Regulators

John Allen cabin at the Battle of Alamance site

"General Griffith Rutherford...was a distinguished actor in the struggle for American independence."  "He was one of the band of Regulators organized to suppress toryism in his part of the State [North Carolina] under the guidance of Hermann Husbands." American Historical Magazine, Volume 5

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An Illustration In The James Otis Novel

A fictional version of the activities in North Carolina is entitled, With the Regulators: A Story of North Carolina in 1768, by James Otis.