Tuscarora Indians Wiped OutBy Jeannette Holland Austin
The Tuscarora tribe erected a stronghold called "Fort Neoheroka" during their war of 1711 to 1715 near present-day Snowhill North Carolina. In March of 1713 it was besieged by a colonial army from South Carolina who were under the command of Colonel James Moore primarily comprised of other Indian tribes, the Yamasee, Apalachee, Catawba, Cherokee and others. It lasted for more than three weeks and hundreds of men, women and children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the fort.
Afterwards about 400 were removed to South Carolina where they were sold
into slavery. This was an utter defeat because it drove the rest of the
Tuscaroras into the North to live among the Iroquois. Thus, the defeat
of the Tuscaroras helped to open up North Carolina territory for
settlement for Europeans. Greene County Wills, Estates, Probate Records
Greene County was originally a land grant from King Charles II of
England in 1663, and was first settled around 1710 by immigrants from
Maryland, Virginia, and parts of North Carolina. This was the final
major battle of the Tuscarora War at Fort Neoheroka near current day
Snow Hill. A major battle between the Tuscarora Indians and the
immigrants was fought in March of 1713, and included a force of South
Carolina soldiers and Yemassce Indians, under Colonel Maurice Moore, who
defeated the Tuscarora led by Chief Hancock. In 1758, the area which is
recognized as Greene and Lenoir Counties was separated from Johnston
and named Dobbs for the Royal Governor. Thereafter, the county was
formed in 1791 from the northern part of Dobbs County. It was
originally named Glasgow County after James Glasgow, Secretary of State
of North Carolina from 1777 to 1798. However, the involvement of James
Glasgow in 1777 in military land grant frauds forced him to resign and
leave the State. Glasgow County was then renamed Greene County in honor
of General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary War fame. The county seat
is Snow Hill, located near the white sandy banks of Contentnea Creek.
Probate Records available to Members of North Carolina Pioneers
Indexes to Probate Records
- Wills 1868 to 1907
Testators:
Artis, Daniel |Aswell, Burcha |Bailey, D. M. |Barden, Martha E. | Barron, Jesse H. |Bass, Sarah A. |Beaman, G. W. G. |Benson, Noah |Bergeron, Elizabeth |Best, B. J. |Best, Elizabeth J. |Britt, John G. |Britt, William W. |Brown, Susan O. |Browning, Reddick | Bryan, W. R. |Bunn, Nancy |Bunn, Vina |Canady, Penelope |Carr, Matthew S. |Carr, R. A. L. |Carr, Sarah A. T. |Carraway, Jethro | Churchill, Ivey | Churchwell, Chappel H. |Cloth, Mary | Cob, D. | Cobb, Gatsey A. | Cobb, James H. | Cose, Gracie | Coward, J. E. A. | Coward, William | Cox, Sanders | Cox, Zilphia J., Mrs. | Crocker, Larry A. |Dardin, William |Darden, A. L. |Dawson, Lemuel |Dixon, H. W. |Dixon, John W. |Dixon, Lafayette |Dixon, Nancy | Dixon, Pottie L. |Dixon, Priscilla A. |Dixon, Thomas R. |Dozier, Charlotte W. |Eason, Martha L. |Edwards, Elizabeth |Edwards, Hellen | Edwards, Lucretia | Edwards, Sallie F. B. | Edwards, W. F. | Edwards, William | Faircloth, William |Fielders, Mathew | Frazier, Joseph A.| Freeman, John | Frizzell, Marina | Ginn, Meriman | Grant, Ann M. | Grant, Penelope L. | Grant, Richard | Grimsley, Sarah Adlaide | Grizzard, Hannah | Hane, Angelina | Hardy, Allen | Harper, B. | Harper, R. M. | Harper, Sarah | Harrison, John W. | Hart, William T. | Heanes, Elizabeth | Heath, Robert | Hill, John | Hill, Martha | Holloman, Mary | Hooker, Sallie | Hooker, W. M. B. | Jackson, J. T. | Jones, Elizabeth | Jones, Richard | Jones, Richard E. | Jones, Simon | Jordan, Cora L. | Lancaster, Munroe | Lane, George W. | Lane, John | Lassiter, Charles | Lassitter, Terresa Elizabeth | Lindall, Lydia | Little, Eliza A. | Lyons, Emily | Mercer, Betsy | Mewborn, John M. | Miller, George |Moore, James |Moore, Joseph F. |Miller, Nellie |Murphy, John |Murphey, Oliver |Newell, James H. |Newsom, William S. |Nordee, Whitmell |Ormond, E. C. | Ormond, Gatlin |Ormond, Irene J. |Ormond, John J. |Ormond, Nicey |Ormond, W. E. |Pate, Gatlin |Patten, Kitty |Patrick, John | Pollard, John O. |Pridgen, Edwin G. |Pridgen, Gray |Pridgen, Jesse C. |Randolph, F. J. |Randolph, Martha |Randolph, Mary | Reddick, John |Scott, Amanda |Simon, Henry |Smith, Elizabeth A. | Smith, Henry | Smith, Joseph M. | Smith, Mark | Smith, Sarah | Speight, James P. | Sugg, Aquilla H. | Sugg, D. A. | Sugg, Easter | Sugg, Fannie, Mrs. | Suggs, Henry | Sugg, J. E. W. | Sugg, John | Suggs, Lemuel | Suggs, Merritt | Sugg, Roderic P. | Suggs, Thomas | Sugg, Winifred | Sullivant, Abner | Sullivant, John | Swinson, Birchey | Taylor, Joel | Taylor, Mark P. | Taylor, Susan | Thomas, Benjamin | Turnage, Nancy | Turnage, Susan | Vaughan, Eason | Wainwright, K. | Walston, Elizabeth | Walston, John | Whitehead, Susan | Wilcox, Adam | Williams, Elizabeth | Williams, Evaline | Williams, Henry | Williams, Isaac M. | Williams, J. A. E. | Williams, John | Williams, Pennia | Williams, West | Wood, Jesse | Wooten, John | Wray, W. L. | Yelverton, Hyman
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