Farlin Q. Ball Collection, PC.298
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Farlin Q. Ball Collection
- Call Number
- PC.298
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1779-1784
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Proceedings of court-martial presided over by Col. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney in South Carolina, 1779, hearing disobedience charge against Lt. William Lytle of the N.C. Continental Line. Testimony in the case concerns extra captains appointed by North Carolina and includes quotes from pertinent state and federal records. Other items are a memorial to N.C. General Assembly from trustees of Liberty Hall Academy, Charlotte, and a bill for its reestablishment as Salisbury Academy (1784); and an undated obituary of Judge Farlin Quigley Ball of Wisconsin and Illinois.