Overmountain Victory Trail Association

Overmountain Victory Trail Association The Overmountain Victory Trail Association is committed to preserving the history of the Battle of Kings Mountain and of those Militia Men who fought.
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Our Mission is to To Preserve, Protect, and Interpret the Route to the Battle of Kings Mountain. The OVTA is a not for profit organization that each year recreates the March of the Overmountain Men and brings their story to the public eye thru story telling. Contact us at [email protected] if you would like to arrange a program throughout the greater corridor of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, part of the National Parks Southern Campaign Group. https://www.nps.gov/ovvi/index.htm

06/08/2026

1776-2026 250 years of freedom! we are digging up brave patriots who fought for that freedom! today we dug up Preston Goforth who was killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain!

06/08/2026

250 years of freedom in 2026 and helping to make that freedom possible were American Revolution soldiers like Robert Young!

06/07/2026

250 years of freedom in 2026 and we are digging up patriots who fought for that freedom! We would not be free without men like Martin Gambill! Who are your American Revolution ancestors?

06/07/2026
06/06/2026
06/04/2026

🇺🇸 America 250 🇺🇸
In March 1775, a gathering took place at today's Sycamore Shoals. There were around 600 settlers, and around 1200 Cherokee had met to transact the sale "lease" of lands. Jacob Brown took advantage of the gathering and made a deal with the Cherokee to sell the land along the Nolichucky watershed, including land that he had previously leased from them.

The Crown of England had forbidden settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains, and these land agreements were in direct defiance of England's rule. The revolution had begun.

It was on March 25th, 1775 that Jacob Brown's land holdings increased dramatically. His purchase on this date gave him property that went from Chimney Top Mountain in Greene County all the way to Sams Gap, North Carolina. The treaty with the Cherokee took place on Brown's property under a giant oak tree, later known as the "Treaty Oak," shown in the photo below. The picture was shared with the Archives by Jim Hartsell, a Brown descendant.

Jacob Brown was a bit of a land speculator, and he sold off much of the property before his death.
www.wctnarchives.org

06/04/2026

Benjamin Cleveland

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1162 Pemberton Road
Bristol, TN
37620

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