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According to this legend, the troops of British General Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War were fording what is now known as the Tar River between Rocky Mount and Battleboro when they discovered that tar had been dumped into the stream to impede the crossing of British soldiers.
On February 7, 1781, General Cornwallis, in pursuit of American General Nathanael Greene, led his troops across the Yadkin River at the Shallow Ford.