Newspaper article dated: March 12, 1941.........(Name of newspaper not shown. Article blown up beyond normal size. The date is written across the photo of the cemetery.) Gen. H.W. Harrington, Pee Dee Patriot and Statesman in Years of Turmoil. In Wolf Pit township, Richmond County, North Carolina seven miles southwest of the town of Rockingham is a field overlooking the tawny waters of the great Pee Dee River in an old family graveyard there is a marble slab with these words carved upon it. SACRED To the Memory of General Henry W. Harrington A native of the City of London and a Distinguished officer in the American Army. Who departed this life On the 21st of March 1809. In the 62nd year of his age. The whole circle of his acquaintance And especially his Compatriots in Arms Will drop the tear of Sympathy Over the grave of Departed Merit And Exclaim Here lies one Who united in himself The bold achievements Of the Statesman and Patriot With the mild virtues of Social Life The Kind Neighbor The Tender Husband And The Fond Parent. Directed as a token of the purest affection By his disconsolate widow By the side of General Harrington's grave is that of his wife Rosana Auld and near that the grave of Colonel Harrington, his son and namesake. In Memory of Henry William Harrington Born: July 5, 1793 Died: March 2nd, 1868 Colonel Harrington served with distinction in the War of 1812, as an officer in the navy of the United States. He was just to all and demanded justice from all. Prior to his removal to North Carolina, General Harrington was a leader in the civic, political and religious activities of the Pee Dee section of South Carolina. He was vestryman and wardne of St David Parish church at Cheraws Hill. The church building erected for public worship in 1772 still stands a most interesting landmark of those early times. He was a member of the jury's report. Harrington was a man of education and was interested in the promotion of education, as proven by his subsequent career, and it may well be supposed that his was the guiding light in the forming of the present system. Later he served as deputy clerk of the court. Conflict between the Whigs and Tories began to be of frequent occurrence. Tories subjected the Whigs of Cheraw District to raids from the neighboring parts of North Carolina, chiefly the Scotch Settlements along Drowning Creek and the Little Pee Dee. The Whigs retaliated and there was much disorder and bloodshed. In June 1776, Major Samuel Wise, who was in command of troops on Sullivan's Island, was writing his friend, Sheriff Harrington of the approaching conflict with the British there. Captain Harrington was already at Haddrell's Point, near Charleston, but did not take part in the action of June 28, in which the enemies were repulsed. Harrington was performing the duties of both offices, for soon after this President Ruthledge of the Legislative Counsel, sent a number of suspicious characters to be confined as State Prisoners in the Goal of the Cheraw district, writing Sheriff Harrington to treat them with humanity and keep them only under the restraint necessary to prevent their escape. MOVES TO NORTH CAROLINA On July 31, 1776, Captain Harrington married Rosanna Auld. On the 17th Day of September he took his seat in the General Assembly of South Carolina. Shortly thereafter he removed to North Carolina. At the age of 29 years he left behind him in South Carolina a record of exalted service as a citizen and patriot. In North Carolina he settled on the east side of the Pee Dee river some four or five miles above the State line. This was in Anson County at the time, now Richmond. The family graveyard mentioned in the first paragraph of this article is only a short distance from the spot where the dwelling stood. This was a little over a mile from Halley's Ferry, and later after Harrington had become a Brigadier General of the North Carolina militia, his soldiers were frequently camped in the "Sand-field" between the house and the river. Mrs. Harrington was the daughter of James Auld, a native of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and a lawyer. Her mother, Rosanna, was the daughter of the Rev. Michael Piper, an Episcopal clergyman, and first married Howes Goldborough. James Auld and his wife settled in Anson County where they were prominent citizens. Two of their sons held political positions in that county about Revolutionary times. Mrs. Auld died on the 11th of November 1792 and is buried with a number of relatives in an old family graveyard. In Anson county, one mile east of Pee Dee station and half a mile South of the Seaboard Air Line Railway. OF GREAT WEALTH General Harrington was a large landowner and a man of great wealth. He advanced his own funds for the common defense. On February 13, 1781, the joint committee of the Legislature to whom was referred the settlement of his accounts report to the Senate that "there appears to be due him for sundry disbursement and expenditures on public account the sum of Thirty-Six-Thousand, Five Hundred and Seven Dollars current money, including Nine hundred and Ten Continental Dollars, reduced into State Currency." The Senate and the house concurred on the report. General Harrington represented Richmond County in the Senate at Hillsboro in 1783 and at New Bern in 1785. In 1787 the Assembly met at Tarboro. General Harrington was on hand from Richmond. At that session he was one of the nominees of both houses for one of the delegates to represent the State in Congress, but was not elected. In 1784 General Harrington was appointed a trustee of Salisbury Academy. The General Assembly of 1789 providing for the establishment of a State university named him as one of the trustees along with James Iredell, Richard Dobbs Spaight, William Richardson Davie, and other leading men of the day. The General owned thousands of acres of fine farming land in the southwestern corner of Richmond county, adjoining the Pee Dee river and the South Carolina State line. Surnames: THOMAS, TOWLES, POPE, BRIDGES, ROBB, HARRINGTON, MOORE, RILEY, PETTY, HARMAN, MADDOX, HILL, BURTCHETT -- Jackie Wood County Co-ordinator Ripley Co. 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