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 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American frontiersman ⓘ
Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
militia officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Patriot cause ⓘ
United States ⓘ
birthDate 1738-05-26 ⓘ
birthPlace 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 ⓘ
deathDate 1806-10-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Pendleton District, South Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Cleveland ⓘ
fullName Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ
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 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 Appalachian frontier ⓘ
linked to: Appalachia

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

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cleveland → hasNotableBearer → Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ
Benjamin Cleveland → fullName → Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ
Cleveland County, North Carolina → namedAfter → Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ
subject linked to: Cleveland County
Cleveland County, North Carolina → namedAfter → Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ
John Cleveland → relativeOf → Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ
Larkin Cleveland → relativeOf → Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ
Mary Graves → spouse → Benjamin Cleveland ⓘ