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Contents 1 Battle of King's Mountain 1.1 Regiments/Detachments 1.1.1 Virginia 1.1.2 North Carolina 1.1.3 South Carolina 1.1.4 Georgia 1.2 Killed 1.3 Mortally Wounded 1.4 Wounded 1.5 Casualties on Plaque 2 Footnotes

Battle of King's Mountain

In the 7 October 1780 Battle of King's Mountain, the victorious patriots suffered only 95 casualties: 26 killed, 7 mortally wounded, and 62 wounded.^[1]

The information on this page - including the numbers adding to 95 casualties - was abstracted from J.D. Lewis's excellent presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780", which details the known patriot regiments and detachments that participated in the battle and the routes they took to get there.^[2] [Note - the process of abstracting the information is ongoing as of 12 May 2023, the names in the following sections do come near the total yet. ]

For additional reading, see the References section of the WikiTree page "Overmountain Men and Their Descendants".

"We may never know – for certain – the names of each and every Patriot who truly participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain" says Lewis in the preface to his presentation.^[3] For example, the table on page 37 of Lewis's presentation tallies 95 casualties^[1] but that number appears to leave off some of the names Lewis includes later in the presentation. Other sources list fewer casualties. An online roster lists 46 killed, 1 mortally wounded, and 47 wounded (94 casualties),^[4] and the plaque at King's Mountain names 28 killed, 4 mortally wounded, and 34 wounded (with an additional 25 unknowns - 1 killed and 24 wounded - for a total of 91), listed below.

Regiments/Detachments

Regiment / Detachment	~ subtotal known	~ guestimated unknowns	~ total[1]
	~ 1127	~ 534	~ 1661[1]

Unnamed Regiment / Detachment ~ 47 ~ - ~ 47^[1]

Virginia

Washington County Regiment ~ 159 ~ - ~ 159^[1]

Commander: Colonel William Campbell

• killed

1. Edmondson, Robert (Capt.)^[5]
2. Edmondson, William (Capt., aka Edmiston)^[5]
3. Gist, Nathaniel (Lt.) from Washington County, VA (under Maj. William Edmondson)^[6]
4. Gist, Richard (under a Capt. Edmondson and Col. William Campbell)^[6]
5. Henigar, Henry (under Col. William Campbell, Captain not named)^[6]

• mortally wounded

1. Laird, James (Ensign) from Washington County, VA (Captain not named)^[6]

• wounded

1. Edmondson, William (Maj.)^[5]
2. Goforth, Miles (under a Capt. Edmondson and Col. William Campbell)^[6] - hired as a substitute by Isaac Roman, wounded in the knee^[7]
3. Watson, William^[6][8]

Rockbridge Rifles ~ 1 ~ 10 ~ 11^[1]

Commander: Colonel William Bowyer^[9]

none noted as killed or wounded^[2]

North Carolina

Wilkes County Regiment ~ 101 ~ 30 ~ 131^[1]

Commander: Colonel Benjamin Cleveland

• killed
• mortally wounded

1. Biecknell, Thomas (Capt.)^[10] or one of Captain Richard Allen's lieutenants^[11] (his widow said he was a lieutenant under Captain Richard Allen at the siege of Charleston and that "he marched much through North & South Carolina, and served at various times under... Colonel Cleveland [and other colonels]").^[12]

• wounded

Surry County Regiment ~ 87 ~ 16 ~ 103^[1]

Commander: Maj. Joseph Winston^[13]

• mortally wounded

1. Varnum, Richard (Lt., aka Vernon) - under one of Maj. Winston's captains: Joseph Phillips, James Shepherd, or Minor Smith^[14]
2. Hannah, William (from Surry County)^[15]

Burke County Regiment ~ 63 ~ 69 ~ 132^[1]

Rutherford County Regiment ~ 51 ~ 42 ~ 93^[1]

Commander: Colonel Andrew Hampton

• killed

1. Goforth, Preston (Private)^[15]

• mortally wounded

1. Whiteside, Davis (from Rutherford County)^[15]

Lincoln County Regiment ~ 142 ~ - ~ 142^[1]

Commander: Lt. Col. Frederick Hambright^[16]

• killed

1. Chronicle, William (Maj.)^[16]
2. Mattocks, John (Capt.)^[16]
3. Henry, John^[17]

• mortally wounded

1. Henry, Moses^[17]

• wounded

1. Espey, Samuel (Capt.)^[16]
2. Hambright, Frederick (Lt.Col.)^[16][18]
3. Hamilton, Charles (under Capt. Malcolm Henry)^[19]

