In June 1813, the British fleet under Raer Admiral Sir George Cockburn established a blockade of the Chesapeake Bay. From there, his ships made many shore incursions, including a squadron sent southward to Ocracoke Inlet, NC, where they occupied Portsmouth, south of the inlet, for four days 13-16 July.
Alarm spread throughout the state and Governor William Hawkins called out the local militia and ordered them to rendezvous at New Bern, Edenton, South Washington and Wilmington.
In Wilmington, the New Hanover Troop of Horse under Colonel Nathaniel Hill mustered in with the militia.
One of the members of the Troop was John D. Jones (1789-1854), who later commanded the brigade and after the war was a lawyer, planter, legislative member and president of the Bank of the Cape Fear.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
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