Robert Cleveland Log House, Wilkesboro, NC
**Cleveland, Robert, Log House** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 72001003, date listed 1972-02-01
(relocated to Wilkesboro)
Wilkesboro, NC (Wilkes County)
About 1775 Robert Cleveland moved from Virginia to what is now Wilkes County, North Carolina, and settled on a tract he had been granted near the Yadkin River. During the Revolution Robert Cleveland and his brother, Benjamin, who lived nearby, took an active part in reprisals against local Tories who were often accused of various crimes. Benjamin in particular was known for pursuing and hanging without delay a number of Tories. In the Battle of Kings Mountain, Benjamin served as a colonel in the militia and led one of the four columns which successfully assaulted the British position. Robert Cleveland was captain of a company in his brother's regiment. This victory of the colonial militia over the British was a significant one in that it forced General Cornwallis to withdraw into South Carolina and gave much-needed encouragement to revolutionary forces throughout the colonies.
It was probably around 1780 that Captain Robert Cleveland, as he was called, built the present log house located on the "north fork of Lewis's Fork of the Yadkin River." The census of 1790 shows the Cleveland household consisted of twenty-four persons, including ten slaves. At least part of the activity of the farm was devoted to the making of whiskey as is evident from Cleveland's will. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WK0001.pdf
Robert Cleveland Log House, Wilkesboro, NC
**Cleveland, Robert, Log House** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 72001003, date listed 1972-02-01
(relocated to Wilkesboro)
Wilkesboro, NC (Wilkes County)
About 1775 Robert Cleveland moved from Virginia to what is now Wilkes County, North Carolina, and settled on a tract he had been granted near the Yadkin River. During the Revolution Robert Cleveland and his brother, Benjamin, who lived nearby, took an active part in reprisals against local Tories who were often accused of various crimes. Benjamin in particular was known for pursuing and hanging without delay a number of Tories. In the Battle of Kings Mountain, Benjamin served as a colonel in the militia and led one of the four columns which successfully assaulted the British position. Robert Cleveland was captain of a company in his brother's regiment. This victory of the colonial militia over the British was a significant one in that it forced General Cornwallis to withdraw into South Carolina and gave much-needed encouragement to revolutionary forces throughout the colonies.
It was probably around 1780 that Captain Robert Cleveland, as he was called, built the present log house located on the "north fork of Lewis's Fork of the Yadkin River." The census of 1790 shows the Cleveland household consisted of twenty-four persons, including ten slaves. At least part of the activity of the farm was devoted to the making of whiskey as is evident from Cleveland's will. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WK0001.pdf