Who were the Regulators?

The Regulators were never a formal organization with designated members. It was an affiliation of rural farmers along the then-boundary of Orange and Rowan Counties - now eastern Randolph and Guilford Counties. As well there were many involved in the Regulation who lived in other areas of the North Carolina Piedmont. The following is therefore not an exhaustive list of Regulators.

All of the following men were involved in various petitions or other documents associated with the Regulators or were otherwise mentioned in various histories of the Regulator movement. Please email mchilton@outlook.com to suggest corrections or additions to this list.

The Regulators of Orange and Rowan Counties:

Acuages, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Aiken, Jones [or James?] - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Aldridge, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Aldridge, Nathan - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Aldridge, Nicholas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Allred, William Jr - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Allred, William Sr - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Andriss, Adam - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Andriss, Conrad - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ashmore, Walter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Awtray, Alex - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Baily, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bannistor, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Barber, Richard - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Barber, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Barker, Nicholas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Barker, Samuel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Barnes, Brinsley - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. One of the signer of the Orange Instructions.

Barnes, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Barnes, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Barton, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Beaty, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Beck, Jeffrey - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Belhany, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bery, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bignour, James - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Blake, Thomas - Mentioned by Carruthers as among “Regulators who were spreading their principles in [Dobbs County].” (Carruthers, page 131)

Bly, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Boe, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Boggs, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Boilston, Will - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Boring, Joseph - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Bradley, Abram - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bradley, Lawrence - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brady, Ayen - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Branson, Ely - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770.

Branson, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brantley, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Braswell, Benjamin - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bray, Edward - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bray, Henry - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brewer, Nickless - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bricks, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brooks, Isaac - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brooks, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brooks, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brown, Daniel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brown, David - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brown, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brown, Robert - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brown, William - Convicted at Hillsborough in 1771, but pardoned by Gov. Tryon (Troxler page 117).

Brox, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Brur, Noel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bullen, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Bumpass, John - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158)

Burgiss, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Burtson, John - Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters.

Butler, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 7. Per NCPedia.org William Butler (fl. 1768-73) by James K. Huhta: “William Butler, farmer and insurgent, was probably born in Virginia before 1730 and was likely the son of William and Frances Watson Butler...In 1768, while living near Sandy Creek in Orange County, he was appointed a county tax collector; in 1770 he was appointed a deputy sheriff in Orange County...emerged as a principal leader of the Regulators by the late 1760s. He was central in events at Hillsborough in 1768 and 1770 and at Alamance Creek in 1771. Butler, along with two others, was declared an outlaw by the governor of North Carolina in June 1771. After the events at Alamance Creek, Butler apparently fled North Carolina and, by May 1773, settled at the ‘headwaters of Walker's Creek’ in Fincastle County, Va. In 1772, John Butler of Orange County sought unsuccessfully to obtain a pardon for his brother from Governor Josiah Martin and then warned William against planning to settle in North Carolina again." William Butler was arrested (along with Harmon Husband) as part of Fanning’s midnight raid on the Sandy Creek community in the Spring of 1768 (Carruthers, page 119) and at the September 1768 Superior Court was convicted of rioting. (Carruthers, page 128) The Regulator Docket (Orange County Superior Court Minutes, September 1770) record that “Several persons styling themselves Regulators assembled together in the court yard under the conduct of Harmon Husband, James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler, Samuel Divinny, and many others…” and carried out the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 131) Gov Tryon had indictments handed down against William Butler, John Gappen, Samuel Divinney, James Hunter, Matthew Hamilton and Rednap Howell for their alleged roles in the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 143) Rednap Howell, Harmon Husband, James Hunter and William Butler were outlawed after the Battle of Alamance. (Carruthers, page 157). William Butler unsuccessfully prosecuted cases against local officials at the March 1769 Superior Court in Hillsborough. (Troxler page 78)

Cain, John - Appointed by Regulators to settle matters with Rowan County officials at a March 1771 meeting (Carruthers, page 143)

Cain, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Calley, Patrick - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Capin, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Capps, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Carr, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ceinght, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Chafen, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Cheek, Randolph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Cheney, Francis - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Christian, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Christian, Thomas - Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters.

Christman, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Clanton, Benjamin - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Clapp, George - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Clapp, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Clapp, Ludwig - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Clapp, Tobias - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Clark, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Clark, Samuel - Signed last letter from the Regulators to Tryon on May 15, 1771.

