Mecklenburg County NcArchives Biographies.....Sullivan, Patrick 
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Source: The Long Creek Settlement and the Gum Branch East of the Catawba River
Author: Unknown

Patrick Sullivan - Head of Household 1790 U.S. Census: Patrick Sullivan 
was a revolutionary soldier from Mecklenburg Co., NC; and is found 
residing next to William Ramsey by June 1779. Patrick and his father, 
Jeremiah Sullivan, enlisted twice at the same time under Capt. Jarrett. 
Patrick's father was killed ca. 1780, while serving as a private 
somewhere in GA. His brother, Daniel Sullivan, enlisted in SC troops, 
and was killed in Sept of 1781, during the Battle of Utawa Springs, 
thereby dying without issue. Daniel served as a private in the Light 
Dragoons under Capt. Samuel Martin, Lt. Col. William Polk and Gen. 
Sumter. Revolutionary War papers also reveal that an unnamed sister was 
still alive in 1820. Family Bible records found in Jeremiah Sullivan's 
DAR file gives the sister's name as Zelpah Sullivan, being named after 
their mother, Zelpah Ramsey, wife of Jeremiah Sullivan. 

Included with Patrick Sullivan in his 1790 household were one female 
head of house, two female children and one male child, thus giving 
Patrick Sullivan a birth range of ca. 1760-63. His DAR file gives his 
date of birth as Jan. 1759, in NC, and provides the following family 
data: he married Mary Hannah Roots in Dec. 1783, at Brunswick Co., NC, 
and their known children were: (1) Ezekiel, (2) Daniel, (3) Zelpah, (4) 
Patrick; the mother, Mary Hannah, died ca. 1790 at Greenville, SC, and 
the father, Patrick, died before 1818, in SC (Dist. 96). 

Patrick Sullivan's son, Daniel Sullivan, filed a petition from Lincoln 
Co., NC, to the NC General Assembly, to claim land for the family on 
the service of his father, Patrick, his uncle, Daniel, and his 
grandfather, Jeremiah Sullivan. Daniel Sullivan married  

Margaret/Peggy BOYD, daughter of John Boyd, brother-in-law to William 
Ramsey. On 11 Aug 1809, a Lincoln Co., NC marriage bond was issued to 
Daniel Sullivan and Peggy Boyd, with the bondsman as Robert Boyd, the 
senior son of John Boyd. John Boyd left his will in 1822, naming his 
wife, Susannah Boyd; his eldest daughter, Margaret Sullivan, wife of 
Daniel Sullivan, received the tract of land on both sides of Shady 
Branch by Clark's Creek; and their children identified as Mariah and 
Wesley Sullivan; he also left legacies for Robert Boyd, his eldest son, 
and sons James Boyd and John Boyd; his other grandchildren, Franklin 
Boyd, son of James, and Rhoda, daughter of James; and his second 
daughter, Jane, the wife of Lyman Woodford. On 21 Aug 1837, a Lincoln 
Co., NC marriage bond was issued to Daniel Keener and Mariah Sullivan 
with Lyman Woodford as bondsman. 

Shortly after 1800, the William Ramsey family, along with other 
Mecklenburg Co., NC families and descendants went to Rutherford Co., 
TN. On 23 Sept 1819, before the two acting Justices of Rutherford Co., 
TN, William Ramsey Senior and Nancy his wife, formerly of the State of 
North Carolina and County of Mecklenburg made oath that they were 
intimately acquainted with Jeremiah Sullivan and his two sons, Daniel 
and Patrick Sullivan, all of Mecklenburg Co., NC; and said these three 
men enlisted in the service of the United States for a term of eighteen 
months in the Revolutionary War, but did not return from said service 
until the expiration of two years, owing to their being detained 
through emergency; and further stated that said Jeremiah's family lived 
with said deponents all the times said Jeremiah was in said service or 
until said Jeremiah died in said service. [NC Secretary of State 
Revolutionary Papers, SS.767, Folders 315.1-3]

Additional Comments:
The above biography taken from:
The Long Creek Settlement and the Gum Branch East of the Catawba River, 
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: A Genealogical Survey of the 
Neighbors and Allied Families of William and Nancy Ramsey 
The record in its entirety can be seen in the History section of Mecklenburg Co. NC
USGenWeb Archives Project.

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