Editing Tabor City, North Carolina (section)

=== 1670s–1830s ===
During the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], men from the area joined with the rebels in the Battle of Brown Marsh. The [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] won, marking the high point of their efforts to defeat the revolution in the southern theater.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncpedia.org/browns-marsh-battle |title=Brown's Marsh, Battle of |publisher=NCpedia |date=August 28, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> Men from the area may have also aided the American forces in the [[Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge]], which had a much more favorable outcome for the Americans.  The [[Siege of Charleston]] saw troops from the coastal Carolinas unsuccessfully defend the city from the British.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-Charleston |title=Siege of Charleston - American Revolution (1780) |date= |website=britannica.com |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>

Early settlers in the area farmed, raised cattle & pigs, and manufactured [[naval stores]].<ref name="naval stores">{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/mocr/learn/historyculture/upload/Naval-Stores.pdf |title=Moores Creek National Battlefield - Naval Stores |website=nps.gov |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> From the [[longleaf pine]] trees come products used in shipbuilding. These products or "stores" are [[turpentine]], [[rosin]], [[tar]] and pitch. Pitch was needed to coat the hulls of ships to protect them in tropical waters.<ref name="naval stores" />

[[Camp meetings]] filled an ecclesiastical and spiritual need in the unchurched settlements.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/camp-meeting |title=camp meeting |website=britannica.com |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>  The Honey Camp meeting site (which became the Green Sea Baptist Church) was one of the first large camp meetings in the region at nearby [[Green Sea, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=26753 |title=Green Sea Baptist Church Historical Marker |website=hmdb.org |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>  Population increased and settlement moved inland, which led to the founding of a congregation in the area just north of the state border. Around 1837, the congregation of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church erected their first building, constructed of logs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=862 |title=Mt. Tabor Historical Marker |website=hmdb.org |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name="columbusco.org">{{cite web|url=http://columbusco.org/Portals/0/Library/1924-1981T-V.pdf|date=August 29, 2007|title=Tabor City|access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref>