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Lewis RICKS
DEATH: Lewis Ricks served in the American Army during the Revolution under General Greene and was killed in action on March 15, 1781 in Guilford Courthouse, NC (Now Greensboro). Pierce's Register shows that 640 acres were given to the heirs of Lewis Ricks in gratitude for his service. It's possible that the land the family received for his service was in Donald, Kentucky as that is where his oldest son settled after his death. It does not list his rank. Following is a description of the battle in which he died:
DEATH: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Charles, Lord Cornwallis commanding a British force of over 2,000 men had been pursuing American General Nathanael Greene and his ragged army of mostly militia for several months. Minor skirmishes and stunning British defeats at Cowpens and King's Mountain had frustrated British attempts to quell the American rebellion in the South. Cornwallis committed himself and his army to destroying Greene and his Americans. The chase across South Carolina and North Carolina ended on March 15, 1781 at Guilford Courthouse. The following battle was fierce and hard fought through dense undergrowth.
When the battle ended the British held the field, but the Continental Army had once again slipped away to renew the fight another day. The British Army was worn and low on supplies. To rest and replentish his troops, Cornwallis moved his forces to Wilmington. Obtaining scarce supplies from the North Carolina port, the British sought better accomodations at another southern port, Yorktown, where they were compelled to surrender in October. The action at Guilford Courthouse directly contributed to Cornwallis' decision to move to Yorktown.
DEATH: 150 acres of the original battlefield at Guilford Courthouse in modern Greensboro are now a national military park. There are 29 monuments and a visitor center-museum on location.
DEATH:
See the History of Lewis Ricks (1741):
He was drafted into the revolutionary army and thought to have been killed at the battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781.
He was a Quaker and did not believe in shedding human blood. In his history is says that his brother William saw him go into the battle without his gun.
Note: Revolutionary rolls of North Carolina of enlisted men have been lost or destroyed.
Note: On the pedigree charts from Salt Lake his birth is listed PRE1772.
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Nancy Ann JOINER
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James MARTIN
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Sarah HARRIS
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Thomas TURNER
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Jared MERRILL
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Abigail PHELPS