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Portrait of Major General William Lenoir
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William Lenoir

Frontier surveyor turned Patriot officer, William Lenoir carried the Revolution into North Carolina’s backcountry—fighting at Kings Mountain, surviving the chaos of Pyle’s Massacre, and emerging from war as one of Wilkes County’s most enduring civic leaders.

Title
Officer
War & Affiliation
Patriot
Date of Birth - Death
May 8, 1751 - May 6, 1839
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