----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> To: "Nancy Noel" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: Re: question re: reply to Davidson Co list > Quite some time ago a group of us tried to figure out the locations > different commands took their men from. By finding where the commander > lived at the time of King's Mountain, you could figure he had his neighbors > in his unit.....there is no hard a fast rule about this but a good guess. I > will send you what one man came up with. > > About Anderson.....I will give you what I found in a couple of books, but if > there were several Williams it might not help much. > > THE KING'S MOUNTAIN MEN > The Story of the Battle, with Sketches of the American Soldiers who took > part > by Katherine Keogh White > (persons marked with a star are not clearly known to have been at Battle of > King's Mountain) > ANDERSON. George was a captain in the South Carolina contingent, according > to the Lineage book, Volume XIX, D.A.R. Waddell's Annals of Augusta relates > that George Anderson with his wife and their children, William, Margaret, > John, and Francis, proved importation from Britain, March 24, 1741. > Jacob was living in Washington County, Virginia, in 1777, and joined > Campbell's regiment. He received a pension in Berkely county, Virginia, > 1835. > John* had land in Augusta countin in 1738, where he proved importation > for himself, his wife Jane, and his children John, Esther, Mary, and > Margaret March 24, 1741. John Jr., was justice in Washington Co VA in 1777, > and also a lieutenant, serving at King's Mountain under Colonel Campbell. > When Colonel William Byrd was at Long Island on Holston River in 1760, > he was accompanied by William Anderson and Gilbert Christian, both of whom > were at King's Mountain. Summers' History of Southwest Virginia tells of > the two men wandering on the Holston, and Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee > mentions their trip hither in 1769. Draper places Anderson in Campbell's > regiment. > page 237 ADDITIONAL > Anderson. George (1740-1808) was from Laurens county, South Carolina. Was a > major and lost a leg in the battle. married Mollie Saxon, and his son > William married Annie Coker. Died in Anderson county, S.C. > William, born 1766, enlisted from Botetourt. Was also at Cowpens, and > Eutaw. Wounded in thigh at King's Mountain. Five years service, including > three months guarding lead mines in Wythe. Applied for pension in Davidson > County, Tennessee, 1839. Affirmation by Colonel John Nesbitt of Dickson > County. > > > ONE HEROIC HOUR AT KING'S MOUNTAIN > by Pat Alderman > under Anderson - George, J. Fain, Jacob, James, John, John Jr., William > > > perhaps something there will help you > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy Noel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:27 PM > Subject: question re: reply to Davidson Co list > > > > Mary; > > You mentioned in your reply to someone's question about the settlement > > of Nashville and their Black family that Joseph Black was at Kings Mtn > > with Campbell in that Battle, which you said meant he would have been > > from SW VA. Can you tell me more about Campbell and why his men would > > have only been from that part of VA? > > > > I have a "brick wall ancestor who was also at Kings Mtn, and was with > > Campbell. this geographic location may help us find where in VA he came > > from. His name was Wm Anderson, and every county in the 1770s had at > > least 1 Wm Anderson, hence the difficulty in locating his place of > > origin. > > > > Thanks~ > > Nancy > > > > > > >