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Updated February 29, 2004

Adair, James (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
James Dunlap Shelters at Home
New Courthouse
Adams Branch (Stream, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
First Store in Gilbert Town
Adams, Hannah (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Court Case
African-Americans
    At King's Mountain
    In Southern Campaign
    Loyalist Military Service
    Patriot Military Service
Alder Springs (Burke County, North Carolina)
Today's Morganton
Alexander's Ford (Green River, Polk (Then Rutherford) County, North Carolina)
Overmountain Army Camp
Allaire, Anthony (Provincial Lieutenant, Loyal American Regiment, New York)
Description of Gilbert Town
Amelia County, Virginia
Birthplace of Ishmael Titus
American Volunteers (Loyalist Provincials Under Ferguson)
Members
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Andrews, Samuel (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Hid on Marlin's Knob from Ferguson's Army
Overmountain Army Camps Near Home
Anson County Militia (North Carolina Loyalists)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Armies
Ferguson's at King's Mountain
Patriot at King's Mountain
Asbury, Reverend Daniel (Methodist)
Charged by Rev. Perminter Morgan
Attucks, Crispus
African-American Killed in Boston Massacre
Augsburg, Francis (Reverend, Father of American Methodism))
Preached at Gilbert Town
Avery County, North Carolina
Overmountain Army Travels Through Yellow Mountain Gap

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Updated August 20, 2004

Ballew, Joseph
Served at Cane Creek & Stationed at Gilbert Town
Battle of King's Mountain See King's Mountain.
Battle of King's Mountain Brigade of Friends
Web Page Support Group for Kings Mountain National Military Park
Beattie's Mill, South Carolina (Skirmish)
James Dunlap Captured
Bechlter Mint (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Minted First Gold Dollar
Bechlter Tunnel (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Listed on Register of National Historical Places
Bedford's Hill (Burke (Now McDowell) County, North Carolina)
Cane Creek Skirmish
Overmountain Men's Stop
Benedict Arnold
Briefly Namesake of North Carolina County
Spied on by African-American
Benezet, Anthony
Advocated Abolition
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Last Known Home of Ishmael Titus
Biddy, ??? (Loyalist Lieutenant, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Hanged at Biggerstaff's
Biggerstaff, Aaron (Loyalist Captain, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Killed at King's Mountain
Biggerstaff, Martha (Wife of Aaron, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Buries Bodies at Biggerstaff's
Biggerstaff's Old Fields (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Trials & Hangings after King's Mountain
Black, George (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Courthouse Construction
Justice of the Peace
Blackwell, John (Patriot, Burke County, North Carolina, Militia)
In Skirmish at Gilbert Town
Bloomington, Indiana
Death of Andrew Ferguson
Blue Ridge (McDowell (Then Rutherford) County, North Carolina)
Farthest North Reached by Ferguson
Books (Park Book Stores Online)
    Cowpens National Battlefield
    Kings Mountain National Military Park
    96 National Historic Site
    Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
Bowman, Essius (Esaius) (Patriot African-American, Virginia Militia)
At King's Mountain
Bradley, John
Helped Construct Fort Hampton
Brandywine, New Jersey (Battle)
Ferguson's Arm Shattered
James Dunlap at
Brindletown (Burke County, North Carolina)
Mentioned
Brittain Presbyterian Church (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Burials
    King's Mountain Veterans Buried at Church
    Near Fort McGauhey
    Road to Gilbert Town
Broad River (Stream, North & South Carolina)
Ferguson Enters North Carolina
Road to Gilbert Town
Broddy, John (Patriot African-American)
Slave of William Campbell & at King's Mountain
Buck Creek (Stream, McDowell (Then Rutherford) County, North Carolina)
Farthest North Reached by Ferguson
Buffalo Creek (Stream, North & South Carolina)
Uzal Johnson Rejoins Ferguson
Burke County, North Carolina, Militia
    Cane Creek Skirmish
    Loyalist Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
    Patriot Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
    Traveled West to Sycamore Shoals
Burnet, ??? (Patriot Captain, Georgia Militia)
Involved in Death of James Dunlap

