Zebulon Brevard Sr (1724 - 1798)

Born 29 Mar 1724 in Elk River, Cecil, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Templeton) Brevard — married 7 Mar 1754 in Anson County, NC

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1798 at age 73 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Robert Ramsey has the following on the Brevard family^[1]:

"John G. Herndon, author of a number of articles containing references to early settlers of Carolina, has an excellent account of the history of the Brevard family. Of Huguenot origin, the Brevards made their way to northern Ireland after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and came to America sometime prior to 1711. They settled in Maryland, where, in 1726, John Brevard was an elder from "Upper Elk" in attendance at a meeting of the New Castle Presbytery.

Sometime after 1740, three of John Brevard's sons (Robert, John and Zebulon) left Maryland (probably upon the death of their father) and set out for North Carolina."

In a history of Mecklenburg County it states "John, Robert and Zebulon and their married sister and husband migrated to the Yadkin and Catawba country about 1747, and settled in what was subsequently Rowan, and since Iredell County."^[2]

On 28 September 1750 Zebulon petitioned for a grant of 500 acres of land in NC.^[3]

Since Zebulon was living in NC at least by 1747, he could not have married Ann Templeton in MD. Additionally, Ann's father David Templeton Senior was known to have been living in NC on Coddle Creek by, at least, 1752 when he received his first land grant.^[3]

Per a deed action in 1777 for a Samuel Young, it appears John Brevard and Zebulon Brevard were neighbors.^[3]

Burke County deeds show Zebulon was given a deed in 1787 in that county.^[4]

Ruth Cohlmia, after decades of research on early NC Templetons, states Zebulon did marry Ann Templeton. Zebulon signed for Ann's portion of her brother Samuel's estate. As to Zebulon, Ms. Cohlmia states his will was proved in 1799 in Burke County, NC, but the will has since been lost. The names of Samuel's children require proof from other records.^[5][6]

Revolutionary War Service

Zebulon Brevard Sr served with Mecklenburg County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Zebulon Brevard Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A014081.

Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, SOLDIER Service:  NORTH CAROLINA

Birth:  3-29-1724    CECIL CO MARYLAND; Death:  POST 1790  IREDELL CO NORTH CAROLINA (Note: Other records indicate he died in Burke County, NC.)

Service Description:  1) MILITIA, MECKLENBURG CO 2) JURY MEMBER, 1778 Service Source:  AMERICAN MONTHLY MAG, VOL 31, JULY 1907, PP 7-8; MECKLENBURG CO NC COURT MINUTES, BOOK 1, 1774-1780 , PP 146,148^[7]  

Spouse: Ann Templeton, Marriage: 7 March, 1754

Sources

1. ↑ Carolina Cradle, Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762. by Robert W. Ramsey, page 48
2. ↑ The History of Mecklenburg County from 1740-1900 by John Brevard Alexander, 1902, page 399. Article on page 399 written by Dr. Ephriam Brevard.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts 1769-1779 by Brent Holcomb, page 243, referencing pp. 235-237 of Volume 9 of the deeds.
4. ↑ Burke County deed action {dead link}
5. ↑ Chapter 8 in John Templeton of Iredell County, NC, by Jay Norwalk. Chapter 8 was written by Ruth Cohlmia and Zebulon is mentioned on page 193
6. ↑ 1784 Burke County, NC, probate for the estate of Samuel Templeton
7. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 2, 2018), "Record of Zebulon Brevard", Ancestor # A014081.

• Minutes of North Carolina Governor's Council, 28 September 1750.

See also:

• Space: Iredell County Revolutionary Soldiers for a comprehensive list of Iredell Revolutionary War Veterans.
• Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774, Ancestry.com Publication, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Clark, Murtie J. Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Brevard-31 originally created through the import of McKnight.ged on Apr 21, 2012 by Curtis Baldwin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Curtis and others.
• WikiTree profile Brevard-11 originally created through the import of GedTem12:18.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Jack Templeton. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jack and others.
• WikiTree profile Brevard-32 originally created through the import of McKnight.ged on Apr 21, 2012 by Curtis Baldwin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Curtis and others.
• See Space:Iredell County Revolutionary Soldiers for details on other soldiers.