Revolutionary War soldiers who lived in Wayne County included Richard Bennett, Mrs. Sibbiah Earl Blair, George Cooper, John Fort, Thomas Fullwood, Jacob Highsmith, John Kemp, William Kelly, John Knight, Moses Manning, Jr., James Middleton, Solomon Morgan, John Munden, William Rawls, Lewis Roberts, Frederick Robeson, James Robinson, John Rooks, West Sheffield, Charles Smith, Robert Stafford, Reuben Turner, and Caleb Moore. They helped to give the nation its Constitution, the Bill of Rights, an independent Supreme Court, and a nation of free men.