<P> Robert Rowan, who apparently organized the group, signed first . </P> <P> Robert Rowan (circa 1738--1798) was one of the area's leading public figures of the 18th century . A merchant and entrepreneur, he settled in Cross Creek in the 1760s . He served as an officer in the French and Indian War, as sheriff, justice and legislator, and as a leader of the Patriot cause in the Revolutionary War . Rowan Street and Rowan Park in Fayetteville and a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are named for him, though Rowan County (founded in 1753) was named for his uncle, Matthew Rowan . </P> <P> Flora MacDonald (1722--1790), a Scots Highland woman known for aiding Bonnie Prince Charlie after his Highlander army's defeat at Culloden in 1746, lived in North Carolina for about five years . She was a staunch Loyalist and aided her husband to raise the local Scots to fight for the King against the Revolution . </P> <P> Seventy - First Township in western Cumberland County (now a part of Fayetteville) is named for a British regiment during the American Revolution--the 71st Regiment of Foot or "Fraser's Highlanders", as they were first called . </P>

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