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Name: Alistair Covenant Blackwood
State: North Carolina
Birth Date: March 23, 1750
Birth Place: Argyll, Scotland, the Kingdom of Great Britain
Ancestry: Scottish, Clan Campbell
Profession: Soldier, Lawyer and Surveyor
Religion: Deism (Baptized Presbyterian)
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The Bio of Alistair Covenant Blackwood:

The fifth of the seven sons of Jacobus Blackwood, Alistair Covenant Blackwood was born in Argyll, Scotland. Because of his family's location, they owed allegiance to Clan Campbell and all of the sons found themselves involved in the Black Watch. It was as a member of the Black Watch, or the 42nd Regiment of Foot, that Covenant and his brothers first arrived in the new world. Brought in by the British government to fight Pontiac during his rebellion, Covenant first saw combat against Huron warriors and was well-regarded for his bravery and calmness under fire.

Despite his new reputation, Covenant Blackwood was never comfortable doing the bidding of a monarch that he saw as illegitimate and as oppressive towards the Scots. Once the conflict had ended and the Black Watch was ordered back to the British Isles, Covenant deserted his post with his brothers and made his way first to New York and then to Virginia; in Virginia, the Blackwood brothers opted to live as mountain men, engaging in skirmishes with British authorities come to arrest the deserters and developing a reputation as hard, dangerous man. Although he was the primary reason they had this reputation, Covenant wanted more for his family and did his best to promote their well-being. He trained as a lawyer and surveyor, and although he was never licensed by any entity that mattered, he became respected as an efficient and hard worker.

By 1775, Covenant Blackwood and his brothers had relocated to the hills of North Carolina. Not fearing the British in such a place, Covenant involved himself in local society. He married a local girl from a prominent family, bought a parcel of land and settled down to the life of a country lawyer. Then the Revolution happened, and Covenant realized that this was the perfect time to take a stand for liberty and to strike out against the men he saw as oppressing his homeland. The Blackwood brothers donned their Black Watch uniforms, rode to Charlotte and recruited other Scotch immigrants to form a militia company. The group became very involved in the guerrilla fighting of North Carolina, as bands of Revolutionaries and Loyalists roamed the countryside. His actions as a partisan gained him some recognition, and Covenant eventually became an integral part of the North Carolina militia as a cavalry commander.

As a cavalry commander, Covenant once again became known for his bravery. Leading his men into charge after charge, Covenant was wounded several times and saw the eventual deaths of all six of his siblings. By the time Nathaniel Greene took command of the Southern Division of the Continental Army, Covenant was a Colonel with a fearsome reputation in both the American and British armies; he fought in the thick of it at Eutaw Springs, where he led the two failed cavalry charges against John Majoribanks; although the British maintained their position on the field, Covenant Blackwood was once again recognized for valor and bravery in the line of fire. Covenant would fight under Nathaniel Greene again at Guilford Court House, though this time on foot because the woods around the Court House proved to thick for his particular style of cavalry tactics to be effective.

At the end of the war Covenant returned to his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, a free man and a war hero. He welcomed the birth of his first child, Augustus Blackwood in 1783 and was elected Mayor of Charlotte on the strength of his reputation soon after. In 1787 he was sent to serve as a member of the Congress of the Confederation.
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