Monday, October 2, 2017

Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month - Major George Farragut, Revolutionary War hero


George Farragut was September 29, 1755, on Minorca, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea.  According to an entry made by him in a family Bible, he left the island of Minorca April 2, 1772, but did not settle in America until 1776. 

When George Farragut first arrived in North Carolina the war of the Revolution was in full blast, and the patriots of the State had already struck a crushing blow against the royal cause in a battle fought at Moore's Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776. 

He saw much active service, and is said to have saved the life of Colonel William Washington at the battle of Cowpens, January 17, 1781.

By the spring of 1782 Farragut had risen to the rank of captain, May 27, 1782, designating him by that title and allowing him $300 for six months' pay and subsistence money

Just before the close of the war he was promoted from captain to major of North Carolina cavalry, his commission to bear date May 1, 1782 



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