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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 28: (search)
ome to an end. British parties, under leaders selected from the most brutal of mankind, were scouring the interior of the southern country, robbing, destroying, March 12. and taking life at their pleasure. On the twelfth of March, writes David Fanning, the ruffian leader of one of these bands, my men being all properly equipped,twelfth of March, writes David Fanning, the ruffian leader of one of these bands, my men being all properly equipped, assembled together to give the rebels a small scourge, which we set out for. They came upon the plantation of Andrew Balfour, of Randolph county, who had been a member of the North Carolina assembly, and held a commission in the militia. Breaking into his house, they fired at him in the presence of his sister and daughter, the ugh his body, the second through his neck. On their way to another militia officer, they burned several rebel houses. It was late before Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. March 12. they got to the abode of the officer, who made his escape, receiving three balls through his shirt. They destroyed the whole of his plantation. Reaching the h