Display Patriot - P-247827 - Mordecai MENDENHALL

Mordecai MENDENHALL

SAR Patriot #: P-247827

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: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A077381

Birth: abt 1713 Concord / Chester / PA
Death: 03 Nov 1803 / Guilford / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Rendering material aid
  2. Furnished supplies to the Army during the Revolution

Additional References:
  1. DAR Record Copy #439061 - Yvonne M Dolphin
  2. NC Rev Army Accts, Vol #VI, pg 1, Folio 2, #166, Roll #S.115.57.2
  3. NC Rev Army Accts, Vol #XII, pg 20, Folio 4, #3140, Roll #S.115.57.5
  4. Accts of the US with NC, Rev War, Book C, pg 156, #5294, Roll #S.115.46
  5. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  6. The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Geneology pg 509, 560

Spouse: Charity Beeson
Children: Aaron; Stephen; Richard; Thomas; Isaac; Mordecai; Moses; Charity;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1969-01-06 CA Unassigned William Franklin Mendenhall (95292) Thomas   
1969-01-14 CA Unassigned Edwin G Mendenhall (98226) Thomas   
1970-08-07 FL Unassigned Willard Eugene Elkins (100240) Isaac   
1983-07-12 IN Unassigned Morrison Scott Barrett (114472) Thomas   
1991-10-23 MA Unassigned Robert E Burton (115647) Charity   
1994-03-22 OK 220629 Leslie Ray Tucker (132828) Aaron   
2000-01-25 CA 5198 John William English BS (151222) Thomas   
2008-05-12 AZ 31623 James M. Kimbrough (167952) Stephen   
2014-06-09 AL 58856 Earl Gillian Jr. (177830) Thomas   
2014-06-09 AL 58857 Daniel Lancaster Gillian (179104) Thomas   
2019-05-17 VA 85800 Aaron James Hamill (195784) Richard   
2019-05-17 VA 85801 James Thomas Hamill (195783) Richard   
2021-05-07 FL 96979 William Harold Cloughly (219085) Richard   
Burial:
Springfield Friends Meeting House Cemetery (C-0373346)
Location:
High Point / Guilford / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1334937
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
20305351
Marker Type:
Double Low Profile Stone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Image provided with permission from R. Trent Briles, Find-a-Grave member # 46849415



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From Charlotte Douglas International Airport, 5501 Josh Birmingham Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28208, get on I-85 N from Old Dowd Rd, Wilkinson Blvd and Little Rock Rd 5 min (2.3 mi). Follow I-85 N to I-85BL N/US-29 N/US-70 E in Lexington. Take exit 87 from I-285/I-85BL N/US-52 N 52 min (59.2 mi). Follow I-85BL N to E Springfield Rd in High Point 21 min (19.4 mi), Friends Church of North Carolina, 600 E Springfield Rd, High Point, NC 27263



Author: Earl Gillian Jr.
Patriot Ancestor Mordecai Mendenhall is included in the membership records of the Daughters of the American Revolution (A077381) as having rendered material aid during the Revolutionary War. A large number of applications have been submitted for his descendants.

As a Quaker, Mordecai was opposed to fighting, but during the Revolutionary War, he furnished quarters, food and horses for the American Army and his home was used as a temporary hospital for the wounded after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

The Revolutionary War caused some split among the pacifist Quakers, and those who gave support to the Americans were scorned by the others. On one occasion Mordecai earned the displeasure of the Quakers when he used abusive and unbecoming language to a fellow Quaker after the conclusion of a religious meeting. Mordecai subsequently apologized to the Quakers and his apology was accepted.

Mordecai Mendenhall was born about 1713 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died November 3, 1803 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He was the son of John and Susannah Pearson Mendenhall. He was grandson of John & Elizabeth Maris Mendenhall and of Thomas and Rose Dixon Pearson.

Charity Beeson was born in about 1715 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died September 20, 1809 in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Richard and Charity Grubb Beeson of Chester County, Pennsylvania and Guilford County, North Carolina.

They were married March 21, 1735 in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near present day Intercourse. They had the following children: Richard, John, Thomas, Moses, Stephen, Mordecai, Maris, Aaron, Charity and Isaac.

Mordecai and his wife were members of the following Quaker Monthly Meetings: New Garden, in Pennsylvania; Hopewell in Frederick County, Virginia; Cane Creek in Rowan County, North Carolina; New Garden in Guilford County, North Carolina; Deep River in Guilford County, North Carolina; and Springfield located in present day High Point, North Carolina.

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