Display Patriot - P-134788 - Robert CLEVELAND

Robert CLEVELAND

SAR Patriot #: P-134788

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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Captain
DAR #: A023112

Birth: 08 Jan 1744 / Prince William / VA
Death: 10 Apr 1812 / Wilkes / NC

Qualifying Service Description:

Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, at battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens


Additional References:
  1. Draper, Kings Mountain and itsHeroes, pg 442, 554
  2. Wheelers History of North Carolina, pg 444
  3. DAR citesHEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFFICERS OF THE CONT ARMY DURING THE WAR OF THE REV, 1775-1783, pg 160

Spouse: (1) Alice/Aley Mathis; (2) Sallie Johnson
Children: Sarah; Jesse; Jeremiah; Aley; Fannie/Fanny; Eli; Martin; William; Presley; Nancy; Elizabeth; Larkin; Harvey;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1960-07-29 NM Unassigned Robert William Webster (86476) Jeremiah   
1962-10-18 TN Unassigned Willis Beeler Bible (89226) Martin   
1962-10-18 TN Unassigned Patrick S Washburn (89227) Martin   
1964-11-17 OK Unassigned Alan Campbell Routh (91268) Fanny   
1968-02-16 TX Unassigned Jon Douglas Routh (96585) Fanny   
1971-07-27 SC Unassigned Conrad Pierce Cleveland Jr (101068) Jesse   
1975-03-27 TX Unassigned Michael Sean Routh (108387) Fanny   
1977-02-10 SC Unassigned John Bomar Cleveland (111466) Jesse   
1981-03-09 TX Unassigned Todd Stuart Routh (118317) Fanny   
1983-08-11 TX Unassigned Nelson Phelps Chesnutt (122551) Eli   
1986-05-27 NJ Unassigned Frank B Russell (121582) Fanny   
2008-05-02 GA 31551 Allen Wright Sims (171590) Jeremiah   
2008-08-08 AL 32268 Howard Eugene Rector (172204) Sarah   
2008-08-08 AL 32269 Ronald Wayne Rector (172205) Sarah   
2008-11-26 AL 33393 James Robert Thomas (172136) Sarah   
2008-11-26 AL 33394 Ronald Johnathan Thomas (172137) Sarah   
2009-05-05 AL 34737 Andrew Christopher Plan (173692) Sarah   
2009-05-14 AL 34956 Thomas Ray Jones (173918) Sarah   
2009-05-14 AL 34957 Thomas Adam Jones (173919) Sarah   
2009-06-26 AL 35796 James Sandlin Thomas (174436) Sarah   
2012-08-20 TN 49423 James David Lyle (184602) Eli   
2013-04-26 NC 52829 Hardin Joseph Royall Jr. (187089) Nancy   
2016-07-22 KY 70209 John Wendell Arnett (199296) Fanny   
2019-12-06 NC 89474 Edward Michael Southwell (213928) Elizabeth   
Location:
Purlear / Wilkes / NC / USA
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Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
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Marker Type:
vertical stone with DAR marker
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Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • Per findagrave.com: This is a very small cemetery in the Purlear area
  • No GPS data for grave site or cemetery on findagrave.com - Nov 2024



Author: Frederick Arnold Weyler
Robert Cleveland was the son of John Cleveland and Elisabeth Coffey Cleveland. He was born on his father's plantation in Orange County VA 08Jan1744. Robert Cleveland married Alice (Aley or Alley) Mathis (1750–1791) of Prince William County VA. Along with several siblings they moved to the NC Yadkin River watershed about 1769. Robert died 12Apr1812 in Wilkes County NC. Robert and Aley Cleveland are buried at the family farm near current Purlear, NC. New Hope Church GPS is N 36.19616 W 81.30969. Robert’s grave has both a well preserved headstone and a DAR marker. The burial ground near the site of the old house has an iron picket fence. It is off the Parsonsville Road not far from Rendezvous Mountain, famous as the place that Colonel Benjamin Cleveland rallied the Wilkes militia to chase Patrick Ferguson. Robert and Benjamin brought their Yadkin River corps to the patriots’ total victory at Kings Mountain on Saturday afternoon 07Oct1780. Some of the patriots naming Robert Cleveland as their captain in pension declarations are Ishmael Titus (R10623, a negro), Howell Hunt (R5396), Stephen Franklin (S15432), Samuel Castle (S8144), and John Parmly (S40637). The Patriots of Kings Mountain, Bobby Moss, 1990, p49 lists thirteen children: Mathis, Larkin, Jeremiah, Nancy, Presley, Eli, Eliza, Jesse, Martin, Martin, James, Fanny, Alfred. The Robert Cleveland house was dismantled and reassembled for display behind the Old Wilkes Jail Museum in downtown Wilkesboro, NC. In the Cleveland Genealogy patriot Dan White is quoted "... that this brave Captain was due the success of this battle; for in the middle of the conflict, when all were giving away before Ferguson's bayonets Captain Cleveland stood firm and unmoved, sustaining the charge until Colonel Ben Cleveland could rally the troops and come to his assistance." Robert Cleveland served in the electoral college after the 1808 US presidential election.

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