William Graham

Colonel William Graham (1742 1835) was commander of the Tryon County and Lincoln County Regiments of the North Carolina militia and political leader from North Carolina during the American Revolution. Early life William Graham was born in 1742 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Archibald Graham of Scotland. The younger Graham moved to the Province of North Carolina several years before the American Revolutionary War. There he was one of forty signers of the Tryon Resolves. In 1776, he served as a delegate from the extinct Tryon County, North Carolina to the 3rd and 5th North Carolina Provincial Congress. After Tryon County was dissolved in 1779, he lived in Lincoln and Cleveland Counties. He married the widow Susannah (Beller) Twitty before 1780. Military service He served as a colonel and commandant over two regiments in the North Carolina militia from 1775 to 1781: Colonel over the Tryon County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (17751779), This regiment became the Lincoln County Regiment after Tryon County was dissolved. Colonel over the Lincoln County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1779–1781)