Benjamin Patton: Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War hero.
Benjamin Patton was one of the earliest settlers in the eastern part
of Mecklenburg county (now Cabarrus). He has been described as 'an early and devoted friend of liberty'.
He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress which met at Newbern on the 25th of August, 1774, two years before Congress would dare to pass a national declaration. Although it was not a battle, or conflict of arms, yet it was the first and leading act in a great drama, in which battles and blood were the direct and inevitable consequences.
Tradition says that Mr. Patton, not being able to procure a horse or any other forms of transportation, walked 300 miles from Charlotte to New Bern, rather than not be present to vote with those determined on liberty or death. Although then advanced in years, he showed all the enthusiasm of youth. At the Provincial Congress which met at Hillsboro on the 21st of August, 1775, he was appointed Major of the 2nd Continental regiment.
He was also a member of the Committee of Safety for Mecklenburg. They were a "terror unto evil doers."
He was a man of considerable learning, of ardent temperament, and of Christian integrity.
[Source: SKETCHES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, By C. L. HUNTER - 1877]
In June of 1893 the Charlotte Observer sent out a call for this grave to be properly marked and decorated. [source: Charlotte Observer, Sunday, Jun 11, 1893]
Benjamin Patton was one of the earliest settlers in the eastern part
of Mecklenburg county (now Cabarrus). He has been described as 'an early and devoted friend of liberty'.
He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress which met at Newbern on the 25th of August, 1774, two years before Congress would dare to pass a national declaration. Although it was not a battle, or conflict of arms, yet it was the first and leading act in a great drama, in which battles and blood were the direct and inevitable consequences.
Tradition says that Mr. Patton, not being able to procure a horse or any other forms of transportation, walked 300 miles from Charlotte to New Bern, rather than not be present to vote with those determined on liberty or death. Although then advanced in years, he showed all the enthusiasm of youth. At the Provincial Congress which met at Hillsboro on the 21st of August, 1775, he was appointed Major of the 2nd Continental regiment.
He was also a member of the Committee of Safety for Mecklenburg. They were a "terror unto evil doers."
He was a man of considerable learning, of ardent temperament, and of Christian integrity.
[Source: SKETCHES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, By C. L. HUNTER - 1877]
In June of 1893 the Charlotte Observer sent out a call for this grave to be properly marked and decorated. [source: Charlotte Observer, Sunday, Jun 11, 1893]
Benjamin Patton: Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War hero.
Benjamin Patton was one of the earliest settlers in the eastern part
of Mecklenburg county (now Cabarrus). He has been described as 'an early and devoted friend of liberty'.
He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress which met at Newbern on the 25th of August, 1774, two years before Congress would dare to pass a national declaration. Although it was not a battle, or conflict of arms, yet it was the first and leading act in a great drama, in which battles and blood were the direct and inevitable consequences.
Tradition says that Mr. Patton, not being able to procure a horse or any other forms of transportation, walked 300 miles from Charlotte to New Bern, rather than not be present to vote with those determined on liberty or death. Although then advanced in years, he showed all the enthusiasm of youth. At the Provincial Congress which met at Hillsboro on the 21st of August, 1775, he was appointed Major of the 2nd Continental regiment.
He was also a member of the Committee of Safety for Mecklenburg. They were a "terror unto evil doers."
He was a man of considerable learning, of ardent temperament, and of Christian integrity.
[Source: SKETCHES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, By C. L. HUNTER - 1877]
In June of 1893 the Charlotte Observer sent out a call for this grave to be properly marked and decorated. [source: Charlotte Observer, Sunday, Jun 11, 1893]
Benjamin Patton was one of the earliest settlers in the eastern part
of Mecklenburg county (now Cabarrus). He has been described as 'an early and devoted friend of liberty'.
He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress which met at Newbern on the 25th of August, 1774, two years before Congress would dare to pass a national declaration. Although it was not a battle, or conflict of arms, yet it was the first and leading act in a great drama, in which battles and blood were the direct and inevitable consequences.
Tradition says that Mr. Patton, not being able to procure a horse or any other forms of transportation, walked 300 miles from Charlotte to New Bern, rather than not be present to vote with those determined on liberty or death. Although then advanced in years, he showed all the enthusiasm of youth. At the Provincial Congress which met at Hillsboro on the 21st of August, 1775, he was appointed Major of the 2nd Continental regiment.
He was also a member of the Committee of Safety for Mecklenburg. They were a "terror unto evil doers."
He was a man of considerable learning, of ardent temperament, and of Christian integrity.
[Source: SKETCHES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, By C. L. HUNTER - 1877]
In June of 1893 the Charlotte Observer sent out a call for this grave to be properly marked and decorated. [source: Charlotte Observer, Sunday, Jun 11, 1893]
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