Excellent!  Thanks, Hal!  Felicia
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From: [email protected] 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Libraries in 96th District


Hello Judy
>
>You forgot one place of interest while in the Old 96 Dist.  The Battle of
>Kettle Creek occurred in 1779.  Both the Loyalists and the Revolutionaries
>were gathering their people and unfornately for the Loyalists, they were
>caught with their cooking pots down as it were.  They had stopped to
butcher
>some beef that they had appropriated and were set upon by the Revs.  During
>the battle one of my ancestors was taken prisoner and spent about 90 days
as
>the guest of the Sheriff.  In recent years a memorial has been erected and
I
>believe there is a group of interested people trying to keep it preserved.
>
>Just thought you might like a little more of the area than what you
mentioned
>in your post.
>
>Hal Hesterly
>
>
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