.) Let’s use a hypothetical ridge artillery site: From this location: Target Distance Direction Within Range of 6-pdr? Beatties Ford ~3.8 miles W ~265°…
Read More✅ Yes — but they were mostly temporary militia posts, river fords defenses, and field entrenchments, not full-blown European-style forts. Along the Catawba River (esp. during 1780–1781), you’d find: 🔎 Archaeological signs of these may still exist, especially in wooded high ground near fords — like the flat-topped ridges with river views you’ve described. 🪨…
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