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This marker was placed in memory of Colonel Asbury Coward,
a resident of the area who was a key figure in the establishment
of a park at the site of the battle of Kings Mountain.
The inscription on the monument reads:
TO HONOR
COL. ASBURY COWARD
SOLDIER - PATRIOT - EDUCATOR
PRESIDENT, KINGS MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION, 1880.
ACKNOWLEGED INSIRATIONAL FORCE IN
PERPETUATING THE GLORY AND IMPORTANCE OF THE
BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN.
ERECTED BY THE KINGS MOUNTAIN CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
YORK, SOUTH CAROLINA
OCT. 7, 1931
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