Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

Sign At Bandit's Roost Corps of Engineers Campground, NC
(W. Scott Kerr Dam and Reservoir)

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail commemorates the victory of American forces over the British at Kings Mountain, October 7,1780, with the group of Overmountain Men.

The Wilkesboro, North Carolina, area is where I noticed the trail marker sign (above).

Abingdon, Virginia, was an important point on the trail (*to me).

Black's Fort In Abingdon, Virginia
*Home of my ancestors, Christopher Acklin and His Wife, Christian Black

"Certified by the National Park Service as the northern trail head of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, the Abingdon Muster Grounds is a picturesque 9-acre park with significant history." (Source)


Map courtesy of the National Park Service.


For more information about Kings Mountain and the Revolutionary War in general, see King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain .... .