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Kettle Creek Battlefield

Submitted by Christina Kurimski

Historical Markers: The first  marker is on Hwy 44 and the second is at the Kettle Creek Battle Field.

     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 battle of the Revolutionary War.

     It was at Kettle Creek, on February 24 1779, that Col John Dooly, Col. Elijah Clark and Col. Andrew Pickens defeated over whelmingly a supior number of tory forces, turning back forever the British troops in Upper Georgia.

     The Battle of Kettle Creek, fought here on February 14 1779, was one of the most important battle of the Revolutionary War in Georgia. At the time, the State was almost completely under British control. Col. Boyd, with 600 British sympathizers (Loyalists or Tories) cross the Savannah River into present day Elbert County en route to the British Army then at Augusta. Patriots Cl. Andrew Pickens with 200 S.C. militia and Col. Dooly and Lt. Col. Elijah Clark with 140 Georgia militia marched to overtake the Loyalists. On the morning of the 14th, Boyd and his men were camped here at a bend in the then flooded Kettle Creek. Their horses were grazing, sentries were posted, and most of the men were slaughtering cattle or searching for food. The Patriots attemped to attack the Loyalist camp by surprise but failed and a desperate battle raged on both sides of the creek for three hours before the Loyalists finally broke and fled. Col.. Boyd and 20 of his men were killed and 22 captured. Pickens and Dooly lost seven men killed and 14 or 15 wounded. Pickens later wrote that Kettle Creek, "was the severest check and chastisement, the Tories ever received in South Carolina or Georgia.

Kettle Creek Battlefield Entrance

The above markers on the entrance gate.    

This monument was erected to honor those who fought at Kettle Creek.

Another Monument at Kettle Creek with a saying on each side.

The following commerative markers were in a small plot at the top of Kettle Creek.

NAME	DATE of BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH	COMMENTS	PHOTO
Travis McLendon	1758	1835	US Army Revolutionary War
Jacob McLendon	1715	1793	US Army Revolutionary War
John Wright	1729	1831	2nd LT. Continental Lines Revolutionary War
Delphia Henderson Peteet			Placed in front of Richard Peteet Marker
Richard Peteet	1750	1827	PVT VA Militia Revolutionary War
Samuel Whatley	Mar. 2, 1762	Oct. 3, 1826	PVT. Revoluntionary War Georgia Line under the Command of Col. Elijah Clarke Capt. Micajah Williamson. Buried Taliaferro County, Georgia
Catharine Anglin Whatley	May 10, 1762	Aug 7, 1857	Wife of Samuel Whatley
William Heard	1750	1825	Continental Lines Revolutionary War
Archibald Simpson	1750	1828	PVT GA Troops Revoluvtionary War
John Johnson	Mar. 28, 1764	Jan. 14, 1828	3rd GA Batt. Continental Lines Revoluntionary War
Lewis Flemister			Sergt. 7 VA Regt Revolutionary War
John Lindsey			Major GA Mil. Revolutionary War
John Shank	1761	1835	In Memoriam Revolutionary War Soldier in the Command of Gen. George Rogers Clark
James Cartledge	1755	1845	Captain 1st Battalion Richmond Co Militia Minute man under Col. Elijah Clark