Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02

More nobly worthy to be worn,
Than loyalty and mercy free!
The others, too who fought beside:
We give them need with grateful
pride;
For, never shall this State forget
How gushed the life-blood OF her
Gushed, warm with hope and valor yet
Upon the soil they fought to save
So. meet it is we here today
Erect a monument of stone,
To show to all through coming years
Our loving pride in deeds we'll done.
Theirs the conflict, ours the peace;
Theirs the battles storming showers
Ours the chance Ito pay the debt
OF love and reverence and regret,
To those who made this country ours.
Then let our tributes never cease!
Let loving hearts be taught to bring
The fairest flowers of the spring,
To crown this monument OF stone,
In gratitude for deeds well done.
Both Daughters leal and Scions all,
Hear, and heed this signal call!
And Ye, whom we commemorate
Rest ye, in the bosom of your God,
Until, the sleep of death all o'er,
Ye rise from underneath the sod
Be 1t soon, or be 1t late!
Children of light forever more!
The dwelling.
By direction Of Mr. McCaw, the band
now took the lead, and the assembled
guests forming in procession Of twos
and threes, with the D. A. RS. at
the head Of the column, marched down
the road to the monument, about 100
yards away. The monument was
draped in the American colors, so ar
ranged that it could easily be exposed
to view by the drawing of red and
white cords. One Of these cords was
placed in the hand Of little Miss Mar
garet Mason, daughter Of Mr.. Mason
Bratton, and the other in the hand Of
Robert, the little son of Mr.. John b.
Bratton. The band struck up MY
Country 'Tis of Thee" and as the
voices of the Daughters and their
guests joined in, the children pulled
the cords and exposed the monument
to view.
The Monument.
The monument is large granite
block, with the corners squared and
the remaining surfaces left In the
rough, and tablets of bronze inserted in
front and back. It Is within the linn
its of the battlefield, and within 200
yards Of spring where occurred the
hottest of the fighting. 1t Is quite an
enduring memorial, and certainly cred
table, to the practical zeal of the
Kings Mountain Chapter Of D. A. R.,
and the descendants Of Col. VIM. and
Martha Bratton, at whose expense 1t
was erected. On the front side, next
to the road is this inscriptions:
Field Of Huck's Defeat.
Where rs Wings, Led by
Col. VIM. Bratton
Defeated a British and Tory
Force Of 500 Mon,
July II, 1880.
Erected by tho
Kings Mountain Chapter Daughters OF
The American Revolution,
Yorkville, s. c.
The inscription on the other side
reads:
To tho Memory Of
MARTHA BRATTON,
Wife Of Col. VIM. Bratton,
Loyal in the face Of Death.
Brave in the Hour of Danger
MercifuI in the Moment Of Victory.
After the unveiling. Mr.. McCaw read
list of some Of the names OF partt-
cipants in the battle, compiled for a
somewhat similar celebration in 1887.
The list was made up from the memo
ries Of survivors; but of course, was
not complete as 1t Is doubtful whether
any individual or any patriot band
present, personally knew all of the
other members of the Whig force.
A Glorious Honor Roll.
James Adair, William Adair. Robert
Ashe, Col. William Bratton, Hugh
Bratton, Thomas Bratton Robert Brat
ton, William Burris, Robert Brown,
Thomas Boggs, John Carroll, Thomas
Carroll, Captain John Chambers, Will
liam Carson, John Carson, Charles
Curry, Thomas Clendenin, Campbell
killed in action: William Davidson,
Jonn Dennis, Joseph Castor, James
Gill, Arthur Gill, Thomas Gill, Robert
Illl, JdIllSS I1elilpiliii w iiiehii tANt11A.@f
James Hanna, Robert HOWE, Captain
Jamison, Samuel Kelsey, John Kidd,
Col. Edward Lacy, Col. A. Love, David
Leech, William Lewis, John McCaw,
Capt. Hugh Mcclure, James McLure,
James McRandle. Capt. John McCon-
nell Col. Moffet, William Manahan,
Capt. James Mitchell, Maj. James
Moore Alexander Moore. William
Moore, John Moore, Sr.,and four sons,
viz: John Moore. Jr., Samuel Moore,
William Moore Nathan Moore, Charles
Miles, John Miller, John Martin, Capt.
John Nixon. Thomas Rainey, Samuel
Rainey, Benjamin Rainey James ROSS,
William Ross, Henry Ray. David Sad
dler, John Swan. Capt. Smith of Fair
field; Gen. Richard Winn Of Fairfield,
James Williamson. Sr., and five sons,
viz: John Williamson, Adam William
son, Samuel Williamson. George Will
hanson, James Williamson, Francis
Wiley, Wiley.
Roll called october 1st. A. D. 1903.
Mr.. McCaw also read the history OF
the organization of the Kings Noun
tain Chapter of the D. A. R., giving
the names of the charter members and
the roll of the chapter as it is now con-
stituted. This concluded the exercises
at the monument, and the company
repaired again to the hospitable home
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Bratton.