Battle of Lindley's Mill

The Battle of Lindley's Mill took place in Alamance County, North Carolina, on September 13, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War.

Lindley's Mill stands at what was once a crossroads where the north-south trade route from Hillsborough to Raleigh and the east-west route through the Piedmont crossed. Built in 1755 by Irish immigrant Thomas Lindley, the recipient of 1000 acres (4 km²) in land grants from the Earl of Granville, the gristmill was one of five that lined Cane Creek.

During the American Revolutionary War, the Tories captured Governor Burke and thirteen high-ranking Whig officials in Hillsborough and were transporting them down the road to Wilmington where they would be turned over to the British. General Butler and the North Carolina militia ambushed them at Lindley’s Mill on September 13, 1781. Two to three hundred men died in a battle that lasted four hours. The Governor was not rescued, and was imprisoned on James Island. [Rodenbough, Charles D. (2004). "Governor Alexander Martin: Biography of a North Carolina Revolutionary War Statesman", p. 66. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 078641684X.] The Battle of Lindley's Mill closed the war in North Carolina one month before Lord Cornwallis surrendered the British Army at Yorktown.

The mill is still in operation, having passed down through the Lindley family for nine generations.

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External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncccmm/ccplin.htm Photographs of Lindley's Mill]
* [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwellis/book/chapter6.html Further information on the battle]