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Joseph Graham was of Vesuvius Furnace, Lincoln County, North Carolina; a Major in the Revolution, Major-General in the War of 1812, he voted "yea" when North Carolina ratified the United States Constitution in Fayetteville in 1789. "When Cornwallis passed through Charlotte village, Graham commanded a company of cavalry. He was left for dead on the field with six saber cuts and three bullet wounds in his body. He lived to own the successful iron furnaces which the Grahams tended. He was named a Brigadier-General in 1814, to lead N.C. troops in the war against the Creek Indians." * *Quotation was taken from Mrs. James O. Moore's autobiography: My Dross Consume, My Gold Refine (2000)