Member of the Rowan County Committee of
Public Safety 1774-1776
A soldier of the American Revolution who fought at Ramsour's Mill, Kings Mountain,and other battles (and from Eagle Scout Project marker in cemetery)(Battle of Cowpens, Torrence's Tavern and Cowans Ford)
Per Eagle Scout Project marker in McCorkle Cemetery
It also states:
"Catawba County's Revolutionary War Hero"
"During the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, Major McCorkle was rumored to have been killed. He later arrived home alive. When word reached his neighborhood, some of his friends went to his house by night pretending to be Tories coming to kill him. They called him out and when they asked where he stood he replied, "I won't die with a lie in my mouth, for I stand for liberty". Then the visitors made themselves known as his friends and neighbors who had come to celebrate with him the victory he had helped to win."
A Revolutionary War Hero
Member of the Rowan County Committee of
Public Safety 1774-1776
A soldier of the American Revolution who fought at Ramsour's Mill, Kings Mountain,and other battles (and from Eagle Scout Project marker in cemetery)(Battle of Cowpens, Torrence's Tavern and Cowans Ford)
Per Eagle Scout Project marker in McCorkle Cemetery
It also states:
"Catawba County's Revolutionary War Hero"
"During the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, Major McCorkle was rumored to have been killed. He later arrived home alive. When word reached his neighborhood, some of his friends went to his house by night pretending to be Tories coming to kill him. They called him out and when they asked where he stood he replied, "I won't die with a lie in my mouth, for I stand for liberty". Then the visitors made themselves known as his friends and neighbors who had come to celebrate with him the victory he had helped to win."
A Revolutionary War Hero
Family Members
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Matthew McCorkle
1769–1844
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Isabella McCorkle Beatty
1771–1842
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Jane McCorkle Alexander
1772–1834
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Alexander McCorkle
1775 – unknown
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Rebecca McCorkle Milligan
1777–1863
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Sarah McCorkle Wilkinson
1784–1823
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Elizabeth McCorkle Sherrill
1785–1871
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Francis McCorkle Jr
1787–1853
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Richard McCorkle
1790–1823
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Thomas L. McCorkle
1793–1870
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William Brandon McCorkle
1794–1868
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