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Colonel '''Robert Irwin''' (1738-1800) of [[Steele Creek (Charlotte neighborhood)|Steele Creek Township]], [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]] was a long term North Carolina [[State Senator]]. The first state senator ever elected from Mecklenburg County, he served as the [[North Carolina]] senator from Mecklenburg County in the years 1778-1783, and again, in the years 1787 and 1795, and, finally, from 1797 to 1800, dying in office.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Legislative Manual| year=1874| publisher=Raleigh: General Assembly of North Carolina, Joshua Turner State Printer and Binder| page=281}}</ref> |
Colonel '''Robert Irwin''' (1738-1800) of [[Steele Creek (Charlotte neighborhood)|Steele Creek Township]], [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]] was a long term North Carolina [[State Senator]]. The first state senator ever elected from Mecklenburg County, he served as the [[North Carolina]] senator from Mecklenburg County in the years 1778-1783, and again, in the years 1787 and 1795, and, finally, from 1797 to 1800, dying in office.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Legislative Manual| year=1874| publisher=Raleigh: General Assembly of North Carolina, Joshua Turner State Printer and Binder| page=281}}</ref> |
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Prior to entering the senate, Irwin commanded the [[Mecklenburg County Regiment]] of the North Carolina militia, rising to the rank of a colonel and commandant of the [[Mecklenburg County Regiment|1st Mecklenburg County Regiment]] (Est. 1775, split into 1st & 2nd regiments 1780, and disestablished in 1783). He commanded the regiment while fighting strategically against [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] militia forces beside [[South Carolina]] patriot militia General [[Thomas Sumter]] at the [[Battle of Rocky Mount]]. Later, the two again fought to victory together against loyalist provisional units and militia (while heavily outnumbered) at the [[Battle of Hanging Rock]]. Irwin is reported<ref group=note>See [[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence#Signers]] for a discussion of who is reported to have signed this document. There is no copy of the document and recollections were only compiled in 1819</ref> to have been a signer of the [[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence]]. Colonel Irwin was of the [[Presbyterian]] faith.<ref>{{cite book | author=Staff| title=History of North Carolina (Vol. VI)| year=1919| publisher=Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company| page=40}}</ref><ref name="Hoyt">{{cite book|author=Hoyt, William Henry|title=The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: A Study of Evidence Showing that the Alleged Early Declaration of Independence...is Spurious|publisher=New York: Knickerbocker Press|year=1907|url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02327534&id=JHQBAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref> |
Prior to entering the senate, Irwin commanded the [[Mecklenburg County Regiment]] of the North Carolina militia, rising to the rank of a colonel and commandant of the [[Mecklenburg County Regiment|1st Mecklenburg County Regiment]] (Est. 1775, split into 1st & 2nd regiments 1780, and disestablished in 1783). He commanded the regiment while fighting strategically against [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] militia forces beside [[South Carolina]] patriot militia General [[Thomas Sumter]] at the [[Battle of Rocky Mount]]. Later, the two again fought to victory together against loyalist provisional units and militia (while heavily outnumbered) at the [[Battle of Hanging Rock]]. Irwin is reported<ref group=note>See [[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence#Signers]] for a discussion of who is reported to have signed this document. There is no copy of the document and recollections were only compiled in 1819</ref> to have been a signer of the [[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence]]. Colonel Irwin was of the [[Presbyterian]] faith.<ref>{{cite book | author=Staff| title=History of North Carolina (Vol. VI)| year=1919| publisher=Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company| page=40}}</ref><ref name="Hoyt">{{cite book|author=Hoyt, William Henry|title=The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: A Study of Evidence Showing that the Alleged Early Declaration of Independence...is Spurious|publisher=New York: Knickerbocker Press|year=1907|url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02327534&id=JHQBAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:22, 4 February 2020
Colonel Robert Irwin (1738-1800) of Steele Creek Township, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina was a long term North Carolina State Senator. The first state senator ever elected from Mecklenburg County, he served as the North Carolina senator from Mecklenburg County in the years 1778-1783, and again, in the years 1787 and 1795, and, finally, from 1797 to 1800, dying in office.[1]
Prior to entering the senate, Irwin commanded the Mecklenburg County Regiment of the North Carolina militia, rising to the rank of a colonel and commandant of the 1st Mecklenburg County Regiment (Est. 1775, split into 1st & 2nd regiments 1780, and disestablished in 1783). He commanded the regiment while fighting strategically against Loyalists militia forces beside South Carolina patriot militia General Thomas Sumter at the Battle of Rocky Mount. Later, the two again fought to victory together against loyalist provisional units and militia (while heavily outnumbered) at the Battle of Hanging Rock. Irwin is reported[note 1] to have been a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Colonel Irwin was of the Presbyterian faith.[2][3]
Revolutionary War service
Robert Irwin held several positions in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War:[4]
- Captain in the Mecklenburg County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1775, 1776-1777)
- Captain in the 2nd Salisbury District Minutemen (1775-1776)
- Lt. colonel in the Mecklenburg County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1777-1778)
- Colonel in the Mecklenburg County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1778-1783)
Notes:
- ^ See Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence#Signers for a discussion of who is reported to have signed this document. There is no copy of the document and recollections were only compiled in 1819
See also
External links
References
- ^ The Legislative Manual. Raleigh: General Assembly of North Carolina, Joshua Turner State Printer and Binder. 1874. p. 281.
- ^ Staff (1919). History of North Carolina (Vol. VI). Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 40.
- ^ Hoyt, William Henry (1907). The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: A Study of Evidence Showing that the Alleged Early Declaration of Independence...is Spurious. New York: Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Lewis, J.D. "Robert Irwin". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved March 5, 2019.