Third Generation

40. Larkin Cleveland was born on 6 April 1748 in Orange Co., VA.⁹¹ Larkin died in Giles Co., TN on 9 July 1814 and was buried at Buford Station Cemetery in Lynnville, Giles Co., TN in July 1814 .^92,93

"...Lieutenant Larkin Cleveland, a younger brother of the Colonel. It was some ten miles from Crider's Fort, crossing the Brushy mountain, to Lovelady's Ford of the Catawba. While crossing the river, Lieutenant Cleveland, with the advance, after having passed a narrow defile between a rocky cliff and the stream, was shot by some concealed Tories in the cliff, severely wounding him in the thigh. The Loyalists had learned of Colonel Cleveland's march, and had resolved on his destruction, hoping thereby to cripple the expedition and possibly defeat its object. Colonel Cleveland and his brother very much resembled each other in size and general appearance; and the Tories probably mistook the latter for the Colonel.

"The men in the rear, on hearing the volley, rushed forward to surround the daring party in ambush, and, if possible, to effect their capture; but the birds had flown. Sending the wounded Lieutenant in a canoe up the river, the troops forded the stream without further trouble, and advancing half a dozen miles, passed through Morganton - or what was shortly after so named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, the hero of Cowpens; and, about two miles west of that point, they again reached and re-crossed the Catawba, meeting with a joyful reception by the McDowells and the mountaineers at the Quaker Meadows. Here Lieutenant Cleveland was confided to the care of the widowed mother of the McDowells, who bestowed every attention upon the unfortunate officer. Though he in time recovered, he was a cripple for life."

Larkin Cleveland and Frances Wright were married. Frances Wright was born on 6 August 1756. Frances died in Dallas Co., AL on 26 March 1836 and was buried at Old Govan Cemetery in Selma, Dallas Co., AL in March 1836 .⁹⁴