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Updated August 20, 2004

Caesar (Slave)
Served as pilot in Virginia Navy
Camden, South Carolina (Battle)
Griffith Rutherford Commands North Carolina Militia
Some African-American Patriot Participants
Camp Creek (Stream, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Road to Gilbert Town
Camp, Johnathon (Patriot Captain)
Served at Cane Creek
Campbell, William (Patriot Colonel, Washignton County, Virginia, Militia)
    Letter to Gates from Gilbert Town
    Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
    Numbers at Sycamore Shoals
    Slave John Broddy at king's Mountain
Candler, William (Patriot Major, Georgia Militia)
Overmountain Army
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Cane Creek (Stream, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Road to Gilbert Town
Route of Overmountain Army
Cane Creek (Skirmish)
    Andrew Hampton Participates
    Brief Description
    James Dunlap Wounded
    Participants Mentioned
Carter, President Jimmy
Designated Overmountain Victory NHT
Case, ???
Home Used by Wounded James Dunlap
Catawba River (Stream, North Carolina)
McDowell Home at Quaker Meadows
Cathey's Creek (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
At Gilbert Town
Indian Mounds
Cedar Springs (Peach Orchard)(Skirmish)
Loyalists Commanded by Dunlap
Charleston, South Carolina
    Andrew Hampton in Defense Force in 1780
    Griffith Rutherford Held Prisoner at
    Mentioned
    Slave Sampson Guided British
    Some African-American Patriot Participants
Chatham County, North Carolina
Loyalist Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Cherokee Indians
Rutherford Campaign of 1776
Skirmish at Gilbert Town
Chitwood, James (Loyalist Captain, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Guards Dunlap at Walker's House
Hanged at Biggerstaff's
Church of England
Founded Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
Clarke, Elijah (Patriot Major, Georgia Militia)
Captures Dunlap at Beattie's Mill
Cleghorn's Creek (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
New Courthouse Location
Road to Gilbert Town
Cleveland, Benjamin (Patriot Colonel, Wilkes County, North Carolina, Militia
    African-American Helps Escape Tories
    Letter to Gates from Gilbert Town
    Mentioned
    Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Clinton, Henry, Sir (British General)
Offers Freedom to Slaves Behind British Lines
Coates, ??? (Loyalist or Provincial Soldier)
Left by Ferguson to Aid Dunlap
Cob, Arthur
Shoots James Dunlap
Copyright
Copyright & Restrictions for Site
Cornwallis, Charles (British General)
Mentioned
Retreat to Winnsboro
Cotton, John (Loyalist Colonel, Stevens Creek, South Carolina, Militia)
Numbers in Unit at king's Mountain
Cowans' Ford (On Cane Creek, Not on Catawba River Near Charlotte)
Mentioned
Cowan's Ford Skirmish See Cane Creek.
Cowpens
    Mentioned
    National Battlefield Web Site
    Park Book Store
    Park Events Listing
    Patriot Army Passes Through to King's Mountain
    Prisoners at Gilbert Town
    Some African-American Patriot Participants
    Wounded at Gilbert Town
Cozens, Daniel (Provincial Captain, New Jersey Volunteers)
Reported Death of James Dunlap
Crooked Creek (Stream, Today's McDowell County, North Carolina)
Cherokee Attacks in 1776
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Loyalist Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Cunningham, Patrick (Loyalist Major, Little River, South Carolina, Militia)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain

