- John Beattie, [another older brother of William] of Washington County, Virginia, served as an ensign under Capt. Andrew Colvill and Col. Campbell and was killed in the battle at Kings Mountain. (Heitman says he was wounded at Kings Mountain and died in 1814.)
Sources: Draper, Lyman, Dr., Kings Mountain and its Heroes, pp.248, 304, 405;
Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, p.94; (Beattie, William);
Annals of Southwest Virginia, p.1381;
History of Southwest Virginia, pp.327, 856;
Campbell-Prestoni Papers, #789; 3DD231; 8DD18, 58b;
1880 Monument;
1909 Monument.
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