William Crabtree was a soldier of the American Revolution. His participation was documented by Dr. Bobby Gilmer Moss in his book, "The Patriots at Kings Mountain". In his book, Dr. Moss wrote:
"William Crabtree, of Washington County, Virginia, served as a lieutenant at Kings Mountain under Capt. William Edmondson, Maj. William Edmonson, and Col. Campbell. Logan, II, 67; (Starnes, Nicholas, W26445): White, p.163; DAR Magazine, 1914; 8DD18a."
Nicholas Starnes in his Application for Revolutionary War Pension stated that while Crabtree was on the BKM Campaign, he did not participate in the battle itself. Starnes wrote:
"The Starnes family "removed to Craven District in the State of South Carolina where he lived until the commencement of the revolutionary war when he again removed to that portion of the country then known as the County of Washington in the State of Virginia after remaining there for some time he was on the 13th of September 1775 a volunteer under Colonel William Campbell in the service of the United States & was attached to Captain Crabtree's [perhaps, James Crabtree] company of mountaineers.
"At this time he was first called out to serve in an expedition under Colonel Arthur Campbell against the Tories who had assembled at one Coxes' on New River. The object was to disperse them, but after marching fifty miles, information was had that the Tories had abandoned their position there, we then returned home after an absence of ten days.
"In the autumn of the same year he was again called into service, acting as a Sergeant in the same company & troop commanded at this time by Colonel William Campbell, [illegible word] for New River again, against the Tories embodied at Coxes', in this expedition we crossed the Holston [River] at Starnes' Ford, marching to New River, then crossing & met Col. Cleaveland's [sic, Benjamin Cleveland's] troops, joining them we all marched over the River to Coxes' house (which had been plundered) where we were informed that the Tories had left there days previous; here the forces of Col. Campbell and Cleveland separated & commenced a pursuit: Colonel Campbell came up with them at a place called the Big Glade[?], the Tories fled and we pursued about twelve miles, we then returned home, this expedition having lasted three weeks.
"In the latter end of September 1780 as well as he now remembers, he was again called into service against Col. Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] in the South of King's mountain, in this expedition he acted as Sergeant in a company of Captain Crabtree, having Colonel William Campbell for their commander, they took up the line of march crossing the Holston [River] again at Starnes Ford, New River at the mulberry fields & the Catawba [River] at a place the name of which is not now recollected. In this battle he had no Captain (Crabtree having been left with about two hundred footmen in what was then called the rich valley) he fought under the immediate command of Col. Campbell in person."
The actual burial site for William Crabtree has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
"William Crabtree, of Washington County, Virginia, served as a lieutenant at Kings Mountain under Capt. William Edmondson, Maj. William Edmonson, and Col. Campbell. Logan, II, 67; (Starnes, Nicholas, W26445): White, p.163; DAR Magazine, 1914; 8DD18a."
Nicholas Starnes in his Application for Revolutionary War Pension stated that while Crabtree was on the BKM Campaign, he did not participate in the battle itself. Starnes wrote:
"The Starnes family "removed to Craven District in the State of South Carolina where he lived until the commencement of the revolutionary war when he again removed to that portion of the country then known as the County of Washington in the State of Virginia after remaining there for some time he was on the 13th of September 1775 a volunteer under Colonel William Campbell in the service of the United States & was attached to Captain Crabtree's [perhaps, James Crabtree] company of mountaineers.
"At this time he was first called out to serve in an expedition under Colonel Arthur Campbell against the Tories who had assembled at one Coxes' on New River. The object was to disperse them, but after marching fifty miles, information was had that the Tories had abandoned their position there, we then returned home after an absence of ten days.
"In the autumn of the same year he was again called into service, acting as a Sergeant in the same company & troop commanded at this time by Colonel William Campbell, [illegible word] for New River again, against the Tories embodied at Coxes', in this expedition we crossed the Holston [River] at Starnes' Ford, marching to New River, then crossing & met Col. Cleaveland's [sic, Benjamin Cleveland's] troops, joining them we all marched over the River to Coxes' house (which had been plundered) where we were informed that the Tories had left there days previous; here the forces of Col. Campbell and Cleveland separated & commenced a pursuit: Colonel Campbell came up with them at a place called the Big Glade[?], the Tories fled and we pursued about twelve miles, we then returned home, this expedition having lasted three weeks.
"In the latter end of September 1780 as well as he now remembers, he was again called into service against Col. Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] in the South of King's mountain, in this expedition he acted as Sergeant in a company of Captain Crabtree, having Colonel William Campbell for their commander, they took up the line of march crossing the Holston [River] again at Starnes Ford, New River at the mulberry fields & the Catawba [River] at a place the name of which is not now recollected. In this battle he had no Captain (Crabtree having been left with about two hundred footmen in what was then called the rich valley) he fought under the immediate command of Col. Campbell in person."
