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| name = William Bratton
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1743}}<!-- For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. -->
| birth_place = [[Pennsylvania]] or [[County Antrim]], Ireland
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| death_place = [[Brattonsville, South Carolina]]
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'''William Bratton''' (1743 – 1815) was an American [[Patriot (American Revolution)|patriot]] during the [[American Revolution|Revolutionary War]]. Their house, a girl's school after Bratton's death, is one of the properties of the [[Brattonsville Historic District]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
==Early life==
[[File:Historic Brattonsville main house.jpg|thumb|The Revolutionary House, built in 1776 by Colonel William Bratton (who fought in the Revolutionary War), was originally a one-room log house with a small porch. Later additions were added to the original structure, and clapboard siding was placed over the original logs.]]
William Bratton was born in Pennsylvania,<ref name="FH" /> or [[County Antrim]], Ireland in 1743.<ref name="SAR" /> He married [[Martha Bratton|Martha Robertson]] in [[Rowan County, North Carolina]] in 1765.<ref name="SAR" /> Martha was born in Rowan County<ref name="FH">{{citation | title=Martha Robertson Bratton | work=Lineage Book, NSDAR, Volume 162, 1920 for the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line] |location= Provo, Utah | via=Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. | year= 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Appletons">{{cite book | title=Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 |chapter= Martha Bratton|volume= I: Aaron - Crandall | pages=360–361 }}</ref> in 1750.<ref name="FH" /><ref name="SAR" />
Alive when Martha wrote her will were daughters Mary, Jean, Martha Foster, Ealie (Elsie) Sadler, Agnes McCaw, and Elizabeth Gavine, and sons John S. and William Bratton.<ref name="Will" /> Their daughter Alise (Elsie) was born on 1766<ref name="FH" /> and son William was born in 1774 in [[York, South Carolina]].<ref name="SAR">{{citation | title=Col. William Bratton, application January 17, 1924, SAR membership 39652 | work=Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 | location=Louisville, Kentucky | publisher= National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution | via=ancestry.com}}</ref> Their house, a property of the [[Brattonsville Historic District]], is a listing on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | last = Ruhr | first = Nancy R. | title = Bethesda Presbyterian Church | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = February 14, 1971 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/york/S10817746003/S10817746003.pdf| format = pdf | accessdate = 8 September 2012}}</ref><ref name = scdah>{{Cite web | title = Brattonsville Historic District, York County (Brattonsville) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/york/S10817746003/index.htm | accessdate = 16 September 2012}}</ref>
==Revolutionary war==
Bratton, a colonel in the [[Continental Army]],<ref name="Appletons" /> served under [[Thomas Sumter]] and fought at [[Huck's Defeat]].<ref name="FH" />
In June 1780, the British questioned Martha as to her husband's location.<ref name="Appletons" /> She refused to reveal his position, even as a British soldier held a [[reaping-hook]] at her throat. That night, Watt, an enslaved family servant, she sent a message to Bratton about where the British were staying, prompting a surprise attack by the patriots. The battlefield included his home. The victorious patriots housed a number of captured British soldiers in the Bratton home.<ref name=nwhm>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/martha-bratton/|accessdate=26 April 2013|title=Martha Bratton|publisher=National Women's History Museum}}</ref> Martha nursed the wounded American and British soldiers.<ref name="Appletons" />
==Death and legacy==
William died in 1815 and Bratton a year later. They both died in [[York, South Carolina]],<ref name="SAR" /> in what is now [[Brattonsville, South Carolina]].<ref name="FH" /> After Martha's death, their son inherited their home and later converted it into a school for girls.<ref name=nwhm/> In her will, Martha named 48 enslaved people.<ref name="Will">{{citation | title=Martha Bratton | work=South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 [database on-line] | location= Provo, Utah | publisher= Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. |year= 2015 }}</ref>
[[Brattonsville, South Carolina]] was named after the couple.