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Updated August 20, 2004

Damewood, ???
Involved in Death of James Dunlap
Dan River (Stream, Virginia)
Mentioned
Davidson, William Lee (Patriot General)
Death at Cowan's Ford Mentioned
Defeats Loyalists at Ramsour's Mill
Davis, Hugh (Virginia)
Convicted of Miscegenation
Deckard Rifle
Mentioned
Deep River (Skirmish)
African-American Participant
Denard, John
Namesake of Denard's Ford
Denard's Ford (On Broad River)
Ferguson's Army Crosses
DePeyster, Abraham (Provincial Captain, King's American Regiment, New York)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Devinney, Aaron (Patriot Captain, Burke County, North Carolina, Militia)
Captured & Released by Ferguson
Devinney, Sarah
Pleads with Ferguson for Husband's Release
Dickey, Andrew
Mentioned
Dickey, David
Mentioned
Doak, Reverend Samuel
"Sword of the Lord & Gideon" Send-off to Overmountain Army
Draper, Lyman (Historian, Author King's Mountain & Its Heroes)
Account of Dunlap's Death Disputed
John Broddy & Shelby-Sevier Criticism of William Campbell
Dunlap, James (Provincial Major, Queens American Rangers, New York)
    Biography
    Died at Gilbert Town
    Wounded at Cane Creek Skirmish
Dunmore, Earl of, John Murray (Last Royal Governor of Virginia)
Flees Virginia After Battle of Great Bridge
Frees Slaves to Join Royal Cause
Dunn, Alexander (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Served at King's Mountain & Stationed at Gilbert Town
Dutch Fork Militia (South Carolina Loyalists)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Dutch
Land First Africans at Jamestown
Dutchman's Creek (Stream, Today's Gaston County, North Carolina)
Andrew Hampton Settled on
Earle, John (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Courthouse Construction
Justice of the Peace
Earle's Ford (On North Pacolet River)
    Andrew Hampton Mistrusts Charles McDowell as Result
    Andrew Hampton Participates
    Noah Hampton Killed
    Loyalists Commanded by Dunlap
Eastern Nationa Park Book Stores
    Cowpens National Battlefield (864-461-2828)
    King's Mountain National Military Park (864-936-7921)
    Ninety-Six National Historic Site (864-543-2828)
    Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area (423-543-5808)
Eutaw Springs, South Carolina (Battle)
African-American Patriot Participant

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Updated February 29, 2004

Fair Forest Militia (South Carolina Loyalists)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Ferguson, Andrew (Patriot African-American)
At King's Mountain
Ferguson, Patrick (British Major, Inspector General, South Carolina (Loyal) Militia
    Army at King's Mountain
    American Volunteers (Ferguson's Provincials)
    At Gilbert Town
    Biography by British historian
    Camp at Gilbert Town
    Ferguson's Rangers
    Loyal Militia
    Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
    Subordinate James Dunlap
    Summing Up Ferguson's Army
    Visits to Gilbert Town
Ferguson's Hill (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    At Gilbert Town
    Grave of William Gilbert
    On West of Gilbert Town
    Used as Camp by Ferguson's Troops
    Used as Camp by Overmountain Army
Ferguson's Ridge See Ferguson's Hill
First Rhode Island (African-American Continental Line Regiment)
Withstood British Assault
Flack, John (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Justice of the Peace
Flora, William (African-American)
Served at Battle of Great Bridge
Footmen
"Uncounted Footmen" at King's Mountain
Forney, J.A. (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Courthouse Destruction
Saves Blood-stained Boards from Dunlap's Death
Fort Hampton (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Establishment
Fort McFadden (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Establishment
Fort McGauhey (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Establishment
    Griffith Rutherford Marches Against Cherokee from
    Road to Gilbert Town
Fort Potts (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Establishment
Fort Russell (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Establishment
Forteu, James (Patriot African-American)
Privateer in Royal Louis
Forts
Early Forts of Rutherford County, North Carolina
Foster, Josiah (Provincial Corporal, New Jersey Volunteers)
Witnessed Death of James Dunlap
Fox, ???
Involved in Death of James Dunlap
Fox, George
Authored First Antislavery Tract
French Broad River (Stream, North Carolina & Today's Tennessee)
Followed by Griffith Rutherford Against Cherokee

