- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Battle of Kettle Creek
- Creator:
- Davis, Robert Scott, Jr.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-12-08
- Subject:
- Kettle Creek, Battle of, Ga., 1779
Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, 33.78195, -82.74323
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Revolutionary War Battle, the Battle of Kettle Creek. Kettle Creek flows into the Little River near the Tyrone community in Wilkes County. It likely takes its name from a local fish trap, called a kittle. The most important event to occur at Kettle Creek took place on Sunday, February 14, 1779. On that morning 600 American supporters of the British cause, popularly known as Loyalists or Tories, encamped atop a hill in a bend of the creek. They were following an established trail to the nearby Quaker settlement of Wrightsborough en route to Augusta. Aside from the defensive qualities of the position, the hill offered the new arrivals food in the form of cattle penned there.
GSE identifier: SS2H2, SS8H3 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/battle-of-kettle-creek/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Battle of Kettle Creek," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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