Stirring Up a Hornet's Nest: - UGA Laboratory of Archaeology ...

BList of Figures
Figure 1. Kettle Creek Battlefield Location Map. ......................................................................................... 3
Figure 2. Kettle Creek Battlefield Study Area (U.S.G.S. 1991)................................................................... 13
Figure 3. View of Project Area, Facing North from Monument Hill. .......................................................... 14
Figure 4. Schematic Diagram of Kettle Creek Battle (Ashmore and Olmstead 1926). ................................ 30
Figure 5. Davis’ “Location of Cemetary”, Sketch Showing “Cemetary”, Marked by an “X”, Kelly Branch,
Kettle Creek and War Hill] (Davis 1974)..................................................................................................... 34
Figure 6. Davis’ Profile Sketch Showing “headstone nearby of other grave”, “brick pile”, and “fence”
(Davis 1974)................................................................................................................................................. 35
Figure 7. Davis’ Unlabeled Profile of Suspected Chimney (Davis 1974). ................................................... 35
Figure 8. General Andrew Pickens (Sully 1835).......................................................................................... 46
Figure 9. Portrait of Elijah Clarke (Courtesy of Louise S. Thoman and Scott Thoman 2009)..................... 52
Figure 10. A 1753 Plat for John Boyd's 200 acres in Craven County, South Carolina (S.C.D.A.H 2009). 83
Figure 11. Detail of Hinton's Map of Georgia (1779). ................................................................................. 97
Figure 12. Portion of Davis' Redraft of "A Plan of a Part of the Province of Georgia in North America"
(Davis 1986:18, Figure 18)........................................................................................................................... 98
Figure 13. Detail of 1868 Map Showing Kettle Creek Battlefield (Barnett 1868). ..................................... 99
Figure 14. Detail of Map of Wilkes County, Showing Kettle Creek Battleground (Granade 1901). .......... 99
Figure 15. Portion of U.S.G.S. Quadrangle, Showing Kettle Creek, circa 1903-1904 (U.S.G.S. 1906). .. 100
Figure 16. Soil Map of Wilkes County, Showing Study Area (Bureau of Soils 1915). ............................ 101
Figure 17. Portion of Wilkes County Index Sheet, Showing Study Area (U.S.D.A. 1938). ..................... 101
Figure 18. 1942 Aerial Photograph Showing Study Area (U.S.D.A. 1942)............................................... 102
Figure 19. Reconstruction of Early Plats in the Kettle Creek Vicinity (McGinty 2007)........................... 113
Figure 20. Plat of 450 Acres Granted to James Hammett in 1783 (McGinty 2007)................................... 113
Figure 21. Advertisement for Sale of William Hammet's Property (Georgia Journal 1810:4)................. 115
Figure22. Schematic of McCall’s Account of the Kettle Creek Battle, Phases 1 and 2 (Davis and Thomas
1975:11). .................................................................................................................................................... 127
Figure 23. Schematic of McCall’s Account of the Kettle Creek Battle, Phases 3 and 4 (Davis and Thomas
1975:12). .................................................................................................................................................... 128
Figure 24. Schematic of Pickens’ Account of the Kettle Creek Battle, Phases 1 and 2 (Davis and Thomas
1975:13). .................................................................................................................................................... 129
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Figure 25. Schematic of Pickens’ Account of the Kettle Creek Battle, Phases 3 and 4 (Davis and Thomas
1975:14). .................................................................................................................................................... 129
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Figure 26. Kettle Creek Immediately Prior to Battle (Rauch, in Davis 2006)........................................... 130
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Figure 27. Initial Phase of Kettle Creek Battle (Rauch, in Davis 2006).................................................... 130
Figure 28. Kettle Creek Battle Fully Involved (Rauch, in Davis 2006). ................................................... 131
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Figure 29. Final Phase of Kettle Creek Battle (Rauch, in Davis 2006). ..................................................... 131
Figure 30. Kettle Creek, Loyalists Routed (Rauch in DAvis 2006). .......................................................... 132
Figure 31. Activity Loci, Kettle Creek Battlefield. ................................................................................... 133
Figure 32. Selected Kitchen Group Artifacts. ............................................................................................ 139
Figure 33. Selected Arms Group Artifacts. ............................................................................................... 140
Figure 34. Selected Arms Group Ammunition........................................................................................... 141
Figure 35. Selected Clothing, Personal and Activities Artifacts................................................................. 142
Figure 36. Selected Activities Artifacts, Horse-Related............................................................................ 143
Figure 37. Distribution of Arms Group Artifacts, Kettle Creek Battlefield. ............................................. 146
Figure 38. Comparison of Bullet Distribution, Kettle Creek (A. Bullets .50 caliber or Greater; B. Bullets
less than .50 caliber)................................................................................................................................... 150
Figure 39. Distribution of Clothing Group Artifacts, Kettle Creek........................................................... 155
Figure 40. Distribution of Activities Group Artifacts, Kettle Creek. ......................................................... 158
Figure 41. Distribution of Horseshoes and Horse Tack, Kettle Creek. ..................................................... 159
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