 On March 14 , 1786 , the North Carolina legislature granted Hogun 's son , Lemuel , a 12 @,@ 000 @-@ acre ( 4 @,@ 900 ha ; 19 sq mi ) tract near modern @-@ day Nashville , Tennessee , in recognition of his father 's service . The elder Hogun was one of twenty @-@ two Patriot generals who perished during the American Revolutionary War , and one of twelve who died from disease or other non @-@ combat causes . In the early 20th century , North Carolina jurist and historian Walter Clark noted that while the careers of three of North Carolina 's other generals — Brigadier Generals Francis Nash and James Moore , and Major General Robert Howe — were well known to contemporary historians , the story of Hogun 's career as well as that of Jethro Sumner had been neglected . 
