Record #:

15378

Author(s):

Hall, Nell R.

Abstract:

Who was Peter Stewart Ney? Was he Marshal Michel Ney, one of Napoleon's greatest generals, who was executed in 1815, after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo? Or did he escape and become a teacher in 19th-century Rowan County? His tombstone in a Rowan County cemetery states that he was a native of France and a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte. The mystery continues.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 26, Nov 1934, p13, 28, il

Subject(s):

Ney, Michael, duc d'Elchingen, prince de la Moskowa, 1769-1815; Legends--Rowan County