Grave Marking

Machpelah Presbyterian Church, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAVE MARKING CEREMONIES AT MACHPELAH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND PLONK FAMILY CEMETERY, LINCOLN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HONOR LOCAL PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION   The North Carolina Society  Sons of the American Revolution   The Mecklenburg & Catawba Valley Chapters of the North Carolina Society, SAR invite you to attend a Patriot Grave Marking Ceremony honoring General Joseph Graham and Captain Alexander Brevard   Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 10 a.m.   Historic Machpelah Presbyterian Church Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina   The church's address is: 226 Brevard Place Road Iron Station, NC 28080   Joseph Graham enlisted as a Private in the 4th Regt. NC, Continental Line. While at Bladensburg, Maryland, and hearing of the Battle of Monmouth on June 11, the 4th NC was sent south in late 1778 to meet the British threat in Georgia and South Carolina. He later served as Adjutant, Captain, and then Major in command of the Mecklenburg Country Dragoons from 1779-1781. Graham and his men fought in 15 engagements across North Carolina and in South Carolina during the American Revolution. He served as a Brigadier General with the North Carolina militia in General Andrew Jackson's "Creek Indian Campaign" during the War of 1812. Afterward, he was Major General of the 5th Division, North Carolina Militia. Graham Street, a major thoroughfare in Charlotte, is named in his honor. He is an ancestor of the Rev. Billy Graham.   Alexander Brevard served as Ensign in the 4th North Carolina, and later First Lieutenant in the 1st North Carolina, Continental Line, from 1776-1778, until ill health while at Valley Forge forced him to return to North Carolina. He served as Captain of the 1st North Carolina and Quartermaster to Gen. Gates, participating in the battles of Camden and Eutaw Springs, where he was cited for gallantry. Brevard had a total of 84 months of Continental service, and was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.   Both men were leaders of iron manufacturing in Lincoln County after the Revolution, partnering with their father in law, Major John Davidson, a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.      Grave Marking and Highway Marker Dedication Honoring Patriot Jacob Plonk II Sponsored by: Mecklenburg Chapter, NCSSAR, and Lincoln County Historical Association  Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.  Plonk Family Cemetery 1550 Old Lincolnton Crouse Rd. Crouse, North Carolina Media Contact Jason L. Harpe Executive Director Lincoln County Historical Association 403 East Main Street Lincolnton, NC  28092 (704) 477-0987 lcmh@bellsouth.net © Copyright 2014 Lincoln County Historical Association. All rights reserved.

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