Bitterly fighting all the while, Tory forces were gradually pushed back
along the top of the ridge in this area. Here Ferguson had hoped to
establish a position from which he could better withstand the relentless
attack of the mountain men.
[Illustration: _The Chronicle Markers. On the left is the original
stone, erected 1815, which was replaced with the newer marker in
1914. These stones mark the graves of Maj. William Chronicle, Capt.
John Mattocks, William Rabb, and John Boyd; patriots killed in the
battle._]
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
MAJOR WILLIAM CHRONICLE, CAPTAIN JOHN MATTOCKS,
WILLIAM RABB AND JOHN BOYD,
WHO WERE KILLED AT THIS PLACE ON THE 7TH OF
OCTOBER, 1780, FIGHTING IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA.
COLONEL FERGUSON, AN OFFICER OF HIS BRITANNIC
MAJESTY, WAS DEFEATED AND KILLED AT
THIS PLACE ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER, 1780.
_NOTE: THIS INSCRIPTION IS A COPY OF THAT ON
THE OLD MONUMENT ERECTED BY Dr. WILLIAM
MACLEAN IN 1815._
_THIS STONE HAS BEEN PLACED BY THE KINGS
MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
1914._