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Battle of Cane Creek

Battle of Cane Creek marker<br />
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Photo by Randell Jones
On September 12, 1780, Burke County militiamen under Colonel Charles McDowell and Rutherford County militiamen under Colonel Andrew Hampton were encamped near Pilot Mountain at White Oak Springs when they received word that Major Patrick Ferguson and…