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

Table 1. Timeline of Significant Engagements and Events in the American Revolution.
Year Month/Day Engagement or Event
1773 8/3 Treaty of Augusta, resulting in Ceded Lands, now Wilkes County
1774 1/14 Creeks and Cherokees attack William Sherrill’s fort, panic in British colonies
1774 10/20 Creeks reaffirm 1773 peace treaty with British
1775 2/5 Wilkes County created. County militia formed
1775 11/21 Battle of Ninety-Six, South Carolina
1776 2/27 Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. North Carolina, Loyalists defeat, 850 captured
1776 7/4 Declaration of Independence signed
1776 August South Carolina campaign destroys 13 Lower Cherokee towns
1776 August 1 st East Florida campaign, Patriots withdraw
1777 March 2 nd East Florida campaign, Patriots withdraw
1777 5/20 Treaty of Dewitt’s Corner, S.C. between Cherokees, Georgia & South Carolina
1778 June 3 rd East Florida campaign, Patriots withdraw
1778 6/30 Lieutenant Colonel Clarke routed at Alligator Creek
1778 November Campbell’s force sails from Sandy Hook, New Jersey for Savannah
1778 12/29 Battle and British capture of Savannah
1779 1/9 Siege and British capture of Sunbury, Georgia
1779 1/26 Colonel Dooly and Lieutenant Colonel Clarke receive their officer commissions
1779 1/31 Campbell’s troops capture Augusta, Georgia
1779 2/10 Siege of Carr’s Fort, Wilkes County, Georgia
1779 2/11 Battle of Vann’s Creek, Georgia. Patriot defeat; Loyalist have heavy losses
1779 2/13 British forces retreat southward from Augusta
1779 2/14 Battle of Kettle Creek. Patriot victory
1779 3/3 Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia. British victory
1779 March Trial of Loyalists at Ninety-Six, 5 hanged
1779 6/20 Battle of Stono Ferry, South Carolina. British victory
1779 March Colonel Taitt and Loyalist Indians destroy five Wilkes County forts
1779 March Colonels Pickens and Dooly battle Taitt near Gunnell’s fort
1779 10/9 Failed siege and battle of Savannah by Allied forces, British victory
1780 5/12 British siege and capture of Charleston, South Carolina
1780 5/12 British regain control of Augusta
1780 May Parole of Colonel John Dooly and his men
1780 6/20 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill, South Carolina. Patriot victory
1780 8/8 Battle of Wofford’s Iron Works, South Carolina
1780 8/16 Battle of Camden, South Carolina. British victory
1780 8/19 Battle of Musgrove’s Mill, South Carolina. Patriot victory
1780 9/14-18 1 st Siege of Augusta by Clarke. British victory
1780 September Elijah Clarke leads fellow Wilkes County refugees to mountains
1780 10/7 Battle of King's Mountain. Patriot victory
1780 11/20 Battle of Blackstock’s, South Carolina
1780 12/12 Battle of Long Cane Creek, South Carolina. British victory
1781 1/17 Battle of Cowpens. Patriot victory
1781 5/23-6/5 2 nd Siege of Augusta. Patriot victory
1781 6/18 British defend Fort Ninety-Six
1781 10/17 S.C. and Georgia militia end campaign against 13 Lower Cherokee towns
1781 10/19 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, Virginia
1782 1/19 Major General Anthony Wayne’s Continentals enters Georgia
1782 April Clarke joins with Wayne’s army at New Ebenezer
1782 7/10 British evacuate Savannah
1782 9/17 Pickens and Clarke end campaign against Cherokee towns
1783 5/31 State of Georgia signs treaty with Cherokee and Creeks at Augusta
1783 9/3 Treaty of Paris signed, Revolutionary War ends
38