This monument marks the spot where Major William Chronicle
fell, mortally wounded.
Major Chronicle was the leader of the South Fork troops from today's Lincoln
and Gaston counties.
The inscription on the monument reads:
HERE FELL
MAJOR WILLIAM CHRONICLE
OCT. 7, 1780
ERECTED BY THE
MAJOR WILLIAM CHRONICLE CHAPTER
D.A.R.
GASTONIA, N.C.
·1930·
