[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

[hershey]

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

[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.

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[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!

[Woodstock]

Thank you for the article. I do genealogy for this area and will be sharing this article with quite few friends.

[lunarbicep]

ping

[confederacy of dunces]

Thanks! You do post the coolest stuff!

[mrs tiggywinkle]

Thank you for posting this artile. And I'm thankful freepers can add even more info to the story. :o)