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State of Service: NC/SC
Qualifying Service: Captain
Birth: 25 Dec 1746 / / MD Death: 04 Aug 1830 / Sumner / TN
Qualifying Service Description:
Entered Service in 1775 as a PVT in Captain John Brendon's Rowan Co., NC Militia Company
Captain of a company of volunteer spys to monitor the Cherokee in 1776 by Col (later) Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford (Rutherford the commander of the Rowan County Regiment)
Captain under Col Franics Locke during the Cherokee Expedition of 1776
Captain in 1781 under Col Francis Locke's Rowan County Regiment and later Col Wade Hampton's SC 1st Regiment of State Dragoons
Additional References:
Pension file: S.361 approved 18 AUG 1824
Spouse: Mary Brandon Children: Richard; Mary; William Locke; Jane;
Find A Grave notes that the cemetery is on the Patriot's farm land about .5 Miles to the South East of Hartsville, TN
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Additional Information:
Patriot was wounded in action 8 SEP 1776 at Seven-Mile Mountain during the Cherokee Expedition of 1776. He is reported to have been in action under Col. Franis Locke at the Battle of Ramseur's Mill 20 JUN 1780. He served under the command of Lt. Col. David Caldwell as part of the Rowan County Regiment's detachement atthe Battle of Cowpens 17 JAN 1781. While serving with Col. Wade Hampton's 1st SC Regiment of State Dragoons he is credited with service at several engagments to include: Fort Motte, Fort Granby #2, St. James Goose Creek Church, and Siege of Ninety-Six.