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.

Military service He served as a colonel and commandant over two regiments in the North Carolina militia from 1775 to 1781:

In 1780, he missed the Battle of Ramseur's Mill. That same year Graham marched with his troops in the expedition that led to the famous Battle of Kings Mountain, but again due to an illness in his family, he was not with his men when the battle was fought. Colonel Joseph Dickson took his place.

Death He was residing in Rutherford County, North Carolina in October 1832. He died on May 3, 1835. Graham was buried at the Twitty-Graham Cemetery, Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina.