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2. Battle of Kings Mountain - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots. The battle took place on October 7, 1780, 9 miles (14 km) south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

3. Joseph Greer - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Greer (8 August 1754 – 23 February 1831), known as 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 Mountain to the Continental Congress in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.

4. Kings Mountain National Military Park - Wikipedia

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   Kings Mountain National Military Park is a National Military Park near Blacksburg, South Carolina, along the North Carolina/South Carolina border. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The park commemorates the Battle of Kings Mountain , a pivotal and significant victory by American Patriots over American Loyalists during the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War .

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6. James Williams (Revolutionary War) - Wikipedia

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   Battle of Kings Mountain † James Henderson Williams (November 10, 1740 – October 7, 1780) was an American pioneer, farmer, and miller from Ninety-Six District in South Carolina . In 1775 and 1776, Williams was a member of the state's Provisional Assembly .

7. Overmountain Men - Wikipedia

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   While they were present at multiple engagements in the war's southern campaign, they are best known for their role in the 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, which was the primary geographical boundary dividing several of the ...

8. Patrick Ferguson - Wikipedia

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   Major Patrick Ferguson (1744 – 7 October 1780) was a British Army officer who designed the Ferguson rifle.He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, in which he played a great effort in recruiting American Loyalists to serve in his militia against the Patriots.

9. List of American Revolutionary War battles - Wikipedia

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   Battle of Kings Mountain: October 7, 1780: South Carolina: American victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina Battle of Shallow Ford: October 14, 1780 North Carolina American victory Royalton Raid: October 16, 1780: Vermont: British victory Battle of Klock's Field: October 19, 1780: New York: American victory Battle of Tearcoat ...