Gerald Brandon Sr. (1750 - abt. 1823)

Born 1750 in County Donegal, Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 27 Jul 1823 at about age 73 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Gerald Brandon Sr. performed Patriotic Service in South Carolina in the American Revolution.

Gerald Brandon Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P120079
Rank: Patriotic Service

Gerald Brandon Sr. was born in Ireland.

Sarah (Brandon) Pettibone's father was a colorful figure who was born in Donegal, Ireland, and fled Ireland as a young man after participating in an insurrection. In the early 1770s he lived in South Carolina. There he served in General Francis Marion's Cavalry at Cowpens and King's Mountain. In 1782, after the cavalry unit was disbanded, Gerard Brandon went to Mississippi and settled Selma Plantation near Natchez. He died in 1823.

Birth date is speculative ^[1]

Burial (1823) , Adams, Mississippi, United States of America

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Tom Bredehoft 14/4/2013

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 November 2017, 07:11), entry for Gerald Brandon(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLQB-XMF); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 May 2016, 01:55), entry for Gerald Brandon(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLQB-XMF); contributed by various users.