Author: J. Keith Jones

J. Keith Jones is the author of five books and is editor-in-chief of Fox Run Publishing. Native of North East Georgia where many former Regulators relocated. Today he lives in North Carolina near the Alamance Battleground where these events occurred. His work has been featured in several magazines. He has an M.A. in History from Liberty University. He has won several awards for his writing on mostly eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American military history. Visit his website: jkeithjones.com

Crime and Justice Posted on August 18, 2021August 15, 2021

A Reassessment of the Martyrdom of Regulator James Few

Many early histories of the War of Regulation, which culminated in the May 16, 1771 Battle of Alamance, paint a picture of a Regulator named James Few as a man of either a simple or unstable mind who was unjustly executed. Upon deeper examination, many of the claims made in these histories have inconsistencies and […]

by J. Keith Jones