Jane Brevard

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor #: A014072

In the book Peidmont Partisan, by Chalmers Davidson, it is told Jane Brevard was an old woman when her husband was away and she heard the British were coming...she sent her grown daughters to hide and was left to defend her home when the British Dragoons rode up to her home. They set it on fire and she ran back and forth trying to save some of the furniture. The soldiers laughed and threw the furniture back in the flames then tore her dress.

Her son, Ephraim Brevard, was the author of the Mechlenburg Declaration. He died from dysentery after being held prisoner at the surrender of Charleston. He was sent home to recover, but died a few miles before actually reaching his destination. Brevard College in North Carolina is named for him as well as the counties in N .C. and Florida.

Jane (McWhorter) Brevard was born 1726 in Pencander Hundred, New Castle Co., DE. She was d/o Hugh McWhorter & Jean Gillespie.

She married John Brevard s/o John Brevard & Katherine McKnitt in 1740 in Elk River, Cecil Co., MD.

She died 25 Mar 1800 in Mount Mourne, Rowan Co. (Now Iredell Co.), NC. She was buried Mar 1800 in Centre Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mount Mourne, Iredell Co., NC.

(some of the above information provided by Patricia Heath)

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Jane McWhorter Brevard BIRTH 1726 DEATH 25 Mar 1800 (aged 73–74) BURIAL Centre Presbyterian Church Cemetery Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA PLOT Plot W12 MEMORIAL ID 10885364 · View Source

Jane (McWhorter) Brevard was born 1726 in Pencander Hundred, New Castle Co., DE. She was d/o Hugh McWhorter & Jean Gillespie.

She married John Brevard s/o John Brevard & Katherine McKnitt in 1740 in Elk River, Cecil Co., MD.

She died 25 Mar 1800 in Mount Mourne, Rowan Co. (Now Iredell Co.), NC. She was buried Mar 1800 in Centre Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mount Mourne, Iredell Co., NC.

(some of the above information provided by Patricia Heath)

Family Members Parents Hugh McWhorter 1670–1749

Jane Gillespie McWhorter 1690–1757

Spouse Photo John Brevard 1716–1790 (m. 1740)

Siblings Photo Agnes McWhorter Osborn 1713–1776

John McWhorter 1714–1769

Photo Alexander McWhorter 1734–1807

Children Photo Ephraim Brevard 1744–1781

Mary Brevard Davidson 1747–1824

John Brevard 1750–1826

Photo Alexander Brevard 1755–1829

Photo Jane Brevard Davidson 1765–1833

Photo Joseph Brevard 1766–1821

Rebecca Brevard Jones 1766–1833

Inscription Jane Brevard departed this life March 25th A.D. 1800 in the 74th year of her age Gravesite Details (Daughter of Hugh McWhorter of County Armagh, Ireland; sister of Agnes McWhorter Osborn; in some records, she is referred to as Jean) Information copied exactly from on-line Centre Presbyterian Church Historic Cemetery Directory