Display Patriot - P-163794 - Martin GAMBILL/GAMBLE

Martin GAMBILL/GAMBLE

SAR Patriot #: P-163794

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Captain

DAR #: A043419

Birth: 29 May 1750 / Culpeper / VA
Death: 20 Feb 1812 / Ashe / NC

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain, also 1st Lieutenant, COL BENJAMIN CLEVELAND

Additional References:

Pension W..7504
Before They Were Heroes at King's Mountain, Randell Jones, published by Daniel Boone Footsteps, copyright 2011, pg 22
Heritage of Ashe County, North Carolina, Vol 1, 1984, pg 249-250, Ref #224, #225, pg 5-7

Spouse: Nancy Nall
Children: Thursa/Thursey; William John; Jeremiah/Jerry; Narcessa; Jesse; Martin Cleveland;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1969-03-31	VA	Unassigned	Rush Floyd Crouse (98319)	William
1969-03-31	VA	Unassigned	James Frank McMillian (98320)	William
1970-09-28	VA	Unassigned	Robert M Gambill (100755)	Narcessa
1978-09-14	VA	Unassigned	James G Gambill Jr (114749)	William
1999-03-11	IN	3202	Richard Godfrey Crowe Jr (151566)	Thursa
2004-03-31	CO	19810	Lee Thomas Ryan (162490)	William
2007-10-02	NC	29728	John Franklin Donnelly Jr. (170234)	William
2011-06-06	MD	42695	Gary Allen McMillan (179687)	Thursa
2020-05-08	GA	91141	Robert Huntley Allen (215037)	William
2023-04-28	MO	107005	James A. Curl (226269)	William

Burial:

Martin Gambill Family Cemetery_(C-0279680)

Location:

Chestnut Hill / Ashe / NC / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2520156

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

36.490950 / -81.335900

Find A Grave Memorial #:

39043250

Marker Type:

vertical stone; SAR granite footstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

23 Jul 2022

Comments:

Photos displayed courtesy of Ben Setser, NC SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 2

Photo: 2 of 2

Author: Frederick Arnold Weyler
http://revwarapps.org/w7504.pdf
Martin Gambill was born in Culpeper County VA to Henry and Mary Davenport Gambill. In 1768 Martin and his brother John joined the Regulators in NC to oppose Gov. Tryon’s Tory militia. After the defeat at Alamance, they fled to the backcountry and settled on South Fork of New River in Wilkes (now Ashe) County. Martin married Nancy Nall, daughter of sheriff and militia captain William Nall on 23Sep1777. Gambill joined Colonel Benjamin Cleveland’s Wilkes County militia. In the summer of 1780 Cleveland dispatched Gambill to seek help from Colonel William Campbell’s Washington County VA militia against a Tory uprising. Oral history is that he stopped at Enoch Osborne’s farm to borrow a horse. Enoch took his horse loose from the plow and loaned it.

On 07Oct1780 at the Battle of Kings Mountain, Martin Gambill was wounded by an enemy musket ball which remained lodged in his left arm and rendered him crippled from further military service. He served as JP, sheriff, tax collector, and NC legislator. Martin died 20Feb1812 and was buried at the family cemetery at Chestnut Hill in Ashe County NC.

In 1850, widow Nancy Nall Gambill received support from the Ashe County community in application for a pension. Several certificates were produced in Ashe County court to prove that Gambill was a militia officer.

Index:
Children: William Gambill 1779, Jesse Gambill 1782, Jeremiah Gambill 1784, Robert Gambill 1786,
Martin Cleveland Gambill 1788, Thursey Gambill McMillan 1790, Narcissa Gambill McMillan 1798
Remarks:
The plaque of casualties on the 1909 obelisk at Kings Mountain does not mention Martin Gambill.

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