That's about right. Notable is the fact that Jacob Henry sent two sons & a slave to fight with Geoge Washington's army as a result of Cornwalis' treatment.

Also notable is that Gen. Benjamin N. Trolinger (founder of Burlington, NC) started the Granite Mill works which later became the beginnings of 'Burlington Industries'. Unfortunately, he was forced to sell the mill to when he lost money in a hotel venture.

Here's another account excerpted from The History of Almance Co., NC, by Miles S.W. Stockard, (Raleigh, NC, Capitol Printing Company, 1900. Chapter XVI. pp 142-147.l)

One of the first settlers in Alamance county, NC, in the year 1745, was Adam Trolinger, who was born near the Rhine, in Germany, in 1681. From there he moved to Pennsylvania, in 1737, came on South and settled here, on the western bank of Haw River, above where the railroad now crosses the river. He entered quite a large body of land here, selecting this place on account of the water falls, in order to catch fish, there being large quantities of them in the river at this time. He selected and allotted an acre of land for a burying place for his family, in which he was buried in 1776 at 95 years of age. His eldest son, Jacob Henry, was also born in Germany, in 1718, and came to this place with his father in 1745. He built the first grist mill on Haw River, near where the Granite factory now stands. He had two sons, John and Henry.

During the Revolutionary war Cornwallis passed here on his way to the Guilford Battle Ground and camped over night, and by taking and destroying the grain in Jacob Henry's mill, made the old gentleman very angry, and he told Cornwallis what he thought of him, whereupon Cornwallis had him tied to a tree, with a bridle bit in his mouth, so that he could neither speak nor extricate himself. They left him in this condition. He was found late in the evening and untied by a Mrs. Rippy, who chanced to come to the mill.

This treatment enraged Jacob Henry so much that he sent his oldest son, John, to a cave in Virginia (This cave he had found and explored when on his way to this State from Pennsylvania, in 1745) to make powder to be used in the Revolutionary war. John entered and settled on 640 acres of land in Montgomery (now Pulaski), Virginia, including the cave. After sending his eldest son to Virginia, Jacob Henry sent his second son, Henry, and a young negro man named Thomas Husk, whom he owned, to Gen. George Washington, with the written message that "he hoped both together would make one good soldier," neither one being of age. Both remained in the army until the close of the war. After his return to his father's, Henry married Mary Thomas, sister to Joseph Thomas, the great evangelist , who was called the "White Pilgrim" because his apparel was always white. This Joseph Thomas traveled over this State, North Carolina, and Virginia, preaching the gospel. He finally married in the valley of Virginia and settled in Ohio. He died with smallpox in New Jersey in 1835.

Henry settled on the home plantation, near his father. He erected a toll-bridge across the river, just above the present railroad crossing, this being the main road between Hillsboro and Greensboro. He received a pension from the government from 1837 up to his death, on Feb. 29th, 1844, aged 83 years.

Thomas Husk lived with the descendants of his master and at the age of 90 died and was buried in the family cemetery at Haw River.

John, eldest son of Henry Trolinger, was born in 1790, and grew up to manhood at his father's in the old home. He was a great advocate of education all his life. He was chairman of the county board of education and manager of the free schools until the County of Orange was divided, and afterwards held the same position in Alamance county until the Civil war. He was chairman, also, a part of the time, of the county court of Orange, and afterwards of Alamance. He advised and aided a number of young men to get an education, and was considered one of the best historians of his age. On the first of January, 1832, he commenced work on the first cotton factory built in the county, situated on Haw River, a short distance above where Stony creek runs into the river, and turned the river into the creek, a work that was thought by others could not be done. After he built the factory, others joined him and formed a joint stock company, naming it "The High Falls Manufacturing Co." (This place is now owned by Rosenthal & Co., and called "Juanita.") He built about one mile of the N. C. R. R., west side of the river, including the high embankment at the river. He married Elizabeth Rony in 1809; to them were born five sons and five daughters. In October, 1869, this noble man passed away , and was buried by the side of his people in the family cemetery.

General Benjamin N., eldest son of John Trolinger, was born in 1810. Among the first cotton factories built in the country was the older part of the present Granite Mills at Haw River, which was built by him, 1844. He was always interest in internal improvements, and aided by his partner and brother-in-law, Dr. D. A. Montgomery, got up stock for the N.C. R. R., which was commenced in 1851. the were large contractors in Alamance, Orange, Wake and Johnston counties, and had brick made and bridges built over Haw River, Black creek, and over both crossings of the Eno at Hillsboro. they also ran a steam saw-mill at Asbury and Cary, Wake county, for the purpose of cutting ties for this railroad, and being anxious to have the railroad machine shops built in Alamance county (the people of Greensboro, Guilford county, were trying to get the shops located in their county), he started on a tour for subscriptions to this end, with $500 cash from his father and some more from his brother William for a beginning. The people of the surrounding country and of Graham subscribed liberally, after being assured that no lots would be sold nor business houses built where the shops were located, a paper to this effect being written and signed, but, unfortunately, never recorded, and later on was thought to have been destroyed. He was successful in his call on the people and bought 640 acres of land near the center of the road which he donated to the railroad company, the machine shops were built and named Company Shops, now call Burlington.

After completing the railroad, General Trolinger built a large hotel at Haw River, the railroad directors promising him that all trains should stop there for meals for a term of thirty years; but another hotel was built at Company Shops by the railroad company. This discontinued his hotel a Haw River and caused to fail in 1858, and everything ha had was sold. But being a man of great energy, he did not stop, but went to Clayton, Johnston county, and commenced making spirits of turpentine. This enterprise proved profitable, and needing a larger area to work in, he moved to Richmond county, where he and his father bought 5,000 acres of pine land for the purpose of making turpentine there. Being near the railroad running between Wilmington and Charlotte, he became a contractor on this railroad to aid in building it. He located on this railroad, 100 miles west of Wilmington, and named the place Old Hundred. He was successful in his work here, but when the Civil war began, in 1861, foreseeing the country would need salt, the went below Wilmington and started two separate salt works, in which he made at least thirty bushels a day. He made known to all his creditors his intention to pay off all his debts; he was paying off rapidly, and if he had lived a few years longer he would have paid everything, and been at a good starting point again. In 1861 the following paper was sent to him, signed by James D. Radcliffe, F. L. Childes and other officers of Fort Caswell: "This is to certify that Gen. Benj. N. Trollinger rendered very great service to the Garrison at Fort Caswell as well as to the State at large, by his unremitting labours (sic.) in collecting, at his own expense, negroes to aid in completing the work at this post. The purely disinterested patriotism of Gen. Trollinger should, in the opinion of the officers of the post, secure for him the gratitude and respect of every true North Carolinian." This paper was acknowledged before a Notary Public.

In the summer 1862, while at his salt works near Wilmington, he was taken sick with yellow fever, but, not knowing he had this disease he went from there to visit his parents at Haw River, on arriving he was quite sick, and died on September 20th, 1862, and was buried with his kindred in the family cemetery. Thus ended a noble, valuable life.

This paper was dictated by William Holt Trollinger, youngest son of John Trollinger, and brother of Gen. B. N. Trollinger. Written by W. H. Trollinger's daughter - Bessie Trollinger Stratford.