Benjamin Cleveland
Inscription
Colonel in Revolution, Whig
leader in battle of Kings
Mountain, state legislator.
Home was on "The Round
About," one mile southwest.
Location
AddressNC 268 at Chatham Street in Ronda
CityRonda
CountyWilkes
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.218660, -80.943720
Sources
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James Wellborn 1767-1854
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