The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American...
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that "Kings Mountain" would be a more appropriate name since the community was close to the site of the historic 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain in York...
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Overmountain Men (redirect from Over Mountain Men)
American victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The term "overmountain" arose because their settlements were west of, or "over", the Blue Ridge...
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Patrick Ferguson (category British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
put an end to his force of Loyalists, and he was killed in the Battle of Kings Mountain, at the border between the colonies of North Carolina and South...
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He was killed at the decisive Battle of Kings Mountain. Williams was born in Hanover County, Virginia and was the son of Daniel Williams and Ursula Clark...
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Carolina Kings Mountain State Park, a state park in South Carolina that is adjacent to the National Military Park Battle of Kings Mountain, a battle of the...
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commemorates the Battle of Kings Mountain, a pivotal and significant victory by American Patriots over American Loyalists during the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary...
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Elizabethton, Tennessee (redirect from History of Elizabethton, Tennessee)
for both the Battle of Musgrove Mill (1780) and the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780). It was within the secessionist North Carolina "State of Franklin" territory...
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John Sevier (category Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives)
colonel of the Washington District Regiment in the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780, and he commanded the frontier militia in dozens of battles against...
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Isaac Shelby (category Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives)
Appalachian Mountains against the British forces in North Carolina. He played a pivotal role in the British defeat at the Battle of Kings Mountain. For his...
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Benjamin Cleveland (category Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives)
of the North Carolina militia during the War of Independence, and in particular for his role in the American victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain ...
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counterparts at the Battle of Kings Mountain on the northwest frontier in October had bought time, but the British still occupied most of South Carolina....
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Frederick Hambright (category People from the Duchy of Bavaria)
Carolina Line of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He is best known for his participation in the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. Serving...
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Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Honor of Kings is a quick-match (15–20 minutes) mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game. Either...
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larger force of Loyalists in the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780. Many of the Patriot men had crossed the Appalachian Mountains from the Washington...
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Ferguson rifle (category Rifles of the United Kingdom)
that one of the actions was found at the battle site of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, where Ferguson was killed in action, the only piece of a Ferguson...
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the Battle of Kings Mountain is held annually on October 7–8 at the Kings Mountain National Military Park and honors those who fell at the Battle of Kings...
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brother, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland. He was in the Battle of Kings Mountain, Battle of Cowpens, and Battle of Big Glades. In the Cleveland Genealogy there is...
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Abraham de Peyster (captain) (category Colony of New Brunswick people)
War. He is best known for leading a Loyalist force during the Battle of Kings Mountain and for helping to settle United Empire Loyalist refugees in New...
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Joseph Greer (category People of Tennessee in the American Revolution)
the Kings Mountain Messenger, was an American frontiersman best known for his delivery of the message of victory against the British at the Battle of Kings...
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Samuel Wear (category People from the State of Franklin)
soldier who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain. He was one of the early inhabitants of, and a founder of, the "Lost State of Franklin". He later helped...
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1780 in the United States (redirect from 1780 in the United States of America)
Revolutionary War – Battle of Kings Mountain: Patriot militia forces annihilate a Loyalists under British Major Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain in South Carolina...
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Joseph McDowell Jr. (category Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina)
historical records; both were in the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, one as a major in the Burke County Regiment of the North Carolina militia, and the other...
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north of an earlier settlement, New Centre, which had waned during the Civil War. The pivotal American Revolutionary War battle of Kings Mountain occurred...
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and nearby Crowders Mountain separated the historic hunting lands of the Cherokee and Catawba Indians. The Battle of Kings Mountain, an important American...
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U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in...
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William Campbell (general) (category Members of the Virginia House of Delegates)
leadership at the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. In 1775, Campbell was one of the thirteen signers of the Fincastle Resolutions...
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William Lenoir (general) (category American people of French descent)
supporter of the cause of independence." He served with distinction in the American Revolutionary War, in particular taking part in the Battle of Kings Mountain...
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The Battle of Waxhaws (also known as the Waxhaws Massacre and Buford's Massacre) was a military engagement which took place on May 29, 1780 during the...
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Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (category National Historic Trails of the United States)
what is now East Tennessee who crossed the Unaka Mountains and then fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina. The OVHT follows the route...
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