The legacy of a man whose life and struggles are as diverse and complex as the United States itself is being remembered by his ancestors today.
Ishmael Titus was born into slavery in Virginia. He later fought for the country’s freedom, along with his own, in the Revolutionary War battle at Kings Mountain — just 45 minutes away from Charlotte.
Gen. Cornwallis’ planned invasion of North Carolina would be a three-pronged attack. On the left, Major Patrick Ferguson led his Loyalist force across the border into western North Carolina and unaccountably decided to make a stand on a hill grandly named Kings Mountain…