Joseph Stonecipher was a Patriot soldier in the Battle of
King’s Mountain, which Thomas Jefferson recalled as “that memorable victory …
the joyful annunciation of that turn of the tide of success which terminated
the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our independence .”
Joseph Stonecipher served two brief terms in the Continental
militia. The Battle of King’s Mountain, in October 1780, was a decisive Patriot victory.
Thomas Jefferson responded to a query about this particular
battle, more than 40 years after it occurred: “I remember well … that memorable
victory. It was the joyful annunciation of that turn of the tide of success
which terminated the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our independence.”
Today, the battle is commemorated at Kings Mountain National Military Park in South Carolina.
According to information on familysearch.org/tree, Joseph
Stonecipher is the 5th-great grandfather of D. Hirsch. D Hirsch – F Hirsch –
Blanche Silver – Emma Hudson – Elizabeth Goddard – Rachel Stonecipher – Samuel
Stonecipher – Joseph Stonecipher
References:
Joseph participated in Battle of King’s Mountain: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/a/r/Clifford-E-Barnes-2/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0063.html
and also http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=don4736&id=I31820
Thomas Jefferson quote: LETTER OF THOMAS JEFFERSON TO JOHN
CAMPBELL OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CONCERNING THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN, letter
written 1822, battle was in 1780. http://philnorf.tripod.com/letterof.htm
The site of the battle is now a National Military Park: https://www.nps.gov/kimo/index.htm
Picture: “Yohn Battle of Kings Mountain,” Wikimedia Commons,
“This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public
domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain.” “The
official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful
reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public
domain".” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yohn_Battle_of_Kings_Mountain.jpg
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