Talk:Overmountain Men

Washington County, North Carolina
Elmo37877 (talk) 18:35, 30 April 2008 (UTC)"Washington County, Tennessee" as referred to in this article is a current county in Tennessee. During Revolutionary times, most of the Upper East Tennessee area was Washington County, North Carolina. This body of land was divided into several counties after Tennesse became a state in 1796 and since. See pre-statehood courthouse documents in Dandridge, TN, county seat of Jefferson County, TN.

The Battle of Musgrove Mill
This article needs to include detailed information pertaining to the role of the Overmountain Men (including Issac Shelby who is featured within the Overmountain Men wiki) participation within Battle of Musgrove Mill that occurred just weeks prior to the Battle of Kings Mountain.Bee Cliff River Slob (talk) 16:09, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Overmountain Men
The term Overmountain Men was not used at the time of the American Revolution. The term was fabricated in the 1830s to describe the Tennessee men without using the word Tennesseeans or western North Carolina men. Using the term Overmountain Men was one way of referring to the regiments in what would become Tennessee, i.e. Washington County/District Regiment, Sullivan County Regiment, Green County Regiment, and Davidson County Regiment.

Isaac Shelby was one of the most senior colonels of regiments in the Appalachians, so when he came east he was referred to as the de facto leader of all troops from western North Carolina.

This probably needs to be incorporated into this article.