The name Cowpens, according to Irving, comes from the old designation of Hannah's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched] Reference

Colonel Ferguson encamped the first night at the noted place called the Cowpens, about twenty miles from Gilbertstown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers] Reference

Tarleton came up with Morgan on the 17th of January, 1781, at a grazing-ground known as the Cowpens, not far from King's Mountain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War of Independence] Reference

British force under Tarleton was attacked January 17, 1781, at a place called the Cowpens, and not only defeated, but almost destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A School History of the United States] Reference

(Note that "Cowpens" is only 10 miles away).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mobile Uploads] Reference

Iron spur, found on the battle-field of the Cowpens.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes] Reference

They're on the scene of a fire at a plant in Cowpens.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference

Washington, a hero of the Cowpens and many other battles.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Washington: Farmer] Reference

Howard -- Cowpens, 1781; General Greene, 1781: Alliance with.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference

Two of those were cruisers, the Cowpens and the Bunker Hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2003] Reference

The great triumph of Eutaw Springs and Cowpens, as we drove back.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tory Maid] Reference

It was nearly a month after the victory at the Cowpens that Miss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference

"Tarleton should be court-martialed for that affair at Cowpens," said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference

PHILLIPS: Want to update you on that fire out of Cowpens, South Carolina.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference

Firefighters are on the scene here at this plant in a place called Cowpens.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference

It's located on Main Street, near Highway 29 in Cowpens, if you're in that area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference

Bennington, Stillwater, Cowpens, Kings Mountain, and the one great triumph of Saratoga.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference

Cowpens, January 17, 1781, for which Congress gave him a vote of thanks and a gold medal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference

Serapis, the battle of the Cowpens -- Washington, and the battle of the Cowpens -- Howard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference

Firefighters on the scene there in Spartenburg county, the area is Cowpens, South Carolina.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference

Again, the Cook, the Cowpens, the Cheyenne, the Milius, the Bunker Hill and the Montpelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2003] Reference

At the victory of the Cowpens he held in his hands at one time the swords of seven (p.  049).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference

They were the Cook, the Cowpens, the Cheyenne, the Milius, the Bunker Hill and the Montpelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2003] Reference

It was by no means as decisive as that of Cowpens, but it was instrumental in putting an end to the war.    From Wordnik.com.  [A sketch of the life and services of Gen. Otho Holland Williams Read before the Maryland historical society, on Thursday evening, March 6, 1851] Reference

Morgan, at Cowpens, annihilated Tarleton's Legion, which had committed many cruelties in South Carolina.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference

Corrugated paper mill in Cowpens somehow caught fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaffney Ledger] Reference

Cowpens, about thirty miles west from King's Mountain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence] Reference

"Cowpens!" exclaimed a necktie drummer who was stopping at the Rye.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Comings of Cousin Ann] Reference

Later he was in South Carolina, at Blackstocks, and at The Cowpens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories Of Georgia] Reference

The battle of the Cowpens was disastrous in its consequences to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference

Footnote: The action at the Cowpens was one of the medal victories.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched] Reference

The culminating point of these reverses was the battle of the Cowpens.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference

Tarleton, leader of South Carolina "Tories," 31; defeated at Cowpens, 31.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the United States] Reference

"The blood which mingled at Cowpens and at Eutaw cannot be kept at enmity forever.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage] Reference

Cowpens, the place being part of a grazing establishment belonging to a man named Hannah.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched] Reference

Morgan, General, at battles of Stillwater, II. at Cowpens, II. his ability as a leader, II.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)] Reference

"Heat's something awful," agreed Pete Barnes, "but it ain't a patchin 'on what it was at Cowpens.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Comings of Cousin Ann] Reference

Today, the area is better known as Cannons Campground, between the city of Spartanburg and Cowpens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from Spartanburg Herald Journal] Reference