Arthur Erwin was one of three sons of Nathanial Erwin who came to America from Ulster, Northern Ireland, in 1740.
Erwin was a county trustee and ran a plantation called Cherryfields which was located on the John's River in Burke County, North Carolina. His son William Willoughby Erwin built Belvidere plantation, which included the family cemetery.
Source: Burke County Heritage article by William Elliot White, Jr. M.D.
Arthur Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060459, and his half brother, Colonel Alexander Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060440, were two of those Heroes.
His participation at BKM was documented by Dr Bobby Gilmer Moss in his book, "The Patriots at Kings Mountain".
OBITUARY of ARTHUR ERWIN
1738 - 1821
Information from: " Erwins and Related Families" by Frances Erwin Evans 1984 Obituary of Arthur Erwin (1738-1821)
Transcribed 13 April 1980 from a negative paper enlargement (i.e., print) of a microfilm copy of column 4, page 3 of the Salisbury, North Carolina Western Carolinian of Tuesday, 25 September 1821. Print from microfilm provided by the State of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History. Archives and Records Section, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh. North Carolina 27611. A true copy.
DIED.
On the 27th of August. at his residence in Burke County, near Morganton, of the dropsy in the chest.Mr. Arthur Erwin, In the 83d year of his age. He lingered about three weeks with this disease, and died in the full hope of a happy immortality. He was a native of the state of Rocky River, and emigrated to North Carolina in his youth, with the first settlers of Rocky River, in what is now called Cabarrus county, but then Anson county; he removed to Burke county about 38 years ago. (about 28 years of age) He left an aged wife and four chlldren to lament his death. He had 44 grand-children, and 16 great grand-children. He was beloved by his neighbors and acquaintances.
An unusual thing about their graves is the fact that the headstones are to the south and the footstones are to the north. Other graves in the cemetery are turned in different directions. Arthur's inscription reads:
Here Lie
the Remains of
Arthur Erwin
who died the 27 of Aug. 1821
in the 83 year of his age
filial affection has erected
this tribute to his memory
Erwin was a county trustee and ran a plantation called Cherryfields which was located on the John's River in Burke County, North Carolina. His son William Willoughby Erwin built Belvidere plantation, which included the family cemetery.
Source: Burke County Heritage article by William Elliot White, Jr. M.D.
Arthur Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060459, and his half brother, Colonel Alexander Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060440, were two of those Heroes.
His participation at BKM was documented by Dr Bobby Gilmer Moss in his book, "The Patriots at Kings Mountain".
OBITUARY of ARTHUR ERWIN
1738 - 1821
Information from: " Erwins and Related Families" by Frances Erwin Evans 1984 Obituary of Arthur Erwin (1738-1821)
Transcribed 13 April 1980 from a negative paper enlargement (i.e., print) of a microfilm copy of column 4, page 3 of the Salisbury, North Carolina Western Carolinian of Tuesday, 25 September 1821. Print from microfilm provided by the State of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History. Archives and Records Section, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh. North Carolina 27611. A true copy.
DIED.
On the 27th of August. at his residence in Burke County, near Morganton, of the dropsy in the chest.Mr. Arthur Erwin, In the 83d year of his age. He lingered about three weeks with this disease, and died in the full hope of a happy immortality. He was a native of the state of Rocky River, and emigrated to North Carolina in his youth, with the first settlers of Rocky River, in what is now called Cabarrus county, but then Anson county; he removed to Burke county about 38 years ago. (about 28 years of age) He left an aged wife and four chlldren to lament his death. He had 44 grand-children, and 16 great grand-children. He was beloved by his neighbors and acquaintances.
An unusual thing about their graves is the fact that the headstones are to the south and the footstones are to the north. Other graves in the cemetery are turned in different directions. Arthur's inscription reads:
Here Lie
the Remains of
Arthur Erwin
who died the 27 of Aug. 1821
in the 83 year of his age
filial affection has erected
this tribute to his memory
Arthur Erwin was one of three sons of Nathanial Erwin who came to America from Ulster, Northern Ireland, in 1740.
