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Benjamin Cleveland (May 28, 1738 – October 1806) was an American pioneer and officer in the North Carolina militia. He is best remembered for his service as a colonel in the Wilkes County Regiment of the North Carolina militia during the War of Independence , and in particular for his role in the American victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain .
Benjamin Cleveland. Date of Birth - Death May 28, 1738 – October 1806. After the British victory at the Battle of Camden in August 1780, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis dispatched Major Patrick Ferguson to the Southern Colonies. His task was to recruit members to fight for the Loyalist militia and protect Cornwallis’s left flank as ...
26 May 1738–Oct. 1806. Benjamin Cleveland, frontiersman, was born in Virginia on the now-famous Bull Run. He was the son of John Cleveland and the grandson of Alexander Cleveland, who came from England and settled in Virginia. Benjamin Cleveland grew to be a very big man, often good-natured, but reckless, hot-tempered, and determined.
Benjamin Cleveland was born May 16, 1738. Before leaving Virginia he married, in Orange County, Mary Graves, daughter of a gentleman of some fortune, who later came with his own family and that of his son-in-law to North Carolina. In 1772, he set out with a party of four companions, five men in all, to Kentucky.
Sep 12, 2019 · The Mitchell County Historical Society presents Footsteps for Freedom: The Road to Kings Mountain. Episode Nine: Benjamin Cleveland. Benjamin Cleveland led forces organized in Wilkes County as part of the Patriot army gathered to battle Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain. Born May 28, 1738 near the famous Manassas/Bull Run Civil War battlefield ...
Jan 17, 2024 · Benjamin Cleveland, Patriot leader in the Revolution and son of John and Martha Coffee Cleveland, was born in 1738 in Prince William County, Virginia. Living on the frontier he adapted to a lifestyle of drinking, gambling, and fighting. Upon marrying Mary Graves, he settled into a more subdued life as a farmer.
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Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter ... (1695-1778), who was the father of Benjamin, the subject of this sketch. John Cleveland in the early 1700’s, migrated to ...
