Robert Cleveland (1744 - 1812)

Born 8 Jan 1744 in Blue Run, Orange, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1812 at age 68 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Robert Cleveland was born 8 January 1744 in Orange County, North Carolina, mostly likely Blue Run.

He died on April 10, 1812 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina.^[1]

Revolutionary Service

Captain Robert Cleveland served with Surry County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Robert Cleveland is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A023112.

Draper, Kings Mountain and its Heroes PP 442, 554; Heitman, History of the Reg of Officers of the Army during the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, P 160

Service Description:  1) Colonel Benjamin Cleveland 2) Battle of King's Mountain. ^[2][3][4]

Brother of Benjamin Cleveland

Marriages

1. Aley Mathis, married in 1769
2. Sallie Johnson, married in about 1790 (estimated)  

Residence

Date: 1790

Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States ^[5]

Date: 1800

Place: Morgan, Wilkes, North Carolina ^[6]

Date: 1810

Place: Wilkesborough, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States^[7]

Burial

Apr 1812, Cleveland Cemetery, Purlear, Wilkes County, North Carolina, Buried beside his wife Alice^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #52311603 retrieved Aug 7, 2017, Captain Robert Cleveland
2. ↑ Moss, Bobby Gilmer. Patriots at Kings Mountain. Scotia-Hibernia,1990
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 20, 2017, 22 June 2022), "Record of Robert Cleveland", Ancestor # A023112.
4. ↑ J.D. Lewis. Surry County Regiment
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-5D7 : accessed 7 August 2017), Robt Cleveland, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 150, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-NG5 : accessed 7 August 2017), Robert Cleveland, Morgan, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 32, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 337,909.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2V-Z4B : accessed 7 August 2017), Robert Cleveland, Wilkesborough, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 893, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 337,916.

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