Excerpt from Soldier and Pioneer: A Biographical Sketch of Lt.-Col. Richard C. Anderson of the Continental Army The house built by the first Robert, with massive timbers and great outside chimneys, still stands, marking the birth place Of two generations of his descend ants. Rocky Mills, formerly the home of Colonel John Syme, lies upon the one hand, and upon the other is the once magnificent plantation of the Dabneys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.