The actual burial site for William Crabtree has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
William Crabtree was a soldier of the American Revolution. His participation was documented by Dr. Bobby Gilmer Moss in his book, "The Patriots at Kings Mountain". In his book, Dr. Moss wrote:
"William Crabtree, of Washington County, Virginia, served as a lieutenant at Kings Mountain under Capt. William Edmondson, Maj. William Edmonson, and Col. Campbell. Logan, II, 67; (Starnes, Nicholas, W26445): White, p.163; DAR Magazine, 1914; 8DD18a."
Nicholas Starnes in his Application for Revolutionary War Pension stated that while Crabtree was on the BKM Campaign, he did not participate in the battle itself. Starnes wrote:
"The Starnes family "removed to Craven District in the State of South Carolina where he lived until the commencement of the revolutionary war when he again removed to that portion of the country then known as the County of Washington in the State of Virginia after remaining there for some time he was on the 13th of September 1775 a volunteer under Colonel William Campbell in the service of the United States & was attached to Captain Crabtree's [perhaps, James Crabtree] company of mountaineers.
"At this time he was first called out to serve in an expedition under Colonel Arthur Campbell against the Tories who had assembled at one Coxes' on New River. The object was to disperse them, but after marching fifty miles, information was had that the Tories had abandoned their position there, we then returned home after an absence of ten days.
"In the autumn of the same year he was again called into service, acting as a Sergeant in the same company & troop commanded at this time by Colonel William Campbell, [illegible word] for New River again, against the Tories embodied at Coxes', in this expedition we crossed the Holston [River] at Starnes' Ford, marching to New River, then crossing & met Col. Cleaveland's [sic, Benjamin Cleveland's] troops, joining them we all marched over the River to Coxes' house (which had been plundered) where we were informed that the Tories had left there days previous; here the forces of Col. Campbell and Cleveland separated & commenced a pursuit: Colonel Campbell came up with them at a place called the Big Glade[?], the Tories fled and we pursued about twelve miles, we then returned home, this expedition having lasted three weeks.
"In the latter end of September 1780 as well as he now remembers, he was again called into service against Col. Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] in the South of King's mountain, in this expedition he acted as Sergeant in a company of Captain Crabtree, having Colonel William Campbell for their commander, they took up the line of march crossing the Holston [River] again at Starnes Ford, New River at the mulberry fields & the Catawba [River] at a place the name of which is not now recollected. In this battle he had no Captain (Crabtree having been left with about two hundred footmen in what was then called the rich valley) he fought under the immediate command of Col. Campbell in person."
The actual burial site for William Crabtree has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
"William Crabtree, of Washington County, Virginia, served as a lieutenant at Kings Mountain under Capt. William Edmondson, Maj. William Edmonson, and Col. Campbell. Logan, II, 67; (Starnes, Nicholas, W26445): White, p.163; DAR Magazine, 1914; 8DD18a."
Nicholas Starnes in his Application for Revolutionary War Pension stated that while Crabtree was on the BKM Campaign, he did not participate in the battle itself. Starnes wrote:
"The Starnes family "removed to Craven District in the State of South Carolina where he lived until the commencement of the revolutionary war when he again removed to that portion of the country then known as the County of Washington in the State of Virginia after remaining there for some time he was on the 13th of September 1775 a volunteer under Colonel William Campbell in the service of the United States & was attached to Captain Crabtree's [perhaps, James Crabtree] company of mountaineers.
"At this time he was first called out to serve in an expedition under Colonel Arthur Campbell against the Tories who had assembled at one Coxes' on New River. The object was to disperse them, but after marching fifty miles, information was had that the Tories had abandoned their position there, we then returned home after an absence of ten days.
"In the autumn of the same year he was again called into service, acting as a Sergeant in the same company & troop commanded at this time by Colonel William Campbell, [illegible word] for New River again, against the Tories embodied at Coxes', in this expedition we crossed the Holston [River] at Starnes' Ford, marching to New River, then crossing & met Col. Cleaveland's [sic, Benjamin Cleveland's] troops, joining them we all marched over the River to Coxes' house (which had been plundered) where we were informed that the Tories had left there days previous; here the forces of Col. Campbell and Cleveland separated & commenced a pursuit: Colonel Campbell came up with them at a place called the Big Glade[?], the Tories fled and we pursued about twelve miles, we then returned home, this expedition having lasted three weeks.
"In the latter end of September 1780 as well as he now remembers, he was again called into service against Col. Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] in the South of King's mountain, in this expedition he acted as Sergeant in a company of Captain Crabtree, having Colonel William Campbell for their commander, they took up the line of march crossing the Holston [River] again at Starnes Ford, New River at the mulberry fields & the Catawba [River] at a place the name of which is not now recollected. In this battle he had no Captain (Crabtree having been left with about two hundred footmen in what was then called the rich valley) he fought under the immediate command of Col. Campbell in person."
The actual burial site for William Crabtree has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
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