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West Point graduate. A Confederate major general at 27; mortally wounded, Cedar Creek, Va. Grave 2 blocks N.
First cotton mill in N.C. Built prior to 1816 by Michael Schenck and Absalom Warlick. Mill stood one-half mile N.
Entered North Carolina near here, January, 1781, on his second invasion of the state, pursuing Morgan and Greene.
Site of decisive British defeat on Oct. 7, 1780. National Military Park located 5 mi. southeast in South Carolina.
Before Battle of King’s Mountain, Sept. 1780, the Patriot Overmountain Men and British troops led by Patrick Ferguson camped in the vicinity.
Patriot militia led by Col. Francis Locke, on June 20, 1780, defeated Tories led by Maj. John Moore 400 yards west.
Overmountain Men from Tenn., Va., & N.C. led Patriots to victory over British, Oct. 7, 1780. Site 7 miles south.
Native root valued in China for medicinal uses; long collected by locals. Wilcox Drug (est. 1900), among its exporters, operated 175 yds. SE.
Survived Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. A soldier in 7th U.S. cavalry, he witnessed defeat of Geo. A. Custer. Lived here.