Martha Bratton
BIRTH
1749
unknown
DEATH
January 16, 1816
unknown
FAMILY
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Bratton, Martha
(1749-1816)
Martha Bratton was a South Carolina Patriot remembered for destroying a family gunpowder supply rather than allowing it to fall into British hands. She also aided wounded soldiers and endured questioning by Loyalist forces during the southern war.
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Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Huck's Defeat - Brattonsville | 1444 Brattonsville Rd, McConnells, SC 29726 | PARK |
DIED:
unknown
Jan 16, 1816
The exact date and place of Martha Bratton’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Martha Bratton is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Martha Bratton died on Jan 16, 1816 in unknown. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.