The death date is not shown. She would had actually passed away after 1811,
Margaret sailed to the colonies with her husband James Dysart leaving her parents and relatives, her father may had been William Stewart.
Margaret and James arrived in Chester Co. Pa. where their older sons John and William were born, and later to Rowan Co. where Mary E. was born. Then again to Mecklenburg Co. NC about 1768. Their son John moved then to Burke Co. which is now McDowell Co. NC with his family before the war. It was here that her son William and husband James entered into the war. And on Feb 1,1781 a battle took place about 12 miles from their home and she and her daughter Mary Elizabeth and son James Y S Dysart could hear the battle begin with canon fire along with small arms fire echoing in the distance. They did not know till afterwards that it was the canon fire that took her boy William and husbands life and their commander after minutes it began, it was known as the Battle of Cowan's Ford. Only four men died and this was on the patriots side. This loss must have been heartbreaking feeling that only those that been through it would know. It is said that the soldiers had to wait til the evening to recover their bodies. This account was given by her daughter Mary Elizabeth in July 22, 1841 as a sworn statement to an open court as she was applying for a Pension from her husband's service in the war, Robert Patton. She states at the end of the third paragraph that William left "my father James Dysart lived and came to Burke, I think in the year 1779 or 1780 on his return. I frequently heard him speak of Capt. Robert Patton -- My brother William was killed at Cowans Ford by the British not more than 12 miles from my father's and I remember distinctly to have heard the firings of guns at the time." After James's passing, Margaret sold her land which was at Maillard Creek and Stony Creek on Oct 11 1781, to Samuel Alexander and moved west to where John was living. Then moved out with her son John B Dysart to Garrard Co. KY, where John married to his second wife Martha Woods, daughter of Capt. Samuel Woods, on 1 or the 5 April 1800; John's oldest son was also married there. Later, Margaret moved again with son John and his family to Williamson Co Tn. By 1811 they traveled to Marshall Co. Tn where they are listed with Old Bethbirel Church which was formed that year. As for her maiden name, others point to another name that of Young, but this name may belong to her husband's grand mother side and not of Margaret's. This may be the reason why her son James was given both middle names.
Contributing to this writing by
Ann Regen Myhre
Margaret sailed to the colonies with her husband James Dysart leaving her parents and relatives, her father may had been William Stewart.
Margaret and James arrived in Chester Co. Pa. where their older sons John and William were born, and later to Rowan Co. where Mary E. was born. Then again to Mecklenburg Co. NC about 1768. Their son John moved then to Burke Co. which is now McDowell Co. NC with his family before the war. It was here that her son William and husband James entered into the war. And on Feb 1,1781 a battle took place about 12 miles from their home and she and her daughter Mary Elizabeth and son James Y S Dysart could hear the battle begin with canon fire along with small arms fire echoing in the distance. They did not know till afterwards that it was the canon fire that took her boy William and husbands life and their commander after minutes it began, it was known as the Battle of Cowan's Ford. Only four men died and this was on the patriots side. This loss must have been heartbreaking feeling that only those that been through it would know. It is said that the soldiers had to wait til the evening to recover their bodies. This account was given by her daughter Mary Elizabeth in July 22, 1841 as a sworn statement to an open court as she was applying for a Pension from her husband's service in the war, Robert Patton. She states at the end of the third paragraph that William left "my father James Dysart lived and came to Burke, I think in the year 1779 or 1780 on his return. I frequently heard him speak of Capt. Robert Patton -- My brother William was killed at Cowans Ford by the British not more than 12 miles from my father's and I remember distinctly to have heard the firings of guns at the time." After James's passing, Margaret sold her land which was at Maillard Creek and Stony Creek on Oct 11 1781, to Samuel Alexander and moved west to where John was living. Then moved out with her son John B Dysart to Garrard Co. KY, where John married to his second wife Martha Woods, daughter of Capt. Samuel Woods, on 1 or the 5 April 1800; John's oldest son was also married there. Later, Margaret moved again with son John and his family to Williamson Co Tn. By 1811 they traveled to Marshall Co. Tn where they are listed with Old Bethbirel Church which was formed that year. As for her maiden name, others point to another name that of Young, but this name may belong to her husband's grand mother side and not of Margaret's. This may be the reason why her son James was given both middle names.