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Updated February 29, 2004

Gates, Horatio (Continental Army General)
Griffith Rutherford Commands North Carolina Militia at Camden
Letter from Patriot Commanders at Gilbert Town
Gibbs, Zachariah (Loyalist Major, Spartan Regiment, South Carolina, Militia)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Gilbert, Sarah McCanless (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Possibly Buried James Dunlap
Wife of William Gilbert
Gilbert, William (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Biography
    Buried on Ferguson's Hill
    Court Meetings in Home
    Courthouse Construction
    Family Cemetery, Home & Businesses at Gilbert Town
    Home Used by Ferguson
    James Dunlap Taken to Gilbert Home
    Justice of the Peace
    Source of Tory (Loyalist) Charges
    Tried for Tory (Loyalist) Sympathy
Gilbert Town, North Carolina
    Brief Description
    Courthouse Construction
    Ferguson's Army in Vicinity
    Hospital
    James Dunlap Taken to Gilbert Home
    List of Historical Distinctions
    Location & Layout
    Near Forts
    Patriot Army Camp
    Web Page
Gilkey, Robert (Patriot Captain, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Mentioned
Gilkey, Walter (Loyalist Captain, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Hanged at Biggerstaff's
Gillespie, ??? (Patriot Captain, South Carolinaa, Militia)
Murders Dunlap
Goforth Brothers
Patriots & Tories at King's Mountain
Goforth, Isabella Smart (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Married Goforth Born at Fort McGauhey
Goforth, John Preston (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Killed at King's Mountain
Son Born at Fort McGauhey
Graham, Elizabeth (Rowan County, North Carolina)
Married Griffith Rutherford
Graham, William (Patriot Colonel, Lincoln County, North Carolina, Militia)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Grant, William (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Justice of the Peace
Green River (Stream, Rutherford (Now Polk) County, North Carolina)
Overmountain Army Camp at Alexander's Ford
Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
Battle Mentioned
Some African-American Patriot Participants

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Updated February 29, 2004

Hall, John (Patriot, Virginia)
Chased Tory to Gilbert Town
Hambright, Frederick (Patriot Lt. Colonel, Lincoln County, North Carolina, Militia)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Hampton, Andrew (Patriot Colonel, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Biography
    Namesake of Fort Hampton
    Near Gilbert Town
    Letter to Gates from Gilbert Town
    Traveled West to Sycamore Shoals
Hampton, Jonathon (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Charges Against Methodist Rev. Daniel Asbury
    Court Case
    Justice of the Peace
    Visited by Ferguson
Hampton, Noah
    Denounced by James Dunlap
    Father Mistrusts Charles McDowell
    Killed at Earle's Ford on North Pacolet River
Hancock House, Salem, New Jersey
James Dunlap Commands Massacre
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Prisoners from King's Mountain
Hiwassee River (Stream, North Carolina & Today's Tennessee)
Followed by Griffith Rutherford Against Cherokee
Holland, James (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Courthouse Construction
    Served on Board of Trustees of University of North Carolina
    Son-in-Law of William Gilbert
Holland's Creek (Also Shepherd's Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
At Gilbert Town
Courthouse Near
Holston River (Stream, Virginia & North Carolina (Today Tennessee))
McDowell & Rutherford Flee to
James (Patriot African-American
Spied on Benedict Arnold
Jefferson, Thomas
Proposed Prohibiting Slavery West of Mississippi
Johnson, Uzal (Provincial Doctor, New Jersey)
Provides Solution to Mystery of Dunlap's Death
Treats Major James Dunlap at Home of John Walker

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Updated August 20, 2004

Kennedy, Thomas (Patriot Captain, Burke County, North Carolina, Militia)
Commanded John Blackwell
Keith, George
Authored First Antislavery Tract
King's American Regiment (New York Provincials)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
King's Mountain
    African-American Patriot Participants
    Andrew Hampton Participates
    Campaign
    Friends (Park Support Group) Web Site
    Mentioned
    Mentioned
    National Military Park Web Site
    Park Book Store
    Park Events Listing
    Prisoners at Gilbert Town
Kuykendahl, Abraham (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Mentioned
Lacey, Edward (Patriot Colonel, South Carolina Militia)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
With Overmountain Army
Lafferty, ??? (Loyalist Lieutenant, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Hanged at Biggerstaff's
Lee, William (Loyalist Captain, Fair Forest Militia, South Carolina)
Mentioned
Lincoln County, North Carolina, Militia
Loyalist Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Links
Links to other Web sites (Also see Links heading on individual pages.)
Little River (Stream, South Carolina)
Dunlap Captured at Beattie's Mill
Little River Militia (South Carolina Loyalists)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Little Tennessee River (Stream, North Carolina & Today's Tennessee)
Followed by Griffith Rutherford Against Cherokee
Long Canes (Settlement, South Carolina)
Dunlap Captured at Beattie's Mill
Loyal American Regiment (New York Provincials)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain

