Historic stone house being restored to former stature [Battle of King's Mountain]

Kingsport Times-News ^ | December 29, 2005 | JAMES BROOKS

[Pharmboy]

The Battle of King's Mountain was quite a story. In a way, it foreshadowed the War Between the States. And Ferguson, who was killed there, spared Washington's life earlier when, as a sharpshooter, he could not bear to pull the trigger on such a magnificent looking man.

[Snickersnee]

My family (mostly from Cleveland County, NC) fought there -- on both sides!

[Pharmboy]

The Washington Family Coat of Arms

Please Freepmail me to get ON or get OFF this RevWar/Colonial History/Gen. Washington ping list.

[motormouth]

It's quite a house! MM

[Pharmboy]

Excellent! Much better than the pic that came with the article. Thanks...

[hershey]

Wonderful read, and great good fortune for the old stone house. Nice to learn about Ferguson sparing Washington's life, too. Thanks!

[Spirited]

Thank you for this post.

[Pharmboy]

The Ferguson Rifle

[motormouth]

Youre Welcome.

That is actually George and Elizabeth Gillespie's great X 7 Grandson.

[mainepatsfan]

Did those on the losing side survive?

[Pharmboy]

The story of Patrick Ferguson's life-sparing inaction and General Washington

[Riley]

Three of my GreatX uncles fought at King's Mountain. Because if this thread, I found a website of some distant relatives that I didn't know that I had.

[Pharmboy]

Excellent! The Internet is powerful, eh?

[Riley]

Indeed. I knew that my great x 5 grandfather was Gen'l Benjamin Logan of the Virginia Militia during the Revolution, and that he operated mainly in what is now the Ohio Valley- but he had that several brothers who fought at King's Mountain in SC. Digging around on the net- what do I find but a website devoted to a reunion of members of that family. Cool!

[CarrotAndStick]

A picture of the Ferguson Rifle:

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[neal1960]

Nice pic of the rifle. Anyone who has the chance needs to visit Kings Mountain National and State parks. They have a museum, hiking trails around the battleground area, lakes and campgrounds. Pretty ride through the countryside too. I only live 12 miles away and visit the area often.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the bump, TC. But with that big, great-looking family, when do you find the time???

[Tax-chick]

LOL - thanks! I have to sneak off while they're eating!

We've lived here (east side of Charlotte) 2-1/2 years, and I haven't been to King's Mountain yet. We'll have to go this summer; it's only about an hour away.

[ELS]

The walls are 3 feet thick in the basement and 2 feet thick above ground.

They don't build houses like they used to. On a more serious note, there is a house open to the public in Dallas that was built with 3 foot concrete walls. The name of the original owner escapes me, but he was a geophysicist, IIRC. Anyway, the library was incredible. It was huge with large windows to let in the light, a large fireplace in the middle of one of the long walls and plenty of built-in shelves. The square footage (of the library, never mind the rest of the house) was probably more than any residence I have ever lived in. Plus it had a secret room in one of the corners. What fun!