Kettle Creek Battleground
One and one-half miles North and one-half mile West is War Hill, site of the Battle of Kettle Creek, one of the decisive battles of the Revolutionary War.
It was at Kettle Creek, on February 14, 1779, that Col. John Dooly, Col. Elijah Clark and Col. Andrew Pickens defeated over-whelmingly a superior number of Tory forces, turning back forever the British troops in Upper Georgia.
Marker is at the intersection of Greensboro Road (State Highway 44) and Stoney Ridge Road, on the left when traveling east on Greensboro Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