Clauton, Charles - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Code, Timothy - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Copeland, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Convicted at Hillsborough in 1771, but pardoned by Gov. Tryon (Troxler page 117).

Copeland, William Jr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Copeland, William Sr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Coplin, Nicklos - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Coplin, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Corlin, Valentine - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Cortner, George - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Cortner, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Coulie, John - Mentioned by Carruthers (page 131) as “Regulators who were spreading their principles in [Dobbs County].” There was a “John Gugle” indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144) Same person?

Cowen, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Cox, Harmon - Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters. Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Convicted at Hillsborough in 1771, but pardoned by Governor Tryon. (Troxler page 117)

Cox, Solomon - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Cox, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Cox, William - William Cox was appointed to represent the Deep River area at the meeting at Maddocks Mill appointed for 10 Oct 1768. (Carruthers, page 109)

Craswell, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Craswell, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Craven, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Craven, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Disallowed from the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75) Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Craven, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Possibly the same person as Thomas Cratin who signed the Orange Instructions.

Creaton, Patrick - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Creeson, Abraham - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Croswell, Gilbard - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Croswell, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Croswell, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Crow, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Crow, Mansfield - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Culberson, Andrew - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Culberson, Samuel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Currie, Ezekiel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Currie, John - Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included “John Cunny” (Carruthers, page 142)

Curtiss, Samuel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Dark, Samuel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Davis, Enoch - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Davis, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Davis, Jonathan - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Davis, Matthew - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Davis, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Davis, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Delap, Robert - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Deviney, Samuel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Tried (along with Husband and Butler) at Hillsborough in September 1768. The Regulator Docket (Orange County Superior Court Minutes, September 1770) record that “Several persons styling themselves Regulators assembled together in the court yard under the conduct of Harmon Husband, James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler, Samuel Divinny, and many others…” and carried out the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 131) Indicted for his role in the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 143)

Dixon, Caleb - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Dixon, Simon - Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters.

Dobbins, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Signed the Orange Instructions.

Dorset, Francis - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Dowd, Dyer - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Dowdy, Daniel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Dray, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Drinkin, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Duckworth, Jeremiah - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Dunham, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. John Duncum?

Dunn, Bartholomew - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Dunn, Simon Jr. - Excluded from Gov. Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Dunn, William - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Edwards, Joshua - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ellis, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Emmerson, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Convicted at Hillsborough in 1771, but pardoned by Governor Tryon. (Troxler page 117)

English, Matthew - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

English, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Erwin, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Evans, Aaron - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fall, Christen - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fanning, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fany, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Few, James - James Few was hung on the battlefield immediately following the Battle of Alamance. Few is said to have been motivated especially by personal animosity toward Edmund Fanning who had “seduced” Few’s fiancée. (Carruthers, page 158)

Fields, Jeremiah - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Jeremiah acted as spokesman for the Regulators during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770 (Troxler page 87). Also attempted to settle matters with Rowan County officials at a March 1771 meeting (Carruthers, page 142).

Fields, William - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Fike, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fike, Malachy - Excluded from the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75)

Firnier, Marton - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Flake, Thomas - Attempted to settle matters with Rowan Officials at a March 1771 meeting (Carruthers, page 142).

Flemmin, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Foshea, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fruit, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. Ultimately pardoned by Governor Tryon.

Fudge, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fuller, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fuller, Joshua - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Fuller, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Futrelle, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Gappen, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Indicted for his role in the Hillsborough Riot of 1770 (Carruthers, page 143).

Gideon, Gilbert Jr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Gideon, Gilbert Sr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Gilbert Joshua - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Gilbert, Jonathan - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Gillespie, Daniel - Fought at the Battle of Alamance. (Carruthers, page 171) The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Gillespie (Carruthers, page 142).

Gillespie, John - Fought at the Battle of Alamance. (Carruthers, page 171)

Gillmore, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ginil, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Givil?

Glase, Christian - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Glase, George - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Glase, Philip Jr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Glase, Philip Sr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Glase, Powell - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Glover, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Goble, George - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Coble?

Goble, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Coble?

Goble, Nicholas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Coble?

Goff, Solomon - Disallowed from taking the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75)

Goldstone, Charles - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Graham, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Graham (Carruthers, page 142) At the meeting, the Regulators appointed their delegates for settling the issues at a future meeting, one of which delegates was Graham. (Carruthers, page 143)

Graves, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Graves, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Green, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Green, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Grigg, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Gross, Solomon - Indicted for inciting the 1768 Anson Courthouse Riot.

