These photos contributed by Donna Sherron King's Mountain Monument This is a 4 sided monument 1st Side Killed Col James Williams Lt Col James Steen Maj William Chronicle Capt William Edmondson Capt John Mattocks 1st Lt William Blackburn 1st Lt Reece Bowen 1st Lt Robert Edmondson Sr 2nd Lt John Beattie 2nd Lt James Corry 2nd Lt Nathaniel Dryden 2nd Lt Andrew Edmondson 2nd Lt Nathaniel Gist 2nd Lt Humberson Lyon 2nd Lt James Phillips Private Thomas Bicknell Private John Boyd Private John Brown Private David Duff Private Preston Goforth Private Henry Henigar Private Michael Mahoney Private Arthur Patterson Private William Rabb Private John Smart Private Daniel Siske Private William Steele Private William Watson Private Unknown Mortally Wounded Capt Robert Sevier 1st Lt Thomas McCullough 2nd Lt James Laird Private Moses Henry Wounded Lt Col Frederick Hambright Maj Micajah Lewis Maj James Porter Capt James Dysart Capt Samuel Espey Capt William Lenoir Capt Joel Lewis Capt Moses Shelby Capt Minor Smith 1st Lt Robert Edmondson 1st Lt Charles Gordon 1st Lt Samuel Johnson 1st Lt Samuel Newell 1st Lt J M Smith Private Benoni Banning Private William Bradley Private William Bullen Private John Childers Private John Chittim Private William Cox Private John Fagon Private Frederick Fisher Private William Giles Private ____ Gilleland Private William Gilmer Private Israel Hayter Private Robert Henry Private Leonard Hyce Private Charles Kilgore Private Robert Miller Private William Moore Private Patrick Murphy Private William Robertson Private John Skeggs 24 Unknown 2nd Side American Forces Where Organized and Commander Washington County, Va ~ Colonel William Campbell Washington County, NC (Now Tenn.) ~ Colonel John Sevier Sullivan County, NC (Now Tenn) ~ Colonel Isaac Shelby Ninety-Six District SC and Rowan County NC ~ Colonel James Williams Wilkes and Surry Counties, NC ~ Colonel Benjamin Cleveland & Major Joseph Winston Lincoln County NC ~ Lt Col Frederick Hambright & Major William Chronicle Burke and Rutherford Counties, NC ~ Major Joseph McDowell York and Chester Counties, SC ~ Colonel Edward Lacey (then part of Camden District) ~ Colonel William Hill Georgia ~ Major William Candler Reserves Colonel James Johnston Note: Colonel Charles McDowell, The Regulator Commander of the Burke and Rutherford County Regiment, was absent from the battle on a special mission to General Gates British Forces Commanders Major Patrick Ferguson (K) Captain Abraham De Peyster 3rd Side To commemorate the victory of King's Mountain October 7, 1780 Erected by the Government of the United States To the establishment of which the heroism and patriotism of those who participated in this battle so largly contributed. 4th Side On this field the patriot forces attacked and totally defeated and equal force of Tories and British Regular Troops. The British Commander, Major Patrick Ferguson, was killed and his entire force was captured after suffering heavy loss. This brillant victory marked the turning point of the American Revolution. Col. Patrick Ferguson Memorial Transcription: To the memory of Col. Patrick Ferguson Seventy-First Regiment Highland Light Infantry Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1774 Killed October 7 1780 in action at Kings Mountain while in command of the British Troops A Soldier of Military Distiction and of honor. This memorial is from the citizens of the United States of America in token of their appreciation of the bonds of the friendship and peace between them and the citizens of the British Empire. Erected October 7 1930 Here Col Ferguson Fell Oct 7 1780 View of part of battlefields |