Confirming the (supposed) signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration

Started by Dan Cornett on Monday, April 1, 2013

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Duncan Ochiltree

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Capt. Matthew McClure

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Before the Revolution: Mecklenburg Resolves and Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

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Dan Cornett C

4/1/2013 at 9:00 AM

We're down to 4 without apparent Geni profiles, and 7 other 'possibly could be' to be confirmed. Thanks, Tammy for adding Neil Morrison and William Kennon (I added their links into this project's "About").

Private User: Is the profile you added to the project for Rev. Hezekiah Balch indeed the correct one? (note there is an issue between his tree status and his "About" ...).

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4/1/2013 at 12:45 PM

To tell the truth, I was going more on the fact this Hezekiah Balch died in Mecklenburg. It wasn't till after I added him that I noticed your notation beside his name on the list in the project. If you don't think he's the correct one, it won't bother me if we remove him.

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Private User

4/1/2013 at 12:58 PM

I think this could be the Duncan Ochiltree from the list of signers:
Duncan Ochiltree

I suspect the DOB on his profile is incorrect, based on the DOB of his wife.

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Private User

4/1/2013 at 1:28 PM

I just found this: http://www.ashevillelist.com/history/mecklenburg-signers.htm
This site says Hezekiah Balch graduated from Princeton in 1766. When I researched his cousin Hezekiah Benjamin Balch, I found they both graduated from Princeton in 1766. The DOB mentioned here differs from a couple of years from that on the profile, but the DOD matches.

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4/1/2013 at 1:35 PM

And I just found this: http://cmstory.org/meckdec/bios.asp?id=-2052457529, which makes me think this could be the Matthew McClure Capt. Matthew McClure we're looking for.

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