Grubbs, Benjamin - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Grubbs, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hadley, Jesse - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hadley, Joshua - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hadley, Simeon - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hamilton, Archibald - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hamilton, Hanson - In the Spring of 1769, Orange Co Sheriff John Lea was beaten by John Pugh while the Sheriff had been attempting to serve a warrant on Hanson Hamilton. (Carruthers, page 129)

Hamilton, Matthew - among those who were not allowed to take the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75) Indicted for his role in the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 143)

Hamilton, Ninian - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 7. Among those who were not allowed to take the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75)

Hamilton, Ninian Bell - Organized the Regulators’ march on Hillsborough to free Harmon Husband following Fanning’s Spring 1768 raid on the Sandy Creek community (Carruthers, page 122). Among those who were not allowed to take the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75). Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Hamilton, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hamm, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hammer, Abraham - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Harden, Stephen - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Stephen Harlan?

Haridon, James - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Harlow, Eron - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Harmon, Zach - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Harrison, Jesse - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hart, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hartso, John - Tried (along with Husband and Butler) at Hillsborough in September 1768.

Hartso, Philip - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Henderson, Argulus - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Henderson, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Henderson, Nathaniel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Henderson, Richard (not the judge of the same name) - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Henderson, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hendry, George - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters.

Hendrye, Thomas Jr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hendrye, Thomas Sr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Henson, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Henson, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hill, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hillerman, Nicholas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hilton, Abraham - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hilton, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hintrand, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Honest, Michael - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hopper, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Horn, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hornaday, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Howard, Nehemiah - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Howe, John - Appointed by the Regulators on 4 Apr 1768 to meet with the Sheriff and Vestrymen of Orange County.

Howell, Rednap - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters. Per NCPedia.org article by Elmer D. Johnson Rednap Howell (d. 1787): “Rednap Howell, ‘poet of the Regulators,’ moved to North Carolina from New Jersey, probably in the early 1760s. He settled first in present Chatham County, then moved about 1768 to what is now Randolph County. Howell is supposed to have been a teacher and certainly was well educated for his time. He wrote several ‘Regulator poems’ satirizing the men and events associated with the Regulator uprising in North Carolina from 1768 to 1771…Howell first appeared on the Regulator scene in May 1768 as one of the signers of a petition to Governor William Tryon, stating the grievances of the western North Carolina farmers against the appointed county officials. Howell and James Hunter carried the petition to Tryon, who refused to hear their grievances and demanded that the Regulators pay their taxes and obey the laws of the province…In September 1770, they prevented court from being held in Hillsborough, the seat of Orange County. Howell was later indicted in connection with this incident…In January 1771 Howell learned that Herman Husband, another Regulator leader, had been imprisoned in New Bern and began raising a force to release him. Because Husband was released by the court, the expedition did not take place…Howell was present at the beginning of the Battle of Alamance, but is thought to have left the field without taking part in the fighting. Nevertheless, he was outlawed by Governor Tryon and a reward was offered for his capture, dead or alive. After Alamance, Howell fled to Maryland and later returned to New Jersey, where he died. As far as is known, he never married.” James Hunter and Rednap Howell waited in Brunswick to petition the Governor on behalf of the Regulators in June 1768. (Carruthers, page 124) Howell was from New Jersey, was a schoolmaster and is thought to be the poet of the Regulators. (Carruthers, page 129) The Regulator Docket (Orange County Superior Court Minutes, September 1770) record that “Several persons styling themselves Regulators assembled together in the court yard under the conduct of Harmon Husband, James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler, Samuel Divinny, and many others…” and carried out the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 131) Rednap Howell, while out proselytizing for the Regulators in Halifax County wrote to James Hunter in February 1771 to report on his efforts, though the letter was intercepted by Gov. Tryon’s supporters. (Carruthers, page 138) Gov Tryon had indictments handed down against William Butler, John Gappen, Samuel Divinney, James Hunter, Matthew Hamilton and Rednap Howell for their alleged roles in the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 143) Rednap Howell, Harmon Husband, James Hunter and William Butler were outlawed after the Battle of Alamance. (Carruthers, page 157)

