"Welcome to the Cabarrus Black Boys Chapter. We
are located in Concord, North Carolina. Local landmarks include the Concord Museum, the Historic Cabarrus Courthouse, and a wonderful local history room in the Cannon Memorial Library. An afternoon can easily be spent visiting some of the beautiful old homes in Historic Downtown Concord, antique stores, or unique restaurants. A nearby North Carolina Historic Site, the Reed Gold Mine, is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States. A few miles away, you can step back into time by touring the circa 1800’s Bost Grist Mill.” |
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On June
25, 1914, sixteen patriotic young women of Concord, North Carolina,
Cabarrus County, met in the home of Mrs. W. W. Flowe and organized the
Cabarrus Black Boys Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. The name, Cabarrus
Black Boys,
honored nine patriots who became famous for a daring deed when troubles
were brewing that resulted in the Revolutionary War. In 1771
Governor Tryon, expecting action from rebellious settlers, had a wagon
train of powder and supplies shipped from the port of Charleston, South
Carolina, to Hillsboro, North Carolina, where it would be ready for any
uprising. Showing their determination for the
cause of liberty, these nine young men blackened their faces with
soot and
thwarted the
’s effort by destroying the whole load at what was
then known as Phifer’s Mill, about three miles north of
Concord.
This action by these heroes, who
later became soldiers in the Revolution, is a proud memory in Cabarrus
history. In 1916 the chapter placed a fountain on the Court House
lawn in their honor and in 1926 they marked a large rock near Jackson
Training School behind which some of the action took
place. |
