Dr. Ephraim Brevard

1744 - 1781  (37 years)

• Name	Ephraim Brevard
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1744	Cecil County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Will	20 Jul 1781	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  	Will Book A, pp. 113-114 C. R. 065.801.12 Will of Ephraim Brevard of Mecklenburg County ... all estate real & personal to my daughter Martha Brevard... should daughter Martha die before the age of maturity, to my youngest brother Joseph Brevard, the unimproved lot in Charlotte; Col. Thomas Polk to procure in said Town one lot of equal value & convey the same to my brother Joseph ... father in law Col. Thomas Polk, brother Alexander Brevard, & Rev. Thomas H. Mcall, exrs. 20 July 1781 Ephraim Brevard (Seal) Wit: Hez. Alexander Abrm Alexander Edwd Giles Wm Patterson
  Died	30 Jul 1781	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  Buried	Aft 30 Jul 1781	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  	According to the History of Mecklenburg County 1740-1900, his remains were buried beside those of his wife in Charlotte on a lot now occupied by the county courthouse. The particular place of his interment is unknown.
  Person ID	I610	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	John Brevard,   b. 1715, Cecil County, Maryland ,   d. 15 Sep 1790, Iredell County, North Carolina  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Jane McWhorter,   b. Abt 1725, New Jersey ,   d. 25 Mar 1800  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	Bef 1744
  Family ID	F232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Polk,   b. Abt 1744, North Carolina ,   d. 1780  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1779	Rowan County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Martha Brevard,   b. Abt 1780, North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1830  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2008
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 17 Nov 1779 - Rowan County, North Carolina Will - 20 Jul 1781 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Died - 30 Jul 1781 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Buried - Aft 30 Jul 1781 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Ephraim Bevard was the author of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence which was so enthusiatically ratified by the Convention assembled at Charlotte in May 1775. The Convention then and there (assembled) appointed what they called a Committee of Safety, a kind of Legislature, which held regular monthly meetings at Salisburg in Rowan County. Ephraim McLean was a member of that committee. At the meeting of the committee, October 1775, it was ordered that three additional brigades should be raised. Thomas POlk was appointed Colonel, Charles McLean, Major of one of those brigades.