Hugh, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hunter, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 7. James Hunter and Rednap Howell waited in Brunswick to petition the Governor on behalf of the Regulators in June 1768. (Carruthers, page 124) Hunter was also one of three signers of a letter on behalf of the Regulators to Gov. Tryon in late summer 1768. (Carruthers, page 127) James Hunter was among those who were not allowed to take the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75) The Regulator Docket (Orange County Superior Court Minutes, September 1770) record that “Several persons styling themselves Regulators assembled together in the court yard under the conduct of Harmon Husband, James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler, Samuel Divinny, and many others…” and carried out the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 131) Rednap Howell, while out proselytizing for the Regulators in Halifax County wrote to James Hunter in February 1771 to report on his efforts, though the letter was intercepted by Gov. Tryon’s supporters. (Carruthers, page 138) Gov Tryon had indictments handed down against William Butler, John Gappen, Samuel Divinney, James Hunter, Matthew Hamilton and Rednap Howell for their alleged roles in the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 143) Rednap Howell, Harmon Husband, James Hunter and William Butler were outlawed after the Battle of Alamance. (Carruthers, page 157) The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Hunter (Carruthers, page 142). At the meeting, the Regulators appointed their delegates for settling the issues at a future meeting, one of which delegates was to have been Hunter. (Carruthers, page 143). Hunter sued Edmund Fanning and Michael Holt II in Hillsborough in March 1770, losing to Fanning, but prevailing over Holt. (Troxler page 85)

Husband, Harmon - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters. The role of Harmon Husband in the Regulator dispute cannot be easily summarized. It is interesting to note that Husband claimed that he was never a part of the Regulator group proper, but that he was part of a non-violent allied organization that he called the Sandy Creek Association.

Hutson, Richard - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Hutson, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Inyard, John - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Inyard (Carruthers, page 142).

Jackson, David - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jackson, Isaac - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 7.

Johns, Jacob Jr - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Johns, Jacob Sr - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Johns, Stephen - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Johnson, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jones, Andre - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jones, Aquilla - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jones, Charles - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jones, Samuel - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158). The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Jones (Carruthers, page 142).

Jones, Stephen - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jones, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jones, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Jones, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Julian, Peter Jr - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Julian, Peter Sr - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Peter Julian was one of three signers of a letter on behalf of the Regulators to Gov. Tryon in late summer 1768 (Carruthers, page 127). The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Julian (Carruthers, page 142).

Kelly, Patrick - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Kennedy, Alex - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Kiniman, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Kumian, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Landrum, Charles - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Landrum, Rubin - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Lane, Archey - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Lang, Edward - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Latham, Samuel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Lawrence, Adam - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Layn, Marveric - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Leary, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Lenderman, Henry - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770 (Carruthers, page 144). Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Levy, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Lille, Muicher - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Locke, Matthew - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting. At the meeting, the Regulators appointed their delegates for settling the issues at a future meeting, one of whom was to be Locke (Carruthers, page 143).

Lowe, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Lowe, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 7.

Lowe, Samuel - The last exchange of letters on May 15, 1771 was a communique from the Regulators, signed by John Williams, Samuel Low, James Wilson, Joseph Scott and Samuel Clark.

Luin, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Macvay, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Maddocks, Joseph - Hosted the original meeting of the Regulators at his mill on 10 Oct 1766.

Marfay, Roger - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Marly, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Marmane, Larence - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Marsevaine, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Marshall, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Marshall, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters.

Mateer, Robert - Per Some Neglected History of North Carolina by W.E. Fitch, 1905: “Robert Matear, one of the unfortunate victims, was a quiet, inoffensive, upright man, who had never joined the Regulators . . . According to Caruthers in his Life of Caldwell: “a few years before the battle he went to Newberne to sell a load of produce, and Tryon, having learned where he was from, as there were no mail lines in those days, made him the bearer of a letter to Alexander Martin at Salisbury . . . he opened the letter on the road as he was returning home and read it. He was so disgusted with the haughtiness and tyranny which it manifested, that he handed it over to one of his neighbors who was friendly to the Regulators. Through their carelessness or intemperate zeal, it became known, and was the sole cause of his death.” Robert Mateer was co-emissary (along with Robert Thompson) from the Regulators to the Governor at the last moment before the Battle of Alamance. The shooting began while Mateer and Thompson were in the Governor’s camp. Mateer escaped, but Thompson was killed on the spot (by Tryon himself, as the story goes). (Carruthers, pages 153, 164) Mateer was hanged at Hillsborough on June 19, 1771. (Troxler page 117)