Contributing to this writing by
Ann Regen Myhre
The death date is not shown. She would had actually passed away after 1811,
Margaret sailed to the colonies with her husband James Dysart leaving her parents and relatives, her father may had been William Stewart.
Margaret and James arrived in Chester Co. Pa. where their older sons John and William were born, and later to Rowan Co. where Mary E. was born. Then again to Mecklenburg Co. NC about 1768. Their son John moved then to Burke Co. which is now McDowell Co. NC with his family before the war. It was here that her son William and husband James entered into the war. And on Feb 1,1781 a battle took place about 12 miles from their home and she and her daughter Mary Elizabeth and son James Y S Dysart could hear the battle begin with canon fire along with small arms fire echoing in the distance. They did not know till afterwards that it was the canon fire that took her boy William and husbands life and their commander after minutes it began, it was known as the Battle of Cowan's Ford. Only four men died and this was on the patriots side. This loss must have been heartbreaking feeling that only those that been through it would know. It is said that the soldiers had to wait til the evening to recover their bodies. This account was given by her daughter Mary Elizabeth in July 22, 1841 as a sworn statement to an open court as she was applying for a Pension from her husband's service in the war, Robert Patton. She states at the end of the third paragraph that William left "my father James Dysart lived and came to Burke, I think in the year 1779 or 1780 on his return. I frequently heard him speak of Capt. Robert Patton -- My brother William was killed at Cowans Ford by the British not more than 12 miles from my father's and I remember distinctly to have heard the firings of guns at the time." After James's passing, Margaret sold her land which was at Maillard Creek and Stony Creek on Oct 11 1781, to Samuel Alexander and moved west to where John was living. Then moved out with her son John B Dysart to Garrard Co. KY, where John married to his second wife Martha Woods, daughter of Capt. Samuel Woods, on 1 or the 5 April 1800; John's oldest son was also married there. Later, Margaret moved again with son John and his family to Williamson Co Tn. By 1811 they traveled to Marshall Co. Tn where they are listed with Old Bethbirel Church which was formed that year. As for her maiden name, others point to another name that of Young, but this name may belong to her husband's grand mother side and not of Margaret's. This may be the reason why her son James was given both middle names.
Contributing to this writing by
Ann Regen Myhre
Margaret sailed to the colonies with her husband James Dysart leaving her parents and relatives, her father may had been William Stewart.
Margaret and James arrived in Chester Co. Pa. where their older sons John and William were born, and later to Rowan Co. where Mary E. was born. Then again to Mecklenburg Co. NC about 1768. Their son John moved then to Burke Co. which is now McDowell Co. NC with his family before the war. It was here that her son William and husband James entered into the war. And on Feb 1,1781 a battle took place about 12 miles from their home and she and her daughter Mary Elizabeth and son James Y S Dysart could hear the battle begin with canon fire along with small arms fire echoing in the distance. They did not know till afterwards that it was the canon fire that took her boy William and husbands life and their commander after minutes it began, it was known as the Battle of Cowan's Ford. Only four men died and this was on the patriots side. This loss must have been heartbreaking feeling that only those that been through it would know. It is said that the soldiers had to wait til the evening to recover their bodies. This account was given by her daughter Mary Elizabeth in July 22, 1841 as a sworn statement to an open court as she was applying for a Pension from her husband's service in the war, Robert Patton. She states at the end of the third paragraph that William left "my father James Dysart lived and came to Burke, I think in the year 1779 or 1780 on his return. I frequently heard him speak of Capt. Robert Patton -- My brother William was killed at Cowans Ford by the British not more than 12 miles from my father's and I remember distinctly to have heard the firings of guns at the time." After James's passing, Margaret sold her land which was at Maillard Creek and Stony Creek on Oct 11 1781, to Samuel Alexander and moved west to where John was living. Then moved out with her son John B Dysart to Garrard Co. KY, where John married to his second wife Martha Woods, daughter of Capt. Samuel Woods, on 1 or the 5 April 1800; John's oldest son was also married there. Later, Margaret moved again with son John and his family to Williamson Co Tn. By 1811 they traveled to Marshall Co. Tn where they are listed with Old Bethbirel Church which was formed that year. As for her maiden name, others point to another name that of Young, but this name may belong to her husband's grand mother side and not of Margaret's. This may be the reason why her son James was given both middle names.
Contributing to this writing by
Ann Regen Myhre
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