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{{Infobox person
| name = William Bratton
| image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1743}}<!-- For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. -->
| birth_place = [[Pennsylvania]] or [[County Antrim]], Ireland
| death_date = {{Death year|1815}} <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) -->
| death_place = [[Brattonsville, South Carolina]]
| nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| other_names =
| spouse = [[Martha Bratton]]
| occupation =
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
}}
'''William Bratton''' (1743 – 1815) was an American [[Patriot (American Revolution)|patriot]] during the [[American Revolution|Revolutionary War]]. Their house, a girl's school after Bratton's death, is one of the properties of the [[Brattonsville Historic District]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
==Early life==
[[File:Historic Brattonsville main house.jpg|thumb|The Revolutionary House, built in 1776 by Colonel William Bratton (who fought in the Revolutionary War), was originally a one-room log house with a small porch. Later additions were added to the original structure, and clapboard siding was placed over the original logs.]]
William Bratton was born in Pennsylvania,<ref name="FH" /> or [[County Antrim]], Ireland in 1743.<ref name="SAR" /> He married [[Martha Bratton|Martha Robertson]] in [[Rowan County, North Carolina]] in 1765.<ref name="SAR" /> Martha was born in Rowan County<ref name="FH">{{citation | title=Martha Robertson Bratton | work=Lineage Book, NSDAR, Volume 162, 1920 for the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line] |location= Provo, Utah | via=Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. | year= 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Appletons">{{cite book | title=Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 |chapter= Martha Bratton|volume= I: Aaron - Crandall | pages=360–361 }}</ref> in 1750.<ref name="FH" /><ref name="SAR" />
Alive when Martha wrote her will were daughters Mary, Jean, Martha Foster, Ealie (Elsie) Sadler, Agnes McCaw, and Elizabeth Gavine, and sons John S. and William Bratton.<ref name="Will" /> Their daughter Alise (Elsie) was born on 1766<ref name="FH" /> and son William was born in 1774 in [[York, South Carolina]].<ref name="SAR">{{citation | title=Col. William Bratton, application January 17, 1924, SAR membership 39652 | work=Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 | location=Louisville, Kentucky | publisher= National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution | via=ancestry.com}}</ref> Their house, a property of the [[Brattonsville Historic District]], is a listing on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | last = Ruhr | first = Nancy R. | title = Bethesda Presbyterian Church | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = February 14, 1971 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/york/S10817746003/S10817746003.pdf| format = pdf | accessdate = 8 September 2012}}</ref><ref name = scdah>{{Cite web | title = Brattonsville Historic District, York County (Brattonsville) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/york/S10817746003/index.htm | accessdate = 16 September 2012}}</ref>
==Revolutionary war==
Bratton, a colonel in the [[Continental Army]],<ref name="Appletons" /> served under [[Thomas Sumter]] and fought at [[Huck's Defeat]].<ref name="FH" />
In June 1780, the British questioned Martha as to her husband's location.<ref name="Appletons" /> She refused to reveal his position, even as a British soldier held a [[reaping-hook]] at her throat. That night, Watt, an enslaved family servant, she sent a message to Bratton about where the British were staying, prompting a surprise attack by the patriots. The battlefield included his home. The victorious patriots housed a number of captured British soldiers in the Bratton home.<ref name=nwhm>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/martha-bratton/|accessdate=26 April 2013|title=Martha Bratton|publisher=National Women's History Museum}}</ref> Martha nursed the wounded American and British soldiers.<ref name="Appletons" />
==Death and legacy==
William died in 1815 and Bratton a year later. They both died in [[York, South Carolina]],<ref name="SAR" /> in what is now [[Brattonsville, South Carolina]].<ref name="FH" /> After Martha's death, their son inherited their home and later converted it into a school for girls.<ref name=nwhm/> In her will, Martha named 48 enslaved people.<ref name="Will">{{citation | title=Martha Bratton | work=South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 [database on-line] | location= Provo, Utah | publisher= Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. |year= 2015 }}</ref>
[[Brattonsville, South Carolina]] was named after the couple.
==References==
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{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bratton, William}}
[[Category:1743 births]]
[[Category:1815 deaths]]
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