According to Draper, Zachariah Wells was hung in April 1781 in Wilkes
County, NC. Boy, this is sure a "coincidence!!!!"
John Wells
Paintsville, KY
]
At 07:43 AM 2/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
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
>Wells Family Research Association
>P. O. Box 5427
>Kent, Washington 98064-5427
><ORWells(a)bigfoot.com>
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/wfrahome.html
>Subscribe to the "Wells-L" list on RootsWeb
>
>
>==== ZachariahWells Mailing List ====
>Please make sure you use your full name and topic
>when posting messages to the list. When replying,
>please use the name of the original poster and topic
>so everyone will know what you are talking about.
>
>
>
>
==== ZachariahWells Mailing List ====
Visit the Wells Family Research Association website
to keep up on new Wells genealogy information.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/wfrahome.html