16 Sep 2021 note: Per Janet (47953053), his middle name was "Johann".
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In September 1770, a group of regulators poured into the Orange County Courthouse, disrupting business and assaulted Fanning. They damaged the church bell—which they claimed the government had bought with their money—broke into Fanning's house and destroyed the building.
On May 16, 1771, Tryon attempted to bring the protests to a halt. He confronted the gathered Regulators in Alamance County, near what is now Burlington, shooting one man to try to incite a reaction from the rebels. When that didn't work, he ordered the cannons to fire at point-blank range into the crowd; the Regulators defended themselves but were caught by surprise and outmatched.
Tryon spent the next month hunting down the leaders of the movement, looting their farms and burning their houses to the ground. Those who didn't pay their taxes either fled or were killed. Six of them—James Pugh, Capt. Benjamin Merrill of the Colonial Militia, Robert Matear, Capt. Robert Messer of the Colonial Militia and two unnamed men—were hanged on June 19, 1771, their bodies left in an anonymous common grave.
Two days later, Tryon left to become the governor of the New York colony.
--Research by Jan (47953053) on 15 Sep 2021
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In September 1770, a group of regulators poured into the Orange County Courthouse, disrupting business and assaulted Fanning. They damaged the church bell—which they claimed the government had bought with their money—broke into Fanning's house and destroyed the building.
On May 16, 1771, Tryon attempted to bring the protests to a halt. He confronted the gathered Regulators in Alamance County, near what is now Burlington, shooting one man to try to incite a reaction from the rebels. When that didn't work, he ordered the cannons to fire at point-blank range into the crowd; the Regulators defended themselves but were caught by surprise and outmatched.
Tryon spent the next month hunting down the leaders of the movement, looting their farms and burning their houses to the ground. Those who didn't pay their taxes either fled or were killed. Six of them—James Pugh, Capt. Benjamin Merrill of the Colonial Militia, Robert Matear, Capt. Robert Messer of the Colonial Militia and two unnamed men—were hanged on June 19, 1771, their bodies left in an anonymous common grave.
Two days later, Tryon left to become the governor of the New York colony.
--Research by Jan (47953053) on 15 Sep 2021
16 Sep 2021 note: Per Janet (47953053), his middle name was "Johann".
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In September 1770, a group of regulators poured into the Orange County Courthouse, disrupting business and assaulted Fanning. They damaged the church bell—which they claimed the government had bought with their money—broke into Fanning's house and destroyed the building.
On May 16, 1771, Tryon attempted to bring the protests to a halt. He confronted the gathered Regulators in Alamance County, near what is now Burlington, shooting one man to try to incite a reaction from the rebels. When that didn't work, he ordered the cannons to fire at point-blank range into the crowd; the Regulators defended themselves but were caught by surprise and outmatched.
Tryon spent the next month hunting down the leaders of the movement, looting their farms and burning their houses to the ground. Those who didn't pay their taxes either fled or were killed. Six of them—James Pugh, Capt. Benjamin Merrill of the Colonial Militia, Robert Matear, Capt. Robert Messer of the Colonial Militia and two unnamed men—were hanged on June 19, 1771, their bodies left in an anonymous common grave.
Two days later, Tryon left to become the governor of the New York colony.
--Research by Jan (47953053) on 15 Sep 2021
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In September 1770, a group of regulators poured into the Orange County Courthouse, disrupting business and assaulted Fanning. They damaged the church bell—which they claimed the government had bought with their money—broke into Fanning's house and destroyed the building.
On May 16, 1771, Tryon attempted to bring the protests to a halt. He confronted the gathered Regulators in Alamance County, near what is now Burlington, shooting one man to try to incite a reaction from the rebels. When that didn't work, he ordered the cannons to fire at point-blank range into the crowd; the Regulators defended themselves but were caught by surprise and outmatched.
Tryon spent the next month hunting down the leaders of the movement, looting their farms and burning their houses to the ground. Those who didn't pay their taxes either fled or were killed. Six of them—James Pugh, Capt. Benjamin Merrill of the Colonial Militia, Robert Matear, Capt. Robert Messer of the Colonial Militia and two unnamed men—were hanged on June 19, 1771, their bodies left in an anonymous common grave.
Two days later, Tryon left to become the governor of the New York colony.
--Research by Jan (47953053) on 15 Sep 2021
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