Rather than intimidating them, this statement induced the men of Wilkes and Surry counties to raise a volunteer force led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier.  
The losing side's approach to this battle was hampered by the skirmish at Musgrove's Mills. Following a trip to Camden to confer with his superior, one commander issued a proclamation at Gilbert Town, threatening his opponents that he would "hang their leaders and lay their country waste with fire and sword." Rather than intimidating them, this statement induced the men of Wilkes and Surry counties to raise a volunteer force led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier.  Shouting cries of "Tarleton's Quarter" the colonials stormed up the slope and inflicted some three hundred casualties, including the inventor of a new rifle, British Major Patrick Ferguson.  FTP, name this victory for the "over mountain men" over a force of British loyalists, fought on October 7th, 1780.
The losing side's approach to this battle was hampered by the skirmish at Musgrove's Mills.
Battle of King's Mountain