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McMASTER, WILLIAM, pages 180-181 (Moss)
b.c. 1759, Ireland
d. 18 March 1824, Abbeville District, SC
m. Rebecca Towne
William McMaster came to America with his parents at the age of thirteen. After enlisting, while residing on the Savannah River in Abbeville District, SC, he was in the battles at Kettle Creek, Briar Creek, Siege of Augusta, Beaufort, Hanging Rock, Kings Mountain (where he was under Col. Williams), Blackstock's Plantation, Cowpens, and the siege of Ninety-Six (where he was wounded by a gunshot in the left hip). McMaster was captured after being wounded and was treated at Ninety-Six. He served under a Capt. McCan and Col. Anderson. Makes him a prime candidate for this list. Williams had 30 men at Kings Mountain. He was joined by Candler, according to Draper. As a group the South Carolinians under Lacey, Hawthorne, and the Georgians under Candler assaulted with Williams from the west side of the U.S. monument at Kings Mountain. McMasters statements of being with Williams worth checking out.
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