. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. utant in 1780; opposed Corn-wallis* entrance into Charlotte, with General Davidson atCowans Ford; died in 1836. Graham, William, signer of the Mecklenburg Declarationof Independence, was born in 1746; raised a regiment inLincoln County in 1776, and inarched against the Scovilitesin South Carolina, and later marched to Charleston. Hiscommand was at the battle of Kings Mountain, under Col-onel Dixon. He died near Hopewell in 1815. Grier. Calvin Eli. son of William M. Grier. born in SteeleCreek township December 30, 18
. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. utant in 1780; opposed Corn-wallis* entrance into Charlotte, with General Davidson atCowans Ford; died in 1836. Graham, William, signer of the Mecklenburg Declarationof Independence, was born in 1746; raised a regiment inLincoln County in 1776, and inarched against the Scovilitesin South Carolina, and later marched to Charleston. Hiscommand was at the battle of Kings Mountain, under Col-onel Dixon. He died near Hopewell in 1815. Grier. Calvin Eli. son of William M. Grier. born in SteeleCreek township December 30, 1845; attended the MilitaryInstitute in Charlotte; enlisted as a private in i86t ; servedthrough the war and rose to the rank of Captain; studiedlaw. and located in Charlotte in 1868; moved back to SteeleCreek in 1872. but returned to Charlotte in T876; marriedMiss Addie Ramsenr, daughter of General Ramseur. in1828; died May 1, 1889. and was buried at Steele Creek. Harris, Charles. M. D. was born in what is now CabarrusCounty in 1762; engaged in the fighting around Charlotte;. W. E. PHIFER. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 73 was educated in Charlotte and at Clio Academy, in Iredell:studied Medicine in Camden, S. C, and in Philadelphia;located in Salisbury and later moved to Cabarrus, where heremained. He died September 21, 1825, leaving two sons:William Shakespeare Harris and Charles J. Harris. Harris, James, born in Pennsylvania in 1739; moved toMecklenburg in 1750, served in the war and rose to the rankof Colonel; member of the State Senate in 1785; died Sep-tember 27, 1797. Harris, Robert, signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration ofIndependence, was born in Pennsylvania in 1741; moved toMecklenburg in 1750. Hill, General D. H., was born in York County, S. C. in1821; was graduated from West Point in 1841, served withdistinction in the Mexican War, rising to the rank of Major,and receiving a sword as a token of esteem of his nativeState; professor in Washington College, Va., from 1849 to185
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