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In reply to the discussion: Tell us some famous event an ancestor of yours was involved in? My grandfather found [View all]Staph
(6,251 posts)3. One of my ancestors was a Regulator.
He signed one of the petitions during the War of the Regulation. In North Carolina, in the 1760s, the citizens protested against corruption in the colonial government, in what is now viewed as a precursor to the American Revolution.
While his name is not one that anyone remembers, I'm proud that he stood up for what he believed in, that he was willing to put his name on a document that could have put him (and many others) into prison.
For more on the Regulators, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulators_of_North_Carolina
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