He was hung a short time after the Battle of King's Mountain which took
place in October 1780. HHHMMMMM! Interesting.
John
At 08:23 PM 2/19/98 -0800, you wrote:
At 04:08 PM 2/18/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>Note that the elder Zachariah Wells died c.1781. HHHMMMMM! Could he have
been the famous Tory who was hanged in North Carolina? Just a thought!<<
The thought crossed my mind too. I have something on that incident
somewhere, but I don't know where at the moment. I don't recall when he
was hung.
I do seem to recall he left a wife and children.
Orin R. Wells
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