[50] In addition to her own family, Mrs. Gibbes had the care of the seven orphan children of Mrs. Fenwick, her sister-in-law, and two other children. It is not surprising, that, in the confusion of a sudden flight from the house, one of the number should be left behind.
[51] Mrs. Ellet.
[52] October seventh, 1780.
[53] American Anecdotes, vol. 2, p. 11.
[54] For a full account of the life of Mrs. Stewart, we refer the reader to an interesting Memoir, by her husband.
[55] Vide Women of the Revolution, vol. 1. pp. 306-7, etc.
[56] It was his company that forded the creek, and, penetrating the swamp, made the furious charge on the British left and rear which decided the fate of the day.—[Mrs. Ellet.
[57] Mrs. Slocumb was a dignified and generous matron, a kind and liberal neighbor, and a Christian of indomitable fortitude and inexhaustible patience. After four or five years' extreme bodily suffering, resulting from a complication of diseases, she died, on the sixth of March, 1836, aged seventy-six years.
[58] The silver was buried in a trunk, and remained in a marshy bed till the close of the war. When disinterred, it had turned black.
[59] A similar spirit was exhibited by the wife of Isaac Holmes, one of the number who were sent into exile at St. Augustine. Just as the guard were separating him from his family, she said to him, "Waver not in your principles, but be true to your country. Have no fears for your family; God is good, and will provide for them."