Maudlin, Benjamin - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Maudlin, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Maudlin, Jonie - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

McCaul, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

McCay, Daniel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

McClewland, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

McCoy, Archibald - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

McCoy, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

McDaniel, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

McPherson, Joseph - Joseph and two of his brothers were at the Battle of Alamance and his eyewitness account is related in Carruthers at pages 112 & 155. McPherson was also on hand when the Regulators descended on Hillsborough in September 1768 and snuck into town to discuss Harmon Husband’s fate with Edmund Fanning. (Troxler page 74)

McSwaine, Patrick - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Melon, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Melton, Jeremiah - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Mercer, Forester - Convicted at Hillsborough in 1771, but pardoned by Gov.Tryon. (Troxler page 117)

Merrill, Benjamin - Per History of the Liberty Baptist Association by Elder Henry Sheets, 1907 (page 158): “Capt. Benjamin Merrill, of the Jersey settlements near Salisbury...was on his way to join the Regulators at Alamance, with a company of more than three hundred men, when he intercepted Gen. Hugh Waddell and forced him to flee to Salisbury, after taking most of his command prisoners. Captain Merrill was within one day's march of the Alamance when he heard the cannonading, and soon afterwards heard of the victory of the Governor's army. He is said to have regretted that he was not present with his men to have bled with those who fought for liberty. After hearing of the defeat of his comrades he disbanded his men and returned home. He was taken prisoner by a detachment under Colonel Fanning, and brought to Tryon's army, encamped at 'Jersey Settlement Camp,' on Saturday, June 1, 1771; to the west of the Jersey settlement near the Yadkin River, and put in chains with the other prisoners and dragged through the country to Hillsborough, where with his life he paid the forfeit. In this trying situation he gave his friends satisfactory evidence that he was prepared to die, for he not only professed faith in Christ, his hope of heaven, and his willingness to go, but sang a psalm very devoutly, like the Covenanters in the grass market in Edinburgh, and died like a Christian and soldier. On being permitted to speak just before the execution, he said that fifteen years previously he had been converted, but had back-slidden, yet now felt that he was freely forgiven and that he would not change places with any one on the grounds. In conclusion he referred feelingly to his wife and eight children, saying, 'I entreat that no reflection be cast upon them on my account'; and requested that some part of his estate be spared for the widow and fatherless. It is said that one of Tryon's soldiers was heard to declare that if all men went to the gallows with a character such as Captain Merrill's, "hanging would be an honorable death." If Captain Merrill with his three hundred men had reached the Alamance the day before the battle, the Regulators would have had a commanding officer, and the result might have been quite different from what it was…[Benjamin Merrill’s] plantation, on which was his home, was some four miles south of Lexington, NC and about two miles east from Jersey Church. The writer recently visited the spot where once stood the residence of Captain Merrill…It is said that our hero was a gunsmith, and that the strong branch running at the foot of the hill near where his residence stood afforded the power necessary to operate the simple machinery used in boring out the barrels. In the evening he would arrange a barrel for boring and start his crude machinery and leave it running all night.” Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158). Hanged at Hillsborough on June 19, 1771 (Troxler page 117).

Messer, Captain [first name unknown] - Per Some Neglected History of North Carolina by W.E. Fitch, 1905: “Captain Messer, who, as you remember, was captured just after the battle…was to have been hanged the following day, but owing to a very affecting incident already noted, he was reserved for the Hillsborough fete, June 19, 1771.” Same tale told by Carruthers on page 166. Hanged at Hillsborough on June 19, 1771 (Troxler page 117).

Miles, Charles - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Miles, John Jr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Miles, John Sr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Miles, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Mitchell, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Moffitt, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Moffitt, William - Appointed to represent the Deep River area at the meeting at Maddocks Mill held 10 Oct 1768. (Carruthers, page 109) Moffitt among those who were not allowed to take the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75) Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters. Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Montgomery, Captain [first name unknown] - Carruthers (citing the Weekly Times) says that Captain Montgomery “commanded a company of mountain boys” at the Battle of Alamance and was killed early in the engagement.

Moon, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Moore, Edward - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Moore, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Morgan, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Morgan, Ruddy - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Morgan, Solomon - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Morris, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Morrow, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Moses, Adam - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Muchecenes, Larence - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Murphy, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Nanit, George - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Navit?

