Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGen. Robert Howe 
Birth1732, Brunswick Co., North Carolina
Death14 Dec 1786, Brunswick Co., North Carolina
BurialOld Smithville Cemetery, Southport, Brunswick Co., North Carolina
Misc. Notes
From “Biographical Stone” placed over the grave of Gen. Robert Howe in the Old Smithville Cemetery, Southport, Brunswick Co., North Carolina:
1754-61: Capt Militia, French and Indian War, West
1766-73: Capt Commander Ft Johnston
1768: Appt Col. of Art. by Gov Tryon to Suppress Regulators
1773-75: Committee of Correspondence and Safety, advocated independence from England
1775: Capt Led Militia company to seize Ft Johnston, Forced Royal Gov Martin to retreat offshore to HMS Cruzier. Ended royal rule in Carolina.
1775: Col 2nd NC Reg Defeated British at Norfolk
1776: B/Gen. with Gen. Moultrie at Charleston
1777-79: M/Gen Commander, War Dept of the South. The south's only Maj. General in the Revolutionary War.
1778-79: Troops lost Savannah to British and failed to win battle for St Augustine. Transferred to the North by General George Washington.
1779: Led battle for Stoney Point and Verplanck NY with Col Putnam
1779-80: M/Gen Commander of West Point NY. Transferred command to M/Gen Benedict Arnold.
1780: Served on court martial which tried Major Andre for spying in league with M/G Arnold at West Point NY
1780-1783: M/Gen on Gen. Washinton's staff. Led troops in suppressing mutinies in the continental line and civilian riots.
1783-85: Appt by Congress as member of the society of the Cincinnati to treat with Indians on the western frontier. He never went west with Comm.
1785: Received twenty thousand pounds from congress for service in the Revolutionary War
1785-86: Planter living at Howe's Point on Walden Creek and as member of NC House of Delegates
Dec 14 1786: Died on his way to Fayetteville to represent Brunswick County in the NC General Assembly
7 Children: Robert Jr, Anna, Mary, Rebecca, Rachel, Sarah, Elizabeth
1754-61: Capt Militia, French and Indian War, West
1766-73: Capt Commander Ft Johnston
1768: Appt Col. of Art. by Gov Tryon to Suppress Regulators
1773-75: Committee of Correspondence and Safety, advocated independence from England
1775: Capt Led Militia company to seize Ft Johnston, Forced Royal Gov Martin to retreat offshore to HMS Cruzier. Ended royal rule in Carolina.
1775: Col 2nd NC Reg Defeated British at Norfolk
1776: B/Gen. with Gen. Moultrie at Charleston
1777-79: M/Gen Commander, War Dept of the South. The south's only Maj. General in the Revolutionary War.
1778-79: Troops lost Savannah to British and failed to win battle for St Augustine. Transferred to the North by General George Washington.
1779: Led battle for Stoney Point and Verplanck NY with Col Putnam
1779-80: M/Gen Commander of West Point NY. Transferred command to M/Gen Benedict Arnold.
1780: Served on court martial which tried Major Andre for spying in league with M/G Arnold at West Point NY
1780-1783: M/Gen on Gen. Washinton's staff. Led troops in suppressing mutinies in the continental line and civilian riots.
1783-85: Appt by Congress as member of the society of the Cincinnati to treat with Indians on the western frontier. He never went west with Comm.
1785: Received twenty thousand pounds from congress for service in the Revolutionary War
1785-86: Planter living at Howe's Point on Walden Creek and as member of NC House of Delegates
Dec 14 1786: Died on his way to Fayetteville to represent Brunswick County in the NC General Assembly
7 Children: Robert Jr, Anna, Mary, Rebecca, Rachel, Sarah, Elizabeth