Talk:Griffith Rutherford

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GOCE copy edit, February 2012
Note to future FAC reviewers: On 7 Feb 2012 I ran Duplication Detector to compare the article with McDonald (2006), its most heavily used source, and found no suspicion of close paraphrase.

Early life
The uncertainty of 1721/1731 is puzzling. He immigrated at 18 -- don't we know the year, or nearly? Also, on page 22 of MacDonald we learn that James Graham, b.1714, was 7 years older than Rutherford.

MacDonald (p.21) only has the first 656-acre plot as 7 miles from Salisbury. His remaining land is more spread out geographically and in years of purchase. --Stfg (talk) 22:18, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I've now dealt with both of these, citing MacDonald. Please check that the reference to Ashe p.381 immediately after "who bore him ten children" is still in the right place. --Stfg (talk) 11:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

French-Indian War
I'm puzzled about the date of the start of his career and attainment of the rank of captain. Macdonald (p.27) has Waddell and "Captain Rutherford" involved in the Forbes expedition that took place (didn't it?) in 1758. However, later (p.29) we read of Rutherford getting his commission as a result of his service on the expedition. What gives? --Stfg (talk) 22:18, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll postpone copy editing this section until the content can be brought up to scratch. The comments made on it in the A-class review haven't yet been effectively dealt with, and MacDonald p.28 (and surrounding pages) tell a story somewhat different from what is cited to it in the article. For example, MacDonald seems not to give the exact year of his commission as captain, but the implication is that it's probably 1758 or 1759 and certainly considerably earlier than "by the end of the war" (1763). --Stfg (talk) 11:35, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Revolutionary War
"who had been attacking colonists on the western frontier since their alliance with the British" -- not in Hunter p.176. I've move the citation to before this clause, which may now need a citation of its own. --Stfg (talk) 11:57, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Continental Army
Griffith Rutherford was not in the Continental Army. He was in the North Carolina militia, specifically, commander of the the Rowan County Regiment and Salisbury District Brigade. I don't think there is yet a category for Irish Generals in the North Carolina Militia.

Talk to G Moore 01:37, 30 January 2019 (UTC)