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Tryon Resolves
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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>The "<a href="/facts/Voluntary_association/RVqXhl3v">Tryon Association</a>" was formed with the signing of the <i>Tryon Declaration of Rights and Independence from British Tyranny</i>. (This document only became known as "<i>The Tryon Resolves</i>" in the 20th-century.)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The Association was formed in response to the April 19, 1775, <a href="/facts/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord/f7cbUFXP">Battle of Lexington</a>. The Resolves was among the earliest of many local colonial declarations against the <a href="/facts/Intolerable_Acts/E3Qbxkoo">coercive policies</a> that the British government had instituted in the colonies that were considered oppressive by the colonists. Other similar associations with signed "declarations" from the same period included the <a href="/facts/Mecklenburg_Resolves/Gn5xoNeG">Mecklenburg Resolves</a> (adopted in nearby <a href="/facts/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina/HsXgJ4R0">Mecklenburg County, North Carolina</a>) and the <a href="/facts/Suffolk_Resolves/pc5HYfaR">Suffolk Resolves</a> (adopted in <a href="/facts/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts/v7r9pM1r">Suffolk County, Massachusetts</a>). The Tryon Resolves predated the <a href="/facts/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence/UyTgzfpx">United States Declaration of Independence</a> by almost 11 months, but stopped short of proscribing independence from Britain, instead supporting armed resistance until a resolution with England could be made.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>As tensions between the North American colonies and the British government continued to increase, county residents began forming <a href="/facts/Committees_of_safety_(American_Revolution)/5GXqetvW">Committees of Safety</a> to prepare militia companies for a potential war. On September 14, 1775, many of the signers of the Tryon Resolves formed the <a href="/facts/Militia_(United_States)/G5gaI3Q2">Tryon County Militia</a> in preparation for British retaliation against American revolutionaries.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="text-summary-and-effect">Text summary and effect</h2> <a href="/facts/Wikisource/TrMdylNf">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: Tryon Resolves <p>In the Tryon Resolves: </p> <ul><li>The county residents refer to "the painful necessity of having recourse to arms in defense of our National freedom and constitutional rights, against all invasions;</li> <li>Vow to take up arms and risk our lives and our fortunes in maintaining the freedom of our country..."</li> <li>The colonists declare they will continue to follow the Continental Congress or Provincial Conventions in defiance of British declarations that these were illegal;</li> <li>The signers warn that force will be met with force until such a time as a "reconciliation" can be made between the colonies and Britain.</li></ul> <h2 id="signers">Signers</h2> <p>The "subscribers" (signatories) to the Tryon Association were:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Robt. Alexander</li> <li>Jas. Baird</li> <li>Abel Beatty</li> <li>Thomas Beatty</li> <li>John Beeman</li> <li>George Black</li> <li>James Buchanan</li> <li>Christian Carpenter</li> <li>Samuel Carpenter</li> <li>James Coburn</li> <li>Jacob Costner</li> <li>Geo. Dellinger</li> <li>John Dellinger</li> <li>Thomas Espey</li> <li>Jacob Forney</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Graham_(colonel)/nacL16MT">William Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederick_Hambright/q52se24T">Frederick Hambright</a></li> <li>Andrew Hampton</li> <li>Benjamin Hardin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Hardin,_Sr./aS4tFNE6">Joseph Hardin</a></li> <li>Robert Hulclip<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>David Jenkins</li> <li>Joseph Kuykendall</li> <li>Samuel Loftin</li> <li>Jas. Logan</li> <li>Perrygren Mackness (or Magness)</li> <li>Jacob Mauney, Jun.</li> <li>Valentine Mauney</li> <li>Fried Mauser</li> <li>James McAfee</li> <li>Charles McLean</li> <li>Jas. Miller</li> <li>Moses Moore</li> <li>John Morris</li> <li>Andrew Neel</li> <li>Joseph Neel</li> <li>George Paris</li> <li>Jonathan Price</li> <li>John Robison</li> <li>Peter Sides</li> <li>Adam Simms</li> <li>Samuel Smith</li> <li>William Thompson</li> <li>Joab Turner</li> <li>Richard Waffer</li> <li>John Walker</li> <li>John Wells</li> <li>Davis Whiteside</li> <li>William Whiteside</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Watauga_Association/k8AAuTcj">Watauga Association</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Liberty_Point_Resolves/5TR7APuh">Liberty Point Resolves</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Journeys Through Time: Nixon's History of Lincoln County: The Revolutionary War Period. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070911060450/http://lelawhisnant.net/journeysthrutime/id103.htm">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ncdot.org/news/dailyclips/2002/02_07/2002-07-24o.html"><i>Revolutionary Dig Saving Local History</i></a>; North Carolina D.O.T.</li> <li><a href="http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/"><i>Documenting the American South</i></a>; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, University of North Carolina</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and Their Association; Parker, Herschel; August 11, 2014; WebPage; "Journal of the American Revolution" online; retrieved April 2023 <a href="https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/" target="_blank">https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and Their Association; Parker, Herschel; August 11, 2014; WebPage; "Journal of the American Revolution" online; retrieved April 2023 <a href="https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/" target="_blank">https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and Their Association; Parker, Herschel; August 11, 2014; WebPage; "Journal of the American Revolution" online; retrieved April 2023 <a href="https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/" target="_blank">https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Sullivan, Kathy Gunter; "Tryon County Documents, 1769-1779"; Genealogical Society of Old Tyron County, NC; (2000); via "Proceedings of the Committee of Safety, 1775-1776;" Secretary of State Papers; S.S. 305; pp. 184–186 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and Their Association; Parker, Herschel; August 11, 2014; WebPage; "Journal of the American Revolution" online; retrieved April 2023 <a href="https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/" target="_blank">https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>The original document suffers from several transcription errors. Most notably affected is the signature of "Robert Hazelip," (aged 16 at the time), transcribed as "Hulclip." A transcription error due to an ink stain early-on has caused this name to be mis-read through history. The misprint was carried over to the original D.A.R. plaque and has been repeatedly copied since.)[1] <a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution" target="_blank">/wiki/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>