GASTON COUNTY – REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN 
THE BATTLE OF KING’S MOUNTAIN, OCTOBER 7, 1780

1. COL. FREDERICK HAMBRIGHT – At time of battle was near Long Creek.  
Wheeler 157 – Draper 476, & on – Hunter 325 – Schenck 159, 168.

2. MAJ. FREDERICK HAMBRIGHT – Family records.

3. JOHN H. HAMBRIGHT – Col. F. Hambright’s son – Hunter 325.

4. MAJ. WILLIAM CHRONICLE – South Fork – Draper 477, 551, 214, 219, 225, 231, 
232, 207, 278, 222, 477, 521, 547 – Wheeler 158, Schenck 167, 168, 175 – Hunter 158.

5. DR. WILLIAM MCLEAN – South Fork – Draper 322 (footnote) Hunter 285, 286.

6. ALEXANDER MCLEAN, JR. – moved to Missouri after the war.  Hunter 285, 286.

7. GEORGE MCLEAN – moved to Tennessee – Hunter 285, 286.

8. JOHN MCLEAN – Hunter 286.

9. MATTHEW LEEPER – Family Bible and tomb.  Fought in the Battle of King’s Mountain 
and was buried in Smith’s Graveyard near Belmont.

10. CAPT. JOHN MATTOCKS – Wheeler 158, Draper 257, 322, 479 – Hunter 291, 295.

11. CAPT. CHARLES MATTOCKS – Wheeler 158, Draper 257, 322, 479 – Hunter 291, 295.

12. LIEUT. WILLIAM RABB – Wheeler 158 – Draper 302, 322 – Hunter 291.

13. JAMES MCKEE – Half brother of Maj. Chronicle.  Wheeler 158, II Section.

14. COL. WILLIAM DAVENPORT – Draper 333, 334, 340, 473.

15. ROBERT HENRY – Draper 119, 122, 150, 198, 214, 224, 226, 228, 232, 257, 279, 280,
 285, 292, 303, 365, 367, 473, 366, 258.

16. WILLIAM CALDWELL – Draper 258 – Hunter 294, 291 – Wheeler 158.

17. CAPT. SAMUEL CALDWELL – Draper 258 – Hunter 294, 291 – Wheeler 158.

18. HUGH ERVIN – Draper 365, 367.

19. ANDREW BARRY – Draper 365, 367.

20. ENOCH GILMER – Draper 225, 226, 228, 231 – Schenck 158.

21. WILLIAM GILMER – Brother of Enoch Gilmer – Draper 257, 258.

22. JOHN CHITTIM – Draper 258, 303.

23. CAPT. SAMUEL MARTIN – Draper 86, 257, 303, 478 – Hunter 291 to 294.

24. LIEUT. JOHN BOYD – Draper 302, 322.

25. JOHN GLENN – Family Bible.  Fought in Battle of King’s Mountain and buried at Goshen.

26. WILLIAM GREGORY – Family Bible.  Fought in Battle of King’s Mountain and buried in 
Bethel Section.

27. CAPT. SAMUEL ESPEY – Draper 100, 102, 157, 303, 478 – Schenck 167.

28. CAPT.  ISAAC WHITE – Draper 476 (White & Jenkins Mill).

29. LIEUT. JAMES WHITE – Draper 476 (White & Jenkins Mill).

30. CAPT. JAMES JOHNSTON – Draper 85, 86, 257, 577, 78 – Hunter 244, 246, 247.

31. MOSES HENRY – Draper 302, 319, 320.

32. JAMES HENRY – Draper 	319.

33. ISAAC HOLLAND, JR.  – Hoffman’s “Our Kin,” page 521.

34. FELIX WALKER – Draper 325, 326 footnote.

35. JACOB HOFFMAN – Born in Germany, emigrated to America settled in Gaston County, 
fought at King’s Mountain, died 1860, buried on “Earl Summey’s Place.”

36. JOHN HOFFMAN - Born in Germany, emigrated to America settled in Gaston County, fought 
at King’s Mountain, died 1860, buried on “Earl Summey’s Place.”

37. MAJ. JOSEPH DICKSON – Draper 85, 257, 477 – Hunter 29 – Schenck 107, 108.

38. MATTHEW ARMSTRONG – From records in Court House, he fought at King’s Mountain 
and is buried in Smith’s graveyard near Belmont.

39. CAPT. JOHN KINCAID – Family Bible record shows he was in the Battle of King’s Mountain 
and is buried at Olney Cemetery.

40. ADAM BAIRD – An officer, unable to find out his rank.  Mrs. W. E. Weatherly of Gastonia, 
Granddaughter of Adam Baird, has in her possession the gun with which he fought in the Battle 
of King’s Mountain.  Baird was with Martin.

41. JAMES BAIRD – Adam Baird’s brother, records in family history.

42. JESSE LANE – Records in family history.

NOTE:   Some Histories spell “Hambright” and others “Hambrite.”   
However, his tombstone says “Hambright.”





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