Benjamin Cleveland

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Benjamin Cleveland was an American frontiersman and militia colonel best known for his leadership in the Patriot victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain during the American Revolutionary War.

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Benjamin Cleveland canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American frontiersman
Patriot (American Revolution)
militia officer
person
allegiance Patriot cause
United States of America
surface form: United States
birthDate 1738-05-26
birthPlace Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Colony of Virginia

Orange County, Virginia Colony
burialPlace Old Pickens, South Carolina
South Carolina
category American Revolutionary War militia officers
American frontiersmen
American pioneers
People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
commanded Wilkes County Regiment of the North Carolina militia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1806-10-15
deathPlace Pendleton District, South Carolina
South Carolina
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Cleveland
fullName Benjamin Cleveland self-link
givenName Benjamin
hasRelative John Cleveland
Larkin Cleveland
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era
knownFor Patriot leadership at the Battle of Kings Mountain
service in the North Carolina militia
militaryBranch Province of North Carolina militia
surface form: North Carolina militia
militaryConflict Battle of Kings Mountain
militaryRank colonel
militaryUnit Wilkes County Regiment of the North Carolina militia
notableAction suppression of Loyalist activity in western North Carolina
notableEvent Battle of Kings Mountain
notableWork leadership at the Battle of Kings Mountain
occupation frontiersman
militia officer
planter
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
regionActive Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian frontier

backcountry of North Carolina
residence North Carolina
Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
side Patriots
spouse Mary Graves

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Cleveland hasNotableBearer Benjamin Cleveland
Benjamin Cleveland fullName Benjamin Cleveland self-link
Cleveland County namedAfter Benjamin Cleveland
subject surface form: Cleveland County, North Carolina
Cleveland County, North Carolina namedAfter Benjamin Cleveland