King's Mountain Monument [Removed], Guilford Courthouse
National Marble Company of Cherokee County, N.C and Canton, Georgia, Supplier
This monument, dedicated to the 1780 patriot victory at Kings Mountain, was made up of a polished granite slab on a double base. Inscriptions appeared on both sides of the slab. It was removed in 1937 due to it commemorating a different battle.
Front: 1780 1903 / THE BATTLE OF / KING'S MOUNTAIN, / FOUGHT OCTOBER 7, 1780, / WAS “THE TURN IN THE TIDE OF SUCCESS / THAT TERMINATED THE REVOLUTION”
“THERE IS NOTHING FINER IN THE / ROMANCE OF WAR.”
Rear: GEN CHARLES MCDOWELL, / COLONEL ISAAC SHELBY, / COL. JOHN SEVIER / COL. WILLIAM CAMPBELL, VIRGINIA, / COL. JOSEPH MCDOWELL, / COL. JAMES WILLIAMS, S.C. KILLED, / COL. BENJ. CLEVELAND, / MAJ. JOSEPH WINSTON, / MAJ. HAMBRITE, / MAJ. WILLIAM CHRONICLE, KILLED.
July 4, 1903
36.132800 , -79.844150
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"Arrangement for the Big Celebration at the Battle Ground," Greensboro Patriot Weekly (Greensboro, NC), June 17, 1903, 1 Link
"Guilford Battle Ground Affairs," Greensboro Patriot Weekly (Greensboro, NC), June 1, 1903, 1-2 Link
"National Marble Company Monument," Greensboro Patriot Weekly (Greensboro, NC), July 1, 1903, 1 Link
"Two Big Celebrations," Greensboro Patriot Weekly (Greensboro, NC), June 30, 1903, 1 Link
The Gulf States Historical Magazine 2 (1903), 228, (accessed February 6, 2012) Link
Baker, Thomas E. and Michael H. White. The Monuments at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, North Carolina, (Greensboro, NC: Guilford Courthouse NMP, 1991)
Folder 44d in Joseph M. Morehead Papers, #523, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see scan 7 Link
Folder 45a in Joseph M. Morehead Papers, #523, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see scans 6, 17-18, 34, 36, 57, 61-62, 65-69, 73, 81, 89, 92 Link
Folder 45b in Joseph M. Morehead Papers, #523, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see scans 3-4, 7, 9, 15-17, 38-40 Link
Folder 46a in Joseph M. Morehead Papers, #523, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see scans 16, 18, 28, 30, 33, 37, 43, 55 Link
Folder 47 in Joseph M. Morehead Papers, #523, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see scans 102-105 Link
Folder 48a in Joseph M. Morehead Papers, #523, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see scans 25, 35-37 Link
Folder 54a in Joseph M. Morehead Papers, #523, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see scans 83-114 Link
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Henderson, William A. Kings Mountain and its Campaign, (Greensboro, N.C.: Guilford Battleground Company, 1903), (accessed February 6, 2012) Link
“King’s Mountain Memorial,” News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), March 29, 1903
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“The Glorious Fourth in Guilford,” The Union Republican (Winston-Salem, NC), July 9, 1903
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Black Cherokee marble
Thomas M. Brady, proprietor, National Marble Company, Cherokee County, N.C
Donation valued at $2,500
Master of Ceremonies was Sam D. Bradford for the day’s events that began with a procession beginning at the president’s cottage. The featured oration was given by Col. W. A. Henderson of Tennessee on the topic of "Heroes of King's Mountain" which the Gulf State Historical Magazine called an unremarkable speech. U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, E.F. Ware of Topeka, Kansas spoke as did General H.V. Boynton of Washington and N.C. Supreme Court Justice R.M. Douglas among others. The actual unveiling was said to be “hurried” due to the heat.
Dedicated to the Battle of Kings Mountain fought in Western North Carolina.
The memorial was located within Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. It was placed in a row of monuments, most of which have been removed or are relocated. This monument was dedicated when the GBGC intended to make the site a"Mecca of Patriotism;" it was deemed inappropriate by the National Park Service and removed in 1937.
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