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Updated February 29, 2004

Marlin's Knob (South Mountains, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Overmountain Army Camps at
    Refuge from Ferguson's Army
    Visible from Gilbert Town
Marsh, ??? & Brother ???
Died at Gilbert Town & Buried at Brittain Church
Martin, Samuel
Commander at Fort McGauhey
Mather, Cotton (Reverend, Massachusetts)
Founded School for African-Americans
Maury County, Tennessee
Later Home of Sara Gilbert & James Holland
McCall, James (Patriot Major, Georgia Militia)
Captures Dunlap at Beattie's Mill
McCanless, Sarah (Rytherford County, North Carolina)
Wife opf William Gilbert
McCullough, Thomas
Died at Gilbert Town & Buried at Brittain Church
McDaniel, Joseph (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Court Case
McDonald, Alexander (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
New Courthouse
McDowell, Charles (Patriot Colonel, Burke County, North Carolina, Militia
    Absence from King's Mountain
    Besieged by Cherokee in 1776
    Cane Creek Skirmish
    Cattle Saved from Ferguson
    Mentioned
    Militia Numbers at Sycamore Shoals
    Skirmish with Cherokee & Tories at Gilbert Town
    Surprised at Earle's Ford
McDowell, Joseph "Quaker Meadows Joe" (Patriot Major, Burke County, North Carolina, Militia)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
McDowell County, North Carolina
Ferguson Reaches Farthest West
McFadden, Alexander
Namesake of Fort McFadden
McFadden, John, jr.
Mentioned
McGauhey, Andrew
Namesake of Fort McGauhey
McMurray, William (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
New Courthouse
McRae, Mary (Spartanburg, South Carolina)
Possibly Murdered by James Dunlap
Meade, William
Wounded at Cowpens & Taken to Gilbert Town
Miller, David (Rutherford County, North Caroplina)
New Courthouse
Miller, James (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Courthouse Construction
Mentioned
Mills, Ambrose (Loyalist Colonel, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Hanged at Biggerstaff's
Minny (Slave)
Pilot in Virginia Navy Killed in Action
Monmouth, New Jersey (Battle)
Mentioned
Montford, Wilson
Namesake of Montford's Cove & Fort
Montford's Cove (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Montford's Fort
Road to Gilbert Town
Montford's Fort (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Establishment
Moore, Elijah (Patriot, Georgia Militia)
Involved in Death of James Dunlap
Moore, John (Loyalist Colonel)
Pursued by Andrew Hampton
Moore, Samuel (Patriot, Georgia Militia)
Involved in Death of James Dunlap
Morgan, Reverend Perminter (Mountain Creek Baptist Church)
Charges Against Rev. Daniel Asbury
Morganton (Burke County, North Carolina)
Mentioned
Road to Gilbert Town
Morris, Thomas (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Court Meetings in Home
Moss, Dr. Bobby G. (History Professor Emeritus, Limestone College)
    Determined Numbers in Ferguson's Army at King's Mountain
    Identified Blacks at King's Mountain
    Solved Mystery of Dunlap's Death
Mountain Creek (Stream, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
    Home & Grave of Andrew Hampton
    Road to Gilbert Town
    Site of Fort McFadden
Mountain Creek Baptist Church (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Pastor Charges Methodist Rev. Daniel Asbury
Musgrove's Mill (Skirmish, South Carolina)
Prisoners at Gilbert Town
Some African-American Patriot Participants

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Updated August 20, 2004

Nettles, William
Mentioned
Nevill, William (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Justice of the Peace
New Courthouse
New Jersey Volunteers (Provincials)
    James Dunlap Mentioned
    Numbers in Unit at King's Mountains
    Witnessed Death of James Dunlap
New Kent County, Virginia
Home of Patriot African-American Spy James
New York Manumission Society
Founded School for Free Blacks
Ninety Six, South Carolina
    National Historic Site Web Page
    Park Book Store
    Park Events Listing
    Return of Janes Dunlap After Wounding
Ninety Six Militia (South Carolina Loyalists)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Nolichucky Jack See Sevier, John.
Nolichucky River (Stream in Today's Tennessee)
Griffith Rutherford Follows Against Cherokee
North Carolina Militia
Loyalist Numbers in Units at King's Mountain
Patriot Numbers in Units at King's Mountain
North Pacolet River (North & South Carolina)
Charles McDowell Surprised at Earle's Ford
Noah Hampton Killed at Earle's Ford
Old Fort (McDowell (Then Rutherford) County, North Carolina)
Farthest West Reached by Ferguson
Old Tryon County See Tryon County.
Olds, Nils E. (Provincial Ensign, New Jersey Volunteers)
Witnessed Death of James Dunlap
Orange County, North Carolina Militia
Loyalists in Unit at King's Mountain
Overmountain Army
    Camp at Gilbert Town
    Numbers at King's Mountain
    Passes Through Rutherford County, North Carolina
    Story
Overmountain Men See OVermountain Army
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
    Gilbert Town Certified Trail Site
    Historic Events in Rutherford County
    Park Service Web Site
    Scrambled Words for Fun

