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| M. Fiffers (Top Center) and Rocky River (Lower Right) (Source of 1770 Map - LOC) |
See earlier post from A biography of General Davie (1756 - 1820) which was found in the Magazine Of America here.
On the 24th of September the American patrols gave notice that the force of the enemy was in motion on the Steele creek road, leading to Charlotte. Generals Sumner and Davidson retreated by *Phifers on the nearest road to Salisbury. Colonel [William] Davie, with one hundred and fifty mounted men and some volunteers under Major Joseph Graham, was left alone in front of the British army, and he was ordered to observe the enemy and skirmish with his advance.
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