Colonel Hall was buried on the edge of the alluvial land a short distance below the crossing-place, with a head and foot stone of rock from the adjoining hill, which were long visible and could be pointed out by the nearest neighbors; but these were finally concealed from view by successive overflows of sand from the swollen river.  The privates of both contending forces were buried on the rising ground, near the scene of conflict, and with such haste on the part of the British interring party as to leave one of their mattocks behind them at the graves of their fallen comrades, eager to overtake the vigilant Morgan.

GEN.  JOSEPH GRAHAM.

(Condensed from Wheeler’s “Historical Sketches.”)

General Joseph Graham was born in Pennsylvania on the 13th of October, 1759.  His mother being left a widow with five small children, and slender means of support, removed to North Carolina when he was about seven years of age, and settled in the neighborhood of Charlotte.  He received the principal part of his education at “Queen’s Museum” in Charlotte, (afterward called “Liberty Hall Academy,”) and was distinguished for his talents, industry and manly deportment.  His thirst for knowledge led him at an early period to become well acquainted with all those interesting and exciting events which preceded our Revolutionary struggle.  He was present in Charlotte on the 20th of May, 1775, when the first Declaration of Independence was formally and publicly made.  The deep impression made upon his mind by the solemn and illustrious decisions of that day gave good evidence that he was then preparing for the noble stand which he took during the war.

He enlisted in the army of the United States in May, 1778, at the age of nineteen years.  He served in the Fourth Regiment of North Carolina regular troops, under Col.  Archibald Lytle, acting as an officer in Captain Gooden’s company.  The troops to which he was attached were ordered to rendezvous at Bladensburg, Md.  Having marched as far as Caswell county they received intelligence of the battle of Monmouth, when he returned home on a furlough.

He again entered the service on the 5th of November, 1778, and marched under General Rutherford to Purysburg, on the Savannah river, soon after the defeat of Gen. Ashe at Brier Creek.  He was with the troops under Gen. Lincoln, and fought in the battle of Stono, against Gen. Prevost, on the 20th of June, 1779, which lasted one hour and twenty minutes.  During nearly the whole of this campaign he acted as quartermaster.  In July, 1779, he was taken with the fever, and after two months’ severe illness was discharged near Dorchester, and returned home.

After the surrender of Charleston, and defeat of Col.  Bufort at the Waxhaw, he again entered the service as adjutant of the Mecklenburg Regiment, and spent the summer in opposing the advance of Lord Rawdon into North Carolina, and assailing his troops, then within forty miles of Charlotte.