Erwin was a county trustee and ran a plantation called Cherryfields which was located on the John's River in Burke County, North Carolina. His son William Willoughby Erwin built Belvidere plantation, which included the family cemetery.
Source: Burke County Heritage article by William Elliot White, Jr. M.D.
Arthur Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060459, and his half brother, Colonel Alexander Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060440, were two of those Heroes.
His participation at BKM was documented by Dr Bobby Gilmer Moss in his book, "The Patriots at Kings Mountain".
OBITUARY of ARTHUR ERWIN
1738 - 1821
Information from: " Erwins and Related Families" by Frances Erwin Evans 1984 Obituary of Arthur Erwin (1738-1821)
Transcribed 13 April 1980 from a negative paper enlargement (i.e., print) of a microfilm copy of column 4, page 3 of the Salisbury, North Carolina Western Carolinian of Tuesday, 25 September 1821. Print from microfilm provided by the State of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History. Archives and Records Section, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh. North Carolina 27611. A true copy.
DIED.
On the 27th of August. at his residence in Burke County, near Morganton, of the dropsy in the chest.Mr. Arthur Erwin, In the 83d year of his age. He lingered about three weeks with this disease, and died in the full hope of a happy immortality. He was a native of the state of Rocky River, and emigrated to North Carolina in his youth, with the first settlers of Rocky River, in what is now called Cabarrus county, but then Anson county; he removed to Burke county about 38 years ago. (about 28 years of age) He left an aged wife and four chlldren to lament his death. He had 44 grand-children, and 16 great grand-children. He was beloved by his neighbors and acquaintances.
An unusual thing about their graves is the fact that the headstones are to the south and the footstones are to the north. Other graves in the cemetery are turned in different directions. Arthur's inscription reads:
Here Lie
the Remains of
Arthur Erwin
who died the 27 of Aug. 1821
in the 83 year of his age
filial affection has erected
this tribute to his memory
Erwin was a county trustee and ran a plantation called Cherryfields which was located on the John's River in Burke County, North Carolina. His son William Willoughby Erwin built Belvidere plantation, which included the family cemetery.
Source: Burke County Heritage article by William Elliot White, Jr. M.D.
Arthur Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060459, and his half brother, Colonel Alexander Erwin, DAR Ancestor Number A060440, were two of those Heroes.
His participation at BKM was documented by Dr Bobby Gilmer Moss in his book, "The Patriots at Kings Mountain".
OBITUARY of ARTHUR ERWIN
1738 - 1821
Information from: " Erwins and Related Families" by Frances Erwin Evans 1984 Obituary of Arthur Erwin (1738-1821)
Transcribed 13 April 1980 from a negative paper enlargement (i.e., print) of a microfilm copy of column 4, page 3 of the Salisbury, North Carolina Western Carolinian of Tuesday, 25 September 1821. Print from microfilm provided by the State of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History. Archives and Records Section, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh. North Carolina 27611. A true copy.
DIED.
On the 27th of August. at his residence in Burke County, near Morganton, of the dropsy in the chest.Mr. Arthur Erwin, In the 83d year of his age. He lingered about three weeks with this disease, and died in the full hope of a happy immortality. He was a native of the state of Rocky River, and emigrated to North Carolina in his youth, with the first settlers of Rocky River, in what is now called Cabarrus county, but then Anson county; he removed to Burke county about 38 years ago. (about 28 years of age) He left an aged wife and four chlldren to lament his death. He had 44 grand-children, and 16 great grand-children. He was beloved by his neighbors and acquaintances.
An unusual thing about their graves is the fact that the headstones are to the south and the footstones are to the north. Other graves in the cemetery are turned in different directions. Arthur's inscription reads:
Here Lie
the Remains of
Arthur Erwin
who died the 27 of Aug. 1821
in the 83 year of his age
filial affection has erected
this tribute to his memory
Inscription
Here lie the remains of Arthur Erwin, who died the twenty seventh of August eighteen hundred and twenty one in the eighty third year of his life. Felial affection has erected This tribute in his memory
