Maikja and Wily Harp

Maikja and Wily Harp were the sons of Scottish parents who emigrated to North Carolina in 1759 or 1760. Their family was staunch Calvinist Protestants, meaning that they were fiercely loyal to the King of England. Ironically, at the advent of the Revolutionary War, the brothers attempted to enlist with patriotic American forces rebelling against the crown. But due to their families' past associations with Tory militias, they were refused entry to the militia's own suspicion of being spies. They soon began butchering revolutionary sympathizers with a frightening level of zeal.