Record #:

9373

Author(s):

Wicker, Jim

Abstract:

Faith Rock marks the site of Andrew Hunter's daring escape from the infamous Tory bandit David Fanning and his band of killers. The out-jutting boulder sloping into Franklinville's Deep River afforded a nearly impossible escape route for Hunter and the mare he had stolen from Fanning.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 6, Nov 1974, p27-28, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; Franklinville