Nation, Christopher - Christopher Nation (son of John Sr) was a Quaker who came to Rowan County (perhaps from Hopewell Virginia) to the New Garden Meeting sometime before 1761 perhaps as early as 1751. In 1768, Christopher Nation was among 22 Regulars assembled at Hillsborough who petitioned Governor Tryon to pardon the Regulators past excesses, but Nation was among those who were exempt from the offer of pardon which Governor Tryon issued in response on October 3, 1768. Christopher Nation was elected to the House of Representatives from Rowan County at the same time that Harmon Husband was elected from Orange County in the voter uprising of 1769. About which election Henry Eustace McCulloh wrote to Colonel John Harvey on 30 Mar 1770: “‘I thank you for the journal of your political proceedings:-the madness of the people must be great indeed, to trust such wretches as Harmon Husbands and Christopher Nation, as their representatives;--but it is a comfort, that violent mad fits seldom last long.’ (summarized from http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VICKERY/2000-01/0946855263 )

Needham, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Needham, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Noe, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Norton, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Odle, Nehemiah - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Oliver, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

O'Neal, John - Excluded from the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler, page 75)

Owens, Stephen - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Paine, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Par, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Park, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Parsons, George - Molded bullets in anticipation of the Battle of Alamance and fought there (Carruthers, page 156).

Patterson, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Paygee, William - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Payne, William - Among those who were not allowed to take the Governor's offer of pardon in 1768. (Troxler page 75)

Penton, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Penton, Timothy - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Person, Thomas - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158). The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting. At the meeting, the Regulators appointed their delegates for settling the issues at a future meeting, one of whom was to have been Person (Carruthers, page 143).

Phipps, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Phipps, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Phipps, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Pickral, Henry - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Pleourt, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Pooey, Francis - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Pooey, Umfrey - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Powell, Nathaniel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Pryor, John - Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters. Regulator candidate elected in July 1769 as Harmon Husband’s seatmate. (Troxler page 79)

Pugh, Enoch - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Pugh, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Per Some Neglected History of North Carolina by W.E. Fitch, 1905: "During the battle, James Pugh, gunsmith by trade, - who had repaired many of the Regulators' guns prior to the fight, - a sharpshooter and a brother in law of Harmon Husband, with three other men, securely protected by a ledge of rocks and a large tree on the edge of a ravine, did great execution with rifles. Pugh, being a crack sharpshooter, did the firing, while the other three men did the loading for him. He killed fifteen of Tryon's artillerymen. Although the cannon were directed against Pugh and his assistants, they could not be driven from their position; but at length they were surrounded. Pugh was taken prisoner. The others made their escape, and Pugh was tried for treason and executed a month later at Hillsborough." Similar account, Carruthers, page 156. Pugh was a gunsmith (Carruthers, page 165). Hanged at Hillsborough on June 19, 1771 (Troxler page 117).

Pugh, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. In the Spring of 1769, Orange Co Sheriff John Lea was beaten by John Pugh while the Sheriff had been attempting to serve a warrant on Hanson Hamilton. (Carruthers, page 129)

Pugh, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Raines, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ramsay, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ramsay, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ramsouer, Michael - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ranetalor, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Raney, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Rankin, William - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Richardson, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Richardson, Sam - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Richerson, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Riddle, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Roberson, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Robeson, William - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Rogers, Hyram - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Rogers, Sion - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Roles, Damsey - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Rollins, Drury - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Routh, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ruine, David - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Salling, George Adam - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Hosted several Regulator meetings in 1768.

Sanders, David - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sanders, Thomas Elick - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sanders, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sanderson, Reuben - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770 (Carruthers, page 144).

Scott, Joseph - Signed the last exchange of letters on May 15, 1771 from the Regulators.

Sellars, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Shaw, Philip Jr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Shaw, Philip Sr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Shepherd, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Shoemaker, Conrad - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sidewell, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sike, Christian - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sitton, Philip - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Skin, Samuel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Smith, Charles - Appointed by the Regulators at a meeting on 30 Apr 1768 to meet with Orange County officials to settle matters.

Smith, Daniel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Smith, David - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Smith, Edward - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Smith, Henry - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Smith, James - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting. At the meeting, the Regulators appointed their delegates for settling the issues at a future meeting, one of whom was to be Smith (Carruthers, page 143).

