Riddles Knob

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William Riddle was a Tory, reportedly hung at a spot called Riddle’s K**b (today – Rittle K**b), located along the Virginia-North Carolina frontier during the American Revolution. In the 1770s and early 1780s, Montgomery County extended all the way down to the North Carolina border. Rittle K**b, North Carolina is about 58 miles slightly southeast of Abingdon, Virginia.

William Riddle was born c1750, probably in Virginia or North Carolina and reportedly married Happy Rogers, daughter of Doswell Rogers. They had six children, born roughly between 1776 and 1783. Happy was born c1755.

Riddle 52 Documents in 52 Weeks #7 – Court Record to Establish William Riddle’s Death February 18, 2017 Linda Stufflebean Leave a comment William Riddle was a Tory, reportedly hung at a spot called Riddle’s K**b (today – Rittle K**b), located along the Virginia-North Carolina frontier during...

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Capture and Rescue of Benjamin Cleveland

There were six or eight men with Riddle, and when they reached Benjamin Cutbirth's home the day before, four miles above Duncan's home, and failed to get any information from him, they abused him shamefully and left him under guard. Cleveland ran into the ambush and was taken into the Perkins house,...

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The Wolf’s Den (Credit: Phillip Roberts)

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See the locale of the daring rescue of an infamous Patriot colonel during the American Revolutionary War, at the Wolfe’s Den on Riddle’s K**b near Todd, N.C.

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Col. Cleveland and Richard Calloway went searching for the missing horse and Capt. Riddle and his men opened fire. Calloway was unarmed and Col. Cleveland only had two pistols. Calloway was shot in the thigh. Col. Cleveland grabbed a local woman, Abigail Walters, and used her as a shield until Capt....

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Riddles K**b is supposedly haunted by Captain William Riddle, a Tory hanged in 1781 by Colonel Ben Cleveland at Tory Tree in Wilkesboro. During the American Revolution, North Carolinians were divided in their loyalties. In western North Carolina, neighbor fought against neighbor until the Tories were defeated and taken prisoner by the Patriots. Acting under a North Carolina law, Colonel Cleveland summoned a jury to try the accused men and all were quickly found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. Colonel Cleveland then took his volunteer militia through the New River valley hanging more Tory leaders including Captain William Riddle.