Revolutionary War Muster Ground
To the south at Craig’s (Dunn’s) Meadow, is the
likely site of the Washington County militia’s
muster ground for the Revolutionary War’s Kings
Mountain Campaign. In Sept. 1780, under the com-
mand of Col. William Campbell the militiamen left
for Sycamore Shoals, near Elizabethton, Tenn.
By 25 Sept., the militia rendezvoused with
additional Washington County militiamen and
forces from present-day Tennessee and North
Carolina and then headed south. On 7 Oct. 1780
these forces with additional troops from South
Carolina and Georgia defeated British Maj. Patrick
Ferguson’s soldiers at the Battle of Kings
Mountain in South Carolina. The nearby muster
site is certified as part of the Overmountain
Victory National Historic Trail.
Marker is on Colonial Road SW east of Reedy Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