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Updated February 29, 2004

Pacolet River See North Pacolet River.
Peach Orchard, South Carolina (Skirmish)
Dunlap Commands Loyalists
Penn, William
Authored First Antislavery Tract
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Griffith Rutherford Exchanged at
Mentioned
Pickens, Andrew (Patriot Colonel, South Carolina Militia)
Reported Dunlap's Death
Pigeon River (Stream, North Carolina & Today's Tennessee)
Followed by Griffith Rutherford Against Cherokee
Plummer, Daniel (Loyalist Major, Fair Forest, South Carolina, Militia)
Attempt to Arrest johnathon Hampton
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Polk County, North Carolina (Then Part of Rutherford County)
Noah Hampton Killed at Earle's Ford
Porter, William (Patriot Colonel, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia)
Mentioned
Potts, John
Namesake of Fort Potts
Porter, James (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Wounded at King's Mountain
Porter, Robert (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Courthouse Construction
Early Court Case
Powers, ???
Uzal Johnson Stops at Home
Primus or Primes (Patriot African-American)
At King's Mountain
Prince of Wales American Regiment (New York Provincials)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Provincials
Description
Numbers in Units at King's Mountain
Punch, John
Enslaved for Running Away from Indenture
Puzzle Creek (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Mention
Quaker Meadows (Burke County, North Carolina)
    Charles McDowell Besieged by Cherokee
    Overmountain Army Arrives in September, 1780
    Road to Gilbert Town, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Queen's American Rangers (New York Provincials)
Captain James Dunlap
Dunlap Mentioned

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Updated February 29, 2004

Rall, ??? (Loyalist)
Pursued from Dan River to Gilbert Town
Ramsour's Mill (Today's Gaston County, North Carolina)
Griffith Rutherford Misses Skirmish at
Randolph County, North Carolina, Militia
Loyalists Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
Restrictions
Restrictions & Copyright for Site
Riggs, Timothy (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Justice of the Peace
Rivers, Flournoy (Nashville, Tennessee)
Defense of William Gilbert
Roane County, North Carolina (Possibly Rowan County)
Mentioned
Roane County, Tennessee
Death of Primus (Primes)
Robertson, William (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Wounded at King's Mountain
Rogers, Robert
Organizer of Queen's American Rangers
Rouse, ??? (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
First Store in County
Rowan County, North Carolina
Home of Griffith Rutherford
Royal Louis (Ship)
Patriot Privateer
Russell, George
Namesake of Fort Russell
Ruth, North Carolina
Rails-to-Trails Conversion
Rutherford, Griffith (Patriot General, Salisbury District, North Carolina, Militia)
Biography
Rutherford County Named for
Rutherford County, North Carolina
    Briefly Named for Benedict Arnold
    Early Forts
    Formation
    Government
    Militia Men Killed at King's Mountain
    Place in History (Web Page)
Rutherford County, North Carolina, Militia
    Loyalists Numbers in Unit at King's Mountains
    Patriot Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain
    Traveled West to Sycamore Shoals
Rutherford Courthouse See Rutherfordton.
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Near Gilbert Town
New Courthouse
Rutherford Town See Rutherfordton.
Rutherford Trace (North Carolina & Today's Tennessee)
Followed by Griffith Rutherford Against Cherokee
Ryerson, Samuel (Provincial Captain, New Jersey Volunteers)
Numbers in Unit at King's Mountain