Anson County NcArchives Military Records.....Actions, Regulator 1770
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Colonial Records
Testimony of William Pickett and James Terry concerning the actions of the 
Regulators
Pickett, William; Terry, James
December 07, 1770 
Volume 22, Page 411

Interrogatories of William Picket, Esquire, Sheriff of the County of Anson, at 
the Bar of the House, the 7th Day of Dec., 1770.

Q. 1st. Who are deemed ringleaders of the Regulators in your County?

Answer. Thomas Swearingham, Principal.

Q. 2nd. Do you recollect any Opposition to the Justices sitting in the County 
Court of Anson?

He saw the Regulators pull them off the Bench, took their seats and Continued 
Dancing, &c., for some time, and believes with intent to prevent the usual 
Course of Justice; and hath often seen Advertisements Threatening to whip 
Sheriffs if they assembled to serve any Process.

Q. 1st. James Terry, Deputy Sheriff, Anson, What Obstructions have you met 
with in collecting Taxes?

A. That he met at several convenient places in the County. The Regulators 
refused to pay, and gave for reason they were ill-used by officers and did not 
know what they paid their Money for, and that he hath seen goods taken from 
the Sheriff by those People called Regulators; in particular, in 1768 from 
James Pickett a Blanket—and threatened his life if he refused—but at length 
the delivered the same, fearing the consequences.

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