Smith, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Smith, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Smith, Richard - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Smith, Thomas H - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Smith, Will - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Soots, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Spinks, Enoch - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Springfellow, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Stellie, Jacob - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Stewart, James - Convicted at Hillsborough in 1771, but pardoned by Gov. Tryon (Troxler page 117).

Stinson, Enos - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Stokes, Henry - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Stroud, Abraham - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sutton, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sweany, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Sweany, Joseph - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Swift, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Swing, Barnet - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Swing, Lodwick - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Tarrance, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Teague, Edward - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Teague, Joshua - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Teague, Moses - Hosted a Regulator meeting at the meeting house near his home.

Teague, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Telfair, Jacob - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Temply, Frederick - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Thomas, Zekial - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Thompson, Robert - Acted as a last minute emissary from the Regulators to Governor Tryon immediately before the Battle of Alamance, when the battle itself broke out. Tryon reputedly shot Thompson as he attempted to flee. (Carruthers, page 153)

Thompson, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Thornton, Abraham - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Thornton, David - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Thornton, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Torrance, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Tarrance?

Tukins, Timothy - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Vernon, Amos - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Vickery, John - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Vickery (Carruthers, page 142).

Vickery, Marmaduke - Said to have been an active Regulator who was among the captured Regulators paraded through the Moravian settlements in chains. (Carruthers, page 160) However, he was not executed at the Court Martial in Hillsborough, pledging his allegiance to the Crown.

Vonstraver, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wade, Henry - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Wade (Carruthers, page 142).

Waggoner, Samuel - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158). The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Waggoner (Carruthers, page 142).

Walker, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Walker, Robert - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Walker, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Waller, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Walsh, Walter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Ward, William Jr. - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Warse, Hysom - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. Waver?

Webb, Richard - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Welch, Henry - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Welch, Walter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Welsh, Luke - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

White, Augustine - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

White, Charles - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

White, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

White, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

White, Ulrich - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wilborn, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. One of three signers of a letter on behalf of the Regulators to Gov. Tryon in late summer 1768. (Carruthers, page 127) Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770. (Carruthers, page 144)

Wilborn, William - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included William Welborn (Carruthers, page 142).

Wilcox, John - A Quaker (or former Quaker) businessman from Wilmington who was a close friend and associate of Harmon Husband. Wilcox was involved in the iron works on the Deep River in what would soon become Chatham County. (Carruthers, page 118) He interceded with Husband in the summer of 176x to persuade him to stand trial that Fall, though Wilcox would later regret his decision, fearing that Husband would be executed. Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158).

Wilkerson, James Sr. - Following the Battle of Alamance, the following were excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon: Samuel Jones, Joshua Teague, Samuel Waggoner, Simon Dunn Jr, Abraham Creeson, Benjamin Merrill, James Wilkinson Sr, Edward Smith, John Bumpass, Joseph Boring, William Rankin, William Robeson, John Winkler, John Wilcox, Jacob Telfair and Thomas Person. (Carruthers, page 158)

Wilkins, Alexander - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wilkins, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wilkins, Robert - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wilkins, William - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Willet, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Williams, Eshmael - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Williams, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Williams, John - Signed the last letter from the Regulators on May 15, 1771.

Williams, Nehemiah - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wills, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wilson, George - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wilson, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9. The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Wilson (Carruthers, page 142).

Wilson, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wilson, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wineham, Richard - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Winkler, John - Excluded from Governor Tryon’s 1771 offer of pardon (Carruthers, page 158)

Winter, Daniel - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wren, Prusley - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wright, Philbert - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Wyley, Hugh - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

York, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

York, Robinson - Indicted for assaulting John Williams during the Hillsborough Riot of 1770 (Carruthers, page 144). At the Hillsborough Riot of 1770, the assembled Regulators installed their own Judge and Clerk of Court. While history does not record who presided over this mock court, the Carruthers tells us that clerk was a man named Yorke (page 133), who was likely Robinson.

Young, Samuel - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting. At the meeting, the Regulators appointed their delegates for settling the issues at a future meeting, one of whom was to be Young. (Carruthers, page 143)

Youngblood, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Youngblood, John - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Youngblood, Peter - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Youngblood, Thomas - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Younger, James - Signed Regulator Advertisement Number 9.

Zagur, Joshua - The Rowan County officials attempted to settle matters with the Regulators at a March 1771 meeting which included Zagur (Carruthers, page 142).