Two days after the Battle of Waxhaws, Capt. Christian Huck of Lt. Col. Tarleton's Legion was ordered to patrol the region to find any resistance to the king. Capt. Huck and his dragoons rode to the house of a young Quaker, named Samuel Wyly and accused Wyly of having been in the militia during the Siege of Charleston.

Wyly admitted that he had been there but stated that the authorities had paroled him. He then produced a copy of the parole. Capt. Huck refused to recognize the parole and he held a trial. The jury consisted of three Loyalist militiamen and three of his junior officers. Wyly was sentenced to be drawn and quartered. After they had finished the different parts of his body were set up on pikes by the roadside as a warning to others.

This small action would lead to the rising of Patriot fever in the region. Soon, this was known as the Presbyterian Rebellion and the results would require larger British units to secure outposts in the backcountry.