What is known today as the Tryon Resolves (entitled at the time the Tryon Declaration of Rights and Independence from British Tyranny)
As tensions between the North American colonies and the British government continued to increase, county residents began forming Committees of Safety to prepare militia companies for a potential war. On September 14, 1775, many of the signers of the Tryon Resolves formed the Tryon County Militia in preparation for British retaliation against American revolutionaries.
Text summary and effect
In the Tryon Resolves:
- The county residents refer to "the painful necessity of having recourse to arms in defense of our National freedom and constitutional rights, against all invasions;
- Vow to take up arms and risk our lives and our fortunes in maintaining the freedom of our country..."
- The colonists declare they will continue to follow the Continental Congress or Provincial Conventions in defiance of British declarations that these were illegal;
- The signers warn that force will be met with force until such a time as a "reconciliation" can be made between the colonies and Britain.
Signers
The "subscribers" (signatories) to the Tryon Association in alphabetical order were :