Many of the Regulators ended up fleeing into the backcountry of North Carolina after their uprising detailed on my homepage. The Overmountain Men who were instrumental in defeating Ferguson and the British at King’s Mountain came from that area and very likely were former Regulators with a grudge, judging by the vitriol directed at them by Ferguson, who threatened by letter to come over the mountains and burn them out. That backcountry became Tennessee in 1796, after a brief period of being The Free State Of Franklin. Look up John Sevier, namesake of Sevierville and Sevier County.
So this part of Tennessee was part of North Carolina in the beginning?
We have a fort here, Sycamore Shoals, where they do reenactments. One of them is the overmountain men when they went to and came back from fighting the British. There was also a play about it. The play made it sound like that they originated from here!
Read your home page with interest. I am collecting material and starting to write a book about murder and terrorism in 1799 perhaps caused by men who fought with Tarleton’s vicious troops in 1781. Having been educated in the north, I knew nothing about King’s Mountain or Cowpens until I began my research. The significance of these and other battles in the area leading up to the defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown is severely underappreciated. As part of my research went to King’s Mountain and Cowpens. Beautiful scenic areas throughout that area. So sorry for these terrible fires.