Sullivan County Regiment ~ 63 ~ 33 ~ 96^[1]

Washington County Regiment ~ 105 ~ 70 ~ 175^[1]

Rowan County Regiment ~ 14 ~ 30 ~ 44^[1]

Mecklenburg County Regiment Detachment ~ 10 ~ 26 ~ 36^[1]

Chatham County Regiment Detachment ~ 6 ~ 12 ~ 18^[1]

Guilford County Regiment Detachment ~ 2 ~ 4 ~ 6^[1]

Granville County Regiment Detachment ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 7^[1]

Caswell County Regiment Detachment ~ 20 ~ - ~ 20^[1]

South Carolina

Little River District Regiment ~ 48 ~ 23 ~ 71^[1]

Lower District Regiment Detachment ~ 2 ~ 4 ~ 6^[1]

2nd Spartan Reg. / 1st Spartan Detachment ~ 58 ~ 28 ~ 86^[1]

Incorrectly said to have been killed at the battle: Lt. Col. James Steen^[20]

Roebuck’s Battalion of Spartan Regiment ~ 24 ~ 26 ~ 50^[1]

New Acquisition District Regiment ~ 33 ~ 19 ~ 52^[1]

Upper Ninety-Six District Reg. Detachment ~ 14 ~ 6 ~ 20^[1]

Turkey Creek Regiment ~ 33 ~ 16 ~ 49^[1]

Fairfield Regiment Detachment ~ 6 ~ 12 ~ 18^[1]

Camden District Regiment Detachment ~ 4 ~ 14 ~ 18^[1]

Hill’s Regiment Detachment ~ 17 ~ 17 ~ 34^[1]

Georgia

Clarke’s Regiment Detachment ~ 15 ~ 23 ~ 38^[1]

Commander: Major William Chandler

none noted as killed or wounded^[2]

Killed

1 major, 3 captains, 5 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 15 privates^[1]

Major

1. Chronicle, William (NC) - under Lt.Col. Hambright^[16]

Captains

1. Edmondson, Robert (VA) - under Colonel Campbell^[5]
2. Edmondson, William (VA) - under Colonel Campbell^[5]
3. Mattocks, John (NC) - under Lt.Col. Hambright^[16]

Lieutenants

1. Gist, Nathaniel (VA)^[6]

Privates

1. Benge, ____ (NC) - under Capt. Isaac White^[21]
2. Gist, Richard (VA)^[6]
3. Goforth, Preston (NC) - under Col. Andrew Hampton^[15]
4. Henigar, Henry (VA)^[6]
5. Henry, John^[17]

Mortally Wounded

1 colonel, 2 captains, 2 lieutenants, 2 privates^[1]

Colonel

1. Williams, James (SC) - commander of the Little River District Regiment of Militia^[22]

Captains

1. Biecknell, Thomas (NC) - under Colonel Cleveland^[10] or a lieutenant under one of Colonel Cleveland's captains (Capt. Richard Allen)^[11]
2. Sevier, Robert (NC) - under Lt.Col. John Sevier^[23]

Lieutenants

1. McCullough, Thomas (VA) - under Col. William Campbell^[5]
2. Varnum, Richard (SC), aka Vernon - under one of Maj. Joseph Winston's captains^[14]

Ensign - a mortally wounded ensign was not listed in the table^[1][24]

1. Laird, James (VA)^[6]

Privates^[24]

1. Hannah, William (NC)^[15]
2. Henry, Moses (NC) - under Capt. Samuel Martin^[17][25]
3. Smart, John (NC) – under Col. Andrew Hampton^[15]

Wounded

2 lieutenant colonels, 4 majors, 9 captains, 7 lieutenants, 2 sergeants, 38 privates^[1]

Lieutenant Colonels

1. Hambright, Frederick (NC) - commander of Lincoln County Regiment^[16]
2. Love, Andrew (SC) - under Col. Samuel Watson^[26]

Majors

1. Edmondson, William (VA) - under Col. William Campbell^[5]

Captains

1. Espey, Samuel (NC) - under Lt.Col. Hambright^[16]

Privates

1. Benge, Obediah M. (NC) - under Capt. Isaac White [or Col. Benjamin Cleveland]^[21]
2. Bradley, William (NC)^[15]
3. Goforth, Miles (VA)^[6]
4. Hamilton, Charles (NC)^[19]
5. Watson, William (VA)^[6]

Casualties on Plaque

A picture of a plaque, apparently from the "Battle of Kings Mountain Monument" at the Kings Mountain Battleground Cemetery in Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina (based on both a picture of the plaque and of the monument being attached to the Find a Grave memorial for one of the men killed in the battle who is buried there), lists the patriots' casualties: 29 killed (including one unknown), 4 mortally wounded, and 58 wounded (including 24 unknown).^[27]

