Date of Award
8-1983
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
History
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to tell William Campbell's biography, simultaneously examining not only his better known military achievements, but also his contributions as a frontier justice, member of the House of Delegates, and an American patriot. Nearly all documentary evidence concerns Campbell's life after 1770. Thus, the primary object of this paper is his last decade, his period of public prominence. Since Campbell's fame was wrought to a large degree by the events of the American Revolution, a major objective of this thesis is to determine Campbell's impact on that struggle for independence.
Recommended Citation
Malgee, David George, "A Frontier Biography: William Campbell of King's Mountain" (1983). Master's Theses. 1296.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/1296