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A close-up view of the west side of the Centennial Monument.
The inscriptions on the monument read as follow:
(North)
(Walkway Side)
Here the tide of the battle
turned in favor of the
American Colonies
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(East)
IN
Memory of
the patriotic Americans
who participated in the
Battle of
Kings Mountain,
this Monument is erected
by their grateful
Descendants.
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(South)
Fell on this Battle ground in
defense of Civil Liberty:
Col. JAMES WILLIAMS,
Maj. WILLIAM CHRONICLE.
— captains. —
JOHN MATTOCKS, DAVID BEATIE,
WILLIAM EDMONSON.
— 1st leutenants. —
REECE BOWEN, THOMAS McCULLOGH,
WILLIAM BLACKBURN,
ROBERT EDMONSON.
— second leutenants. —
JOHN BEATIE, ANDREW EDMONSON,
HUMBERSON LYON, JAMES GORRY,
JAMES LAIRD, NATHANIEL GUIST,
NATHANIEL DRYDEN, JAMES PHILLIPS.
— privates. —
WILLIAM RABB, JOHN BOYD, DAVID DUFF,
HENRY HENIGAR, WILLIAM WATSON,
ARTHUR PATTERSON, PRESTON GOFORTH.
(West)
Here on the 7th day of
October A.D. 1780
the British forces
commanded by
Col. PATRICK FERGUSON
were met and
totally defeated by
CAMPBELL, SHELBY,
WILLIAMS, CLEVELAND,
SEVIER, and their
heroic followers from
Virginia, the Carolinas,
and Tennesee.
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