Jacob Cleveland, Sr.

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A200859

Born near Culpeper Co. court house, VA

Came from Culpeper Co, VA. 1780 to SC but none of his brothers or sisters (any of whose names we have been unable to learn) left VA with him. Peter Cleveland remembers 1886 that Jacob had brothers (but not their names) and taht his great grandfather (who it is thought came from England) was named Jeremiah or John is not positive which. But the name could not have been John, for Gen. Benjamin Cleveland stated that he was second cousin (probably meaning taht his father, John, was second cousin) of Reuben Cleveland.

Married 10 Oct 1756 in Culpepper, County Virginia to Mildred (Millie) White. ◦See Page 208, Georgia Revolutionary War Soldiers' Graves, by Ross Arnold.

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GEDCOM Note

The Elbert County Examiner Newspaper Oct 14, 1997

REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO CLEVELAND HONORED BY WAYNE WARD

The memory of Jacob Cleveland was permanently etched in granite Saturday as a monument honoring the American Revolution hero was unveiled at his grave site on the property of (living persons, names omitted) off of Harper's Ferry Road by the Samuel Elbert Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Approximately 75 people were on hand for the dedication and some 38 ribbons were prepared for the descendants of Cleveland, many of which still live in Elbert County. Also on hand were members of the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution to take part in the ceremony. The local organization provided information on the honoree.

Cleveland was the great-grandson of the first Cleveland in America, who came to this land from England in the mid -1600s. Jacob, born in Culpeper County, Va, May 6, 1729, grew up in Virginia, met a young lady named Millie White and married her on Oct 10, 1756. They lived in Virginia for a number of years and reared several of their children. Early in 1780 Jacob and Millie and some of their adult children moved to Abbeville District, S.C. where they made their home. They located just 40 to 50 miles from the British headquarters at Ninety Six, S.C.

During the American Revolution the British had a strategy of conquering several of the Southern colonies and bringing them back into the fold before completing the task against General George Washington in the North. Typical of men of that era, Jacob and his sons left the farm to support the Patriot cause, joining up with a cousin, Col. Ben Cleveland and a force of men designed to deal with a reign of terror imposed on the Patriots by the command of the British Major Patrick Ferguson. On Oct 6, 1780, the Patriot force of about 1400 was at Cowpens, SC, when word was received that Ferguson was only 40 miles away at King's Mountain, commanding a Tory force of about 1,100, all American Born.

Feruson was attacked on Oct 7, 1780, at noon and after one hour of fierce fighting the Patriots had won. Four hundred Tories were wounded or killed, about 700 were taken prisoner, and Ferguson himself was killed. When the battle was over, the Patriots moved back to their farms and work. Jacob and Millie in 1782 moved across the Savannah River into a portion of Wilkes County now known as Elbert County. The move was probably not over 10 miles to where he settled, about two and one-half miles southwest of Edinburg, a prosperous settlement at the mouth of Coldwater Creek where it empties into the Savannah River and now is Lake Richard B. Russell. On this land Jacob built a colonial home of forest logs, and there he died in 1791, laid to rest in what is now the old Cleveland Cemetery.

Additional Comments:

His wife Millie White was the daughter of Jeremiah White and Mary Martin of Albemarle Co., Va., some of their other children also moving to Elbert Co.

File at : http://files.usgarchives.net/ga/elbert/newspapers/revoluti12457gnw.txt

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:

Chandler Eavenson yonahdells@alltel.net November 8, 2007, 1:05 p.m.

"Will of Jacob Cleveland Executed April 4, 1790. Recorded May 16, 1791. Value of estate: P. 352; S., 7; D., 10.

Provisions: All just debts to be paid, 'Give to my wife house wherein I now l dwell with all furniture and lands and the negro named Chain, Tom and Aaron, and all other tenements that lie about it, and if the above named wench Chain have another child after this date I give it to my daughter, Elizabeth, during her life and then to her heirs if any and if she dies without any heirs then it shall fall to my two youngest sons, and to be equally divided between them, Reuben Cleveland and Daniel Cleveland and ITEM. I give to my son, Jeremiah Cleveland, a bond that I have on John Stagton.

Executors: Wife, Will Kidd and Jeremiah Cleveland

Witnesses: Reuben White and John White

THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF ELBERT CO. GA 1780-1935

page 209

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The parent of John Cleveland listed on the FIND-A-GRAVE is NOT correct, the parents of
Jeremiah and Sarah are correct.