They were Scottish-Irish emigrants. He built his cabin on Boone's Creek near the Watauga River in 1769, where he and Daniel Boone had once had a hunting camp. The book tells of clashes with the Cherokees. Old Tassel was Chief. One Heroic Hour at King's Mountain Pat Alderman This battle took place Oct. 7, 1780.
Historians say it was the most decisive battle of the Revolutionary War.
Listing of most of those soldiers who served in the campaign. Attakullakulla was Cherokee Chief. The Wataugans Max Dixon Between two great American wars and two vast Appalachian mountain ranges, a settlement was established known as the Watauga Assn. Sometimes known as the Overmountain People, 1756-1796. This is a reprint from the original published in 1881.