Beattie edmondson biography of william
Muster Ground - Battle of Kings Mtn...
Battle of Kings Mtn
Muster Ground marker Abingdon .
Beattie edmondson biography of william
The Washington County, Virginia militias answered the plea from Burke County, North Carolina forwarded to them by Colonels Isaac Shelby and John Sevier. Samuel (1713 father of the battle participant Samuel 1754) Newell’s Washington County tax lists were a head start for the colonels, Arthur and William Campbell, to make militia rosters.
They began spreading the word on Friday 22Sap1780 and gathering on Saturday 23Sep1780. On Sunday 24Sep1780 part of the Virginia contingent of the Overmountain Men met near Newell’s improvemnt on Andrew Colville’s farm at Wolf Creek.
“Newell’s improvement” was also known as “Black’s Little Fort” which Joseph Black built as home for his mother, step father, and orphaned Colville cousins before he began the larger fort on his own farm.
Black’s Fort, Abingdon marker.
Kings Mountain, Abingdon marker.
Colonel William Campbell mustered with ca