* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1, 900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4, 400.

Other notable early settlers of Henry County include Colonel George Waller, Captain George Hairston and Major John Redd, all of whom were present at the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown ; Col. Abraham Penn, a native of Amherst County, Virginia, who led his Henry County militia troops with the intention of joining General Nathaniel Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during the Revolutionary War ; and Brigadier General Joseph Martin, for whom Martinsville is named.

State historical marker for Guilford Courthouse

* Arthur Forbis, captain of the Guilford County militia at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, where he was mortally wounded, March 15, 1781.

* Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

It was along this route in 1781 that General Cornwallis ' men passed by Oak Ridge farms on maneuvers that led them to Guilford Courthouse to fight the last battle of the American Revolutionary War before Yorktown and surrender.

During the " Race to the Dan ", Kościuszko had contributed to the selection of the site where Gen. Greene eventually returned to fight Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse.

On May 20, Charles Cornwallis arrived at Petersburg with 1, 500 men after suffering heavy casualties at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

The battle is commemorated at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

1893 Map of the battlefield, Guilford Courthouse Battleground Company

American Colonel Benjamin Williams was later decorated for his personal bravery at Guilford Courthouse.

Guilford Courthouse flag | Non-standard American flag believed to have been carried in battle, although its validity is questioned.

Every year, on or about March 15, re-enactors in period costumes present a tactical demonstration of Revolutionary War fighting techniques on or near the battle site, major portions of which are preserved in the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, established in 1917.

Three current Army National Guard units ( 116th Inf, 175th Inf and 198th Sig Bn ) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

* In the 2000 historical epic The Patriot, the final battle was inspired by the battles of Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse.

The sizes of the armies, as well as their being led by generals Greene and Cornwallis, come from the Guilford Courthouse battle.

The scene where Cornwallis orders his artillery to " concentrate on the center ," during which they killed both Continentals and his own troops, took place at Guilford Courthouse.

Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse University of North Carolina Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8078-3266-0

* Baker, Thomas E. Another Such Victory: The Story of the American Defeat at Guilford Courthouse that Helped Win the War for Independence Eastern National, 1999, ISBN 0-915992-06-X.

The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas Wiley, 1999, ISBN 0-471-32716-6.

Guilford Courthouse Da Capo Press, 2002, ISBN 0-306-81171-5.

* Guilford Courthouse National Military Park website

* Animation of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse

On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Court House was fought just north of present-day Greensboro between Generals Charles Cornwallis and Nathanael Greene during the American Revolution.

In 1812, Captain Lemuel B. Mason, who had fought in the 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War and subsequently retired to Gunstock Parish, successfully proposed incorporation of a new town to be named Guilford after that battle.

The Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War.

On March 14, 1781, while encamped in the forks of the Deep River, Cornwallis was informed that Greene was encamped at the Guilford Court House.

Letter from George Washington to Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau | Comte of Rochambeau ( 31 March 1781 ), in which Washington reports he is hearing first reports from the Battle of Guilford Court House

* Battle of Guilford Court House ( 1781 )-American Revolutionary War

Greene then pursued Cornwallis and gave battle on March 15, 1781, at the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina, on ground he had himself chosen.

: Pickens ' militia was soon recalled to defend their own homes and so he missed the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781.

In 1781 the British captured Wilmington, to where Cornwallis and his forces fell back after the Battle of Guilford Court House, and Hooper found himself separated from his family.

An assortment of Hessians fought in the battles and campaigns in the southern states during 1778 – 80 ( including Guilford Courthouse ), and two regiments fought at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.

At dawn on 15 March 1781, before the men had a chance to have breakfast, Cornwallis started for Guilford, arriving there at mid-day.

In 1775, Williams was appointed to the Second North Carolina Regiment ; he served until 1781, was promoted to the rank of colonel, and fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

Having been successful in a skirmish at Torrence Tavern while the British crossed the Catawba River ( Cowan's Ford Skirmish 1 February 1781 ) and having taken part in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781, he marched with Cornwallis into Virginia.

In 1781, the two composite Foot Guard battalions took part in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

He then served in the southern army under General Greene, where was reported to have killed 11 men during the May 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

He served in the first independent North Carolina Legislature from 1777 to 1778, and was presiding Judge of Guilford County from 1781 to 1788.

On the eve of the Battle of Guilford Court House, in February 1781, General Nathaniel Greene wrote Martin and seven other officers – including John Sevier, Arthur Campbell, and William Christian – appointing them agents to treat with the Cherokees and Chicasaws " to afford the Said Tribes of Indians every mark of our good disposition towards them.

** Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey ( executed ) ( b. 1536 )

** Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( b. 1474 )

** Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports of England ( d. 1534 )

For instance, the eldest son of the Earl of Devon is styled Lord Courtenay, even though the Earl has no barony of that name, and similarly the eldest son of the Earl of Guilford is styled Lord North.

It was named for Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, father of Frederick North, Lord North, British Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782.

Lord Guildford Dudley ( also spelt Guilford ) ( c. 1535 – 12 February 1554 ) was the husband of Lady Jane Grey who, declared as his heir by King Edward VI, occupied the English throne from 6 / 10 July till 19 July 1553.

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It tells the story of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days ' Queen, on her reign and romance with husband Lord Guilford Dudley.

Anticipating the young king's imminent death from consumption and anxious to keep England true to the Reformation by keeping the Catholic Mary from the throne, John Dudley, Lord President of the Council and second only to the king in power, hatches a plan to marry his son, Lord Guilford, to Lady Jane Grey, and have the royal physician keep the young king Edward VI alive — albeit in excruciating pain — long enough to get him to name Jane his heir.

* Cary Elwes as Lord Guilford Dudley, Jane's husband

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC ( 13 April 1732 – 5 August 1792 ), more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782.

Guilford County, North Carolina is named after the father of Lord North.

* 88 Zechariah Lord WR ( Guilford College ) Lord played in NFL Europe with the Amsterdam Admirals

A fourth creation in England was suggested and planned to take effect ; the title of Duke of Clarence was going to be given to Lord Guilford Dudley, husband of Lady Jane Grey, upon her coronation, as she declined to make her husband king consort.

Lord Guilford had no sons and on his death the barony of North fell into abeyance between his daughters ( see the Baron North for further history of this title ).

An unqualified reference to Lord North almost always refers to Frederick North, Lord North, later second Earl of Guilford.

His third son, Francis North, became Lord Chancellor as Lord Guilford.

Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford PC KC ( 1637 – 1685 ) was the third son of the 4th Baron North, and was created Baron Guilford in 1683, after becoming Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in succession to Lord Nottingham.