Display Patriot - P-244106 - Matthew MCCLURE

Matthew MCCLURE

SAR Patriot #: P-244106

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A075313

Birth: abt 1719 Donegal / / Ireland
Death: 28 Feb 1805 / Mecklenburg / NC

Qualifying Service Description:

Signer Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
Furnished Money for Hospital in Charlotte
Assessor, 1777
Petit Juror, 1778
Steward at hospital in Charleston
At Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

Additional References:

SAUNDERS, COL REC OF NC, Volume 9, pg 1264
CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, Volume 20, pg 381
BRISCOE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC COURT MINUTE BOOK 1, pg 68,100

Spouse: Jennet/Jennett XX;
Children: Thomas; Jane; Elizabeth; Sarah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1940-12-11	SC	Unassigned	George Julian Mitchell Jr (59876)	Jane
1943-05-12	SC	Unassigned	Joe Elias Mitchell (61440)	Jane
2016-12-15	AL	72409	William Madison Moran (200774)	Thomas
2021-03-19	NC	96332	Henry Harrison Lafferty (218636)	Jane

Burial:

Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery_(C-0371215)

Location:

Huntersville / Mecklenburg / NC / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

174139

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

35.365988 / -80.898470

Find A Grave Memorial #:

25165080

Marker Type:

SAR - Bronze & Granite Memorial

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

28 Jan 2017

Comments:

Photo courtesy of Jay A. Joyce, NC SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Alan Alls
Matthew McClure was one of the original signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

He moved from Virginia to north Mecklenburg County, where he bought land in 1765. McClure was an elder in Hopewell Presbyterian Church and a captain in a militia company.

Although he was too old to serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, he worked as a steward in the hospital in Charleston and as a Civil Officer and Justice of the Peace.

Colonial records show that he used some of his money for supplies at the hospital in Charlotte in 1786. His name appears as a witness a deed for the purchase of land for the Mecklenburg County courthouse.

King, Victor C. Lives and Times of the 27 Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20 1775. Charlotte, NC, 1956.

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