Martha Bratton (née Robertson, c. 1750 – 1816) bụ nwanyị America kwadoro ihe kpatara Patriot n'oge Agha Mgbanwe nke America. N'afọ 1780, ọ gbawara oghere nke ntụ egbe ka ọ ghara ịdaba n'aka ndị Britain.Ndị agha nke British Legion jụrụ ya ajụjụ banyere ebe di ya bụ William nọ na June nke afọ ahụ, agha wee malite mgbe o jiri ohu gwa ya mmegharị ha. Ụlọ ha, ụlọ akwụkwọ ụmụ nwanyị mgbe Bratton nwụsịrị, bụ otu n'ime ihe onwunwe nke Brattonsville Historic District, nke edepụtara na National Register of Historic Places.

Ndụ mbido

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Ụlọ Revolutionary, nke Colonel William Bratton (onye lụrụ agha na Revolutionary War) wuru na 1776, bụ ụlọ osisi nwere otu ọnụ ụlọ nwere obere veranda. E mechara gbakwunye mgbakwunye na ihe owuwu mbụ ahụ, a na-etinyekwa akụkụ clapboard n'elu osisi mbụ.

Na 1750 Martha Robertson mụrụ na Rowan County, North Carolina nye Hugh Robertson na Luisa Steele [1] [2] [3] Ọ lụrụ William Bratton ebe ahụ na 1765, ghọrọ Martha Bratton.[3] A mụrụ William na Pennsylvania, [2] ma ọ bụ County Antrim, Ireland na 1743.[1]

Ndị dị ndụ mgbe Bratton dere akwụkwọ testament ya bụ ụmụ nwanyị Mary, Jean, Martha Foster, Ealie (Elsie) Sadler, Agnes McCaw, na Elizabeth Gavine, na ụmụ nwoke John S. na William Bratton. A mụrụ nwa ha nwanyị Alise (Elsie) na 1766 na nwa nwoke William a mụrụ na 1774 na York, South Carolina. Ụlọ ha, ihe onwunwe nke Brattonsville Historic District, bụ ndepụta na National Register of Historic Places . [2][3]

Agha Mgbanwe nke America

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N'oge Agha Mgbanwe nke America, e nyere William ọrụ na South Carolina Militia, na-eje ozi n'okpuru Thomas Sumter n'ọkwa onye agha na ịhụ ihe omume na Huck's Defeat.[1][2] Tupu nnọchibido nke Charleston na 1780, a na-echekwa ebe nchekwa egbe n'ụlọ Bratton dị na South Carolina na nzaghachi nye iwu sitere n'aka Gọvanọ John Rutledge.[4] Ndị Britain bịara mara banyere ọnụnọ nke ebe nchekwa a wee gaa weghara ya. Ebe ọ bụ na oge ezughi ezu iji wepụ ntụ ọkụ ahụ, Bratton gbagburu ya, na-eme ka oge mgbawa ahụ kwekọọ na mbata nke ndị agha Britain zitere iji weghara ebe nchekwa ahụ.[5][6] N'ịbụ onye a na-eyi egwu ntaramahụhụ siri ike, ọ gwara ndị Britain, sị: "Ka ihe ga-esi na ya pụta bụrụ ihe ọ ga-eme, ana m otuto n'igbochi ihe ọjọọ ndị iro obi ọjọọ nke mba m tụlere". [6]

 
Onye agha British Legion na-eyi egwu igbu Bratton ma ọ bụrụ na ọ kpughere ebe di ya nọ. (Ihe osise nke etiti narị afọ nke iri na itoolu, Harper's Weekly)

Na June 1780, ndị agha nke British Legion, otu ndị agha Loyalist, jụrụ Bratton ajụjụ maka ebe di ya nọ.[4] Ọ jụrụ ikpughe ọnọdụ ya, ọbụlagodi mgbe onye agha Loyalist ji mma owuwe ihe ubi n'olu ya. N'abalị ahụ, Bratton zigaara di ya ozi banyere ebe ndị agha Britain nọ site na Watt, ohu ezinụlọ ohu, kpalitere mwakpo mberede nke ndị agha William. Ọgbọ agha gụnyere ụlọ ya; o tinyere nwa ya nwoke n'ime igwe anwụrụ ọkụ ka ọ ghara imerụ ya ahụ site na egbe kpafuru akpafu. Ndị America meriri na-atụba ọtụtụ ndị mkpọrọ Britain n'ụlọ Bratton.[1] Martha lekọtara ma ndị agha America na ndị Britain merụrụ ahụ n'oge agha ahụ.[4]

Ọnwụ na ihe nketa

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William nwụrụ na 1815 na Bratton otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị. Ha abụọ nwụrụ na York, South Carolina, n'ihe bụ Brattonsville ugbu a. Mgbe Bratton nwụsịrị, nwa ya nwoke ketara ụlọ ya ma mesịa gbanwee ya ka ọ bụrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ ụmụ nwanyị.[6] N'ime testament ya, Bratton kpọrọ aha ndị ohu 48 o nwere. A gụrụ Brattonsville aha di na nwunye ahụ.

Edensibia

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  1. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SAR
  2. Ruhr (February 14, 1971). Bethesda Presbyterian Church (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved on 8 September 2012.
  3. Brattonsville Historic District, York County (Brattonsville). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved on 16 September 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Martha Bratton", Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, 360–361. 
  5. Silcox-Garrett, Diane. "Heroines of the American Revolution", Baltimore Sun, 30 September 1998.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Martha Bratton. National Women's History Museum. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.. National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 26 April 2013.

Akwụkwọ

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