Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rowan county” in entry rutherford-griffith of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

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Military officer; born in Ireland, about 1731. A resident of western North Carolina, he represented Rowan county in the convention of Newbern in 1775. He led a force against the Cherokees in 1776, and was appointed by the Provincial Congress a brigadier-general in April of that year. He commanded a brigade ...
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