Killed

1. Col. James Williams [listed as mortally wounded by James ]^[22]
2. Lt.Col. James Steen [incorrectly listed as killed per James ]^[20]
3. Maj. William Chronicle
4. Capt. William Edmondson
5. Capt. John Mattocks
6. 1st Lt. William Blackburn
7. 1st Lt. Reece Bowen
8. 1st Lt. Robert Edmondson, Sr.
9. 2nd Lt. John Beattie
10. 2nd Lt. James Corry
11. 2nd Lt. Nathaniel Dryden
12. 2nd Lt. Andrew Edmondson
13. 2nd Lt. Nathaniel Gist
14. 2nd Lt. Humberson Lyon
15. 2nd Lt. James Phillips
16. Private Thomas Bicknell [listed as a captain (or lieutenant) by James ]^[10][11]
17. Private John Boyd
18. Private John Brown
19. Private David Duff
20. Private Preston Goforth
21. Private Henry Henigar
22. Private Michael Mahoney
23. Private Arthur Patterson
24. Private William Rabb
25. Private John Smart
26. Private Daniel Siske
27. Private William Steele
28. Private William Watson [listed as wounded by James ]^[6]
29. Private [Unknown]

Mortally Wounded

1. Capt. Robert Sevier
2. 1st Lt. Thomas McCullough
3. 2nd Lt. James Laird
4. Private Moses Henry

Wounded (plus 24 "Unknown")

1. Lt.Col. Frederick Hambright
2. Maj. Michael Lewis
3. Maj. James Porter
4. Capt. James Dysart
5. Capt. Samuel Espey
6. Capt. William Lenoir
7. Capt. Joel Lewis
8. Capt. Moses Shelby
9. Capt. Minor Smith
10. 1st Lt. Robert Edmondson, Jr.
11. 1st Lt. Charles Gordon
12. 1st Lt. Samuel Johnson
13. 1st Lt. Samuel Newell
14. 1st Lt. J.M. Smith
15. Private Benoni Banning
16. Private William Bradley
17. Private William Bullen
18. Private John Childers
19. Private John Chittum
20. Private William Cox
21. Private John Fagon
22. Private Frederick Fisher
23. Private William Giles
24. Private ______ Gilleland
25. Private William Gilmer
26. Private Israel Hayter
27. Private Robert Henry
28. Private Leonard Hyce
29. Private Charles Kilgore
30. Private Robert Miller
31. Private William Moore
32. Private Patrick Murphy
33. Private William Robertson
34. Private John Skeggs

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34} See page 37 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} J.D. Lewis, 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (pdf, accessed 11 May 2023).
3. ↑ See page 4, Note #3, of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
4. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~scyork/RevWar/KingsMtnRoster.html
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} See page 12 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12} See page 79 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
7. ↑ Isaac Roman, pension application #R8973, transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 11 May 2023.
8. ↑ William Watson, pension application by his widow, Tabitha, #R11207, transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 11 May 2023.
9. ↑ See page 5 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} See page 13 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} See page 39 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
12. ↑ Thomas Biecknell pension application by his widow, Rachel, #R12399, transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 11 May 2023.
13. ↑ See page 14 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} See page 67 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6} See page 81 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8} See page 17 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3} See page 61 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
18. ↑ Frederick Hambright, pension application by John W. Hambright, grandson of Colonel and Mary Hambright, #R4504, transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 11 May 2023.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} See page 54 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} See page 27 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023):
    • Lt. Col. James Steen (Moss, 1909 Monument incorrectly said he was killed)
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1} See page 76 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 12 May 2023).
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1} See page 25 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
23. ↑ See page 19 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1} The table on page 37 of the presentation may count only casualties from the preceding pages and the by-captain listings. This WikiTree page includes all names listed in the presentation as being killed, mortally wounded, or wounded, including those in the 11 pages of "Patriot Militiamen Who Did Not Name Their Captain" (beginning on page 79). If a rank is not given, they are listed here as a Private.
25. ↑ Moses Henry, pension application by his daughter, Rebecca Hand, #R4382, transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 11 May 2023.
26. ↑ See page 29 of J.D. Lewis's 2015 Power Point presentation, "The Known Patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780" (accessed 11 May 2023).
27. ↑ Plaque of Battle of Kings Mountain Casualties, image attached to the Find a Grave Memorial for Nathaniel Dryden (#16662661), accessed 12 May 2023.