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This monument marks the final resting place of Colonel Patrick
Ferguson and Virginia Sal.
The inscription on the monument reads:
TO THE MEMORY OF
COL. PATRICK FERGUSON
SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT
HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.
BORN IN ABERDEENSHIRE,
SCOTLAND IN 1744.
KILLED OCTOBER 7, 1780
IN ACTION AT
KING'S MOUNTAIN
WHILE IN COMMAND OF
THE BRITISH TROOPS.
A SOLDIER OF MILITARY
DISTINCTION AND OF HONOR.
THIS MEMORIAL
IS FROM THE CITIZENS OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN TOKEN OF THEIR APPRECIATION
OF THE BONDS OF FREINDSHIP AND
PEACE BETWEEN THEM AND THE
CITIZENS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
ERECTED OCTOBER 7, 1930
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