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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...this bloodless incident that immortalized Rugeley the Dupe! The following letter from Rawdon was found in Colonel Rugeley's house by General Gates when occupied by him the preceding August 13th: Headquarters, Camden, 1 July, 1780. Sir: So many deserters from the army have passed with impunity through the districts which are under your direction that I must necessarily suspect the inhabitants to have connived at it, if not facilitated their escape. I will give the inhabitants ten guineas for the head of any deserter belonging to the Volunteers of Ireland; and five guineas only if they bring him in alive. Ttiey shall be rewarded, though not to that amount, for such deserters as they may secure belonging to any other regiment. Rawdon. After the Revolution, Colonel Rugeley seems to have occupied a respectable position among his neighbors.! His name appears signed to an important presentment Sparks's Life of Washington. tHe was on the list of the proscribed by the Jacksonboro Assembly, 1782, but. with the general amnesty, the stigma of Toryism attaching to his name doubtless lost its force. ILLUSTRATION I. of the Grand Jury at Camden in 1788. From data in our Courthouse, it is inferred that he died about 1799. The old ledger containing accounts of his Clermont store, from 1776 to 1780, is in existence. It shows dealings with such familiar names as Trantham, Drake-ford, Hilton, Kussel, Mickle, Vaughan, Saunders, Duren, Dixon, Kirkland, Fletcher and many others, showing them to have been settlers in that vicinity prior to the Revolution. In 1820 the heirs of Henry Rugeley conveyed "Clermont" to Daniel DeSaussure, who resided there with his family a number of years. No descendants of Colonel Rugeley now live in this county. On November 20th, ...