The defeat of Capt. Huck at Williamson's plantation occurred almost simultaneously with the affair just recorded.  This Huck had been sent by the British commandant at Rocky Mount into the section now known as York District at once to embody the Tories and harass the Whigs.  A large portion of this district had been settled by Presbyterians and persons of this persuasion were numerous in adjacent parts of North Carolina, particularly in Mecklenburg County.  These were generally known as the staunch advocates of independence.  Hence, when the Whigs were expelled from the country lying west of Broad River they found an asylum in the Presbyterian congregations in the Valley of the Catawba.  Huck commenced his work in good earnest by burning churches, dwelling houses, and murdering the Whigs whenever they fell into his hands.  He often used the most profane and impudent expressions while persecuting his work of pillage and carnage.  Among other things, he swore that if the rebels were as thick as trees and Jesus Christ Himself were to command them he would defeat them.  When his words and doings were reported in Sumter's camp the Presbyterian Irish who rallied around his standard could stand it no longer.  They demanded to be led against this vile man, Capt. Huck.  Col. Bratton and others gratified their wishes, and everybody knows the result of that engagement.