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Hackett: [341].
Hall, Gen. William: [116], [128].
Hall, Rev. James: [267].
Hambright, Lt. Col. Frederick: at King's Mountain, [296], [302].
Hamilton, Gov. Henry: [273], [274], [276].
Hampton, Anthony: leads Rowan rangers, [83].
Hampton, Col. Andrew: leads Rutherford riflemen, [293].
Hampton, Gen. Wade: [83].
Hancock, John: [241].
Hanks: family, [23], [34];—Abraham, [23], [235].
Hard Labor: treaty at, [112], [114].
Harman, outlaw: [165].
Harris, Col.: [75].
Harris: Elizabeth, [144]; John, [145].
Harris's Ferry: [145].
Harrisburg: [145].
Harrison, Richard: [255].
Harrod, James: [121], [205], [212], [243], [244], [253].
Harrodsburg: [253]; election held at, [257].
Harrodsburg Remonstrance: [255].
Hart: David, [187], [218];—Nathaniel, [108], [187], [217], [218], [222], [227], [284];—Thomas, [108], [187], [218], [222].
Hartman, George: [38].
Hawkins, Benjamin: [268].
Hayes: [347].
Haywood, John: [314].
Hempinstall, Abraham: [122].
Henderson, Kentucky: [279].
Henderson, Col. Samuel: chosen special envoy to Franklin, [315]-[316]; negotiates with John Sevier, [316]-[318].
Henderson, Nathaniel: [222], [233], [255].
Henderson, Richard: born in Virginia, [104]; removes to North Carolina, [104]; acquainted with Boones, [105]; promotes Western exploration, [110]; in law suits involving Boone, [147]; promotes Western exploration under Boone's leadership, [148]-[149]; sends supplies to Boone, [153]; court broken up by Regulators, [179]-[181]; burned out by Regulators, [182]; secures from English authorities sanction for purchase of Indian lands, [201]-[202]; reorganizes Richard Henderson & Co. into Louisa Company, [217]; visits Otari towns, [217]-[218]; organizes Transylvania Company, [218]-[219]; negotiates Great Treaty with Cherokees, [221]-[225]; despatches Boone to clean Transylvania Trail, [225]-[226]; receives urgent appeal from Boone, [227]-[229]; hastens to Boone's rescue, [229]-[232]; reaches Fort Boone, [236]; draws up plan of government for Transylvania, [243]-[244]; addresses Legislature of Transylvania, [237], [245]; elected delegate from Transylvania to Continental Congress, [249]; prepares plan of government for Powell's Valley settlement, [252]; attends Virginia Convention, [256]-[257]; purchases corn for Cumberland settlement, [269]; runs North Carolina-Virginia dividing line, [269], [282]; presents memorial on Transylvania purchase, [278]; plans colonization of Cumberland region, [279]-[280]; despatches Robertson on prospecting tour, [280]-[281]; sends corn to French Lick, [284]-[285]; organizes government on Cumberland, [285]; author of "Cumberland Compact," [286]-[287]; introduces recall of judges, [286]-[287]; founder of Nashville, personal appearance, [221]-[222]; diary of, quoted, [227], [229]; mentioned, [158], [159], [183], [187], [190], [200], [203], [215], [ch. XIV] passim, [216], [220], [234], [235], [238], [240], [241], [242], [246], [247], [248], [253], [258], [272], [282], [315].
Henderson, Richard & Company: organized, [107]; despatch Boone on Western exploration, [109], [160], [216]-[217]; granted 200,000 acres by Virginia; see Land Companies.
Henderson, Samuel: [104].
Henderson & Company; [109]; see Richard Henderson & Company.
Henley, Chief Justice Peter: [60].
Henry, Patrick: [209], [211], [249], [293], [329]; pronounces Camden-Yorke decision valid, [210]; endeavors to purchase lands from Cherokees, [239]-[240]; desires to become partner in Transylvania Company, [240]; considers Transylvania title good, [256]; confiscates Transylvania, [258]; correspondence of, with Joseph Martin, [344]-[345].
Hewatt, Rev. Alexander: [78].
Heydt, Jost: settles in Virginia, [12].
Heygler, King, Catawba chief: petitions for fort, [60]; prevents completion of fort, [71]; see Oroloswa.
Hiawassee: [307].
Hicks, Harry: heroic defence of home against Indian attack, [85]-[86].
High Shoals: [29].
Highlanders: [90].
Hill, William: [138], [142], [143].
Hillsborough: [26], [103], [179], [188], [217], [218], [219].
Hillsborough, Earl of: [96].
Hingham: [22].
Hogg, James: [251]; partner in Transylvania Company, [218]; appointed delegate from Transylvania to Continental Congress, [250].
Holder, John: rescues sweetheart, [271].
Holden, Joseph: [149], [153].
Hollows, the: [166].
Holston: region, [99], [126]; settlement, [281];—settlers, [262]; valley of, [134], [187], [191]-[192], [306].
Honeycut: [189].
Hooper, William: [180], [182].
Hopewell: [310].
Horton, Joshua: [121].
Houston, Rev. Samuel: [321], [323]; drafts constitution for Frankland, [319]; features of constitution drafted by, [321]-[322].
Howard, Cornelius: [165], [166].
Howell, Rednap: poet-laureate of the Regulation, [173], [179].
Hubbardt, Col. James: [316].
Hudson Valley: [4].
Hunter, James: [179].
Hunter's Trail: [150].
Husband, Herman: author of "Impartial Relation," [177], [178], [197]; leader in insurrection at Hillsborough, [179]; in correspondence with Benjamin Franklin, [184].