| Name |
Matthew BRUNSON [3] |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
1752/8 |
Dorchester County, South Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| HIST |
Matthew had married Nancy Brown and had two children. He inherited 200 acres on Jack’s Creek in his father’s will and settled there before the war. In 1781, Matthew was killed by the Tories in Clarendon County at Fort Watson. He left a son, William and three months after his death, another son, Matthew, Junior was born. His widow later married Membrance Williams and moved to (Alabama). Matthew Junior returned to Darlington County to live. [4] |
| MILI |
He was killed by Tories during the American Revolutionary War in Clarendon County, in 1781, three months before his second child was born
He was a Revolutionar Soldier in America. AA849 served as a Pvt. in the militiaman of Captain Matthew Singleton’s Company, General Francis Marion’s Brigade. He was killed by the Tories in January 1781 while serving in Clarendon District. [1, 2, 4, 5] |
| _UID |
4D0B4A1C56B64D86AB9190EFB4EAE4FAD429 |
| Death |
Jan 1781 |
Clarendon County, South Carolina [1, 2, 6, 7] |
- Matthew was killed in a skirmish with the British.
|
| Person ID |
I5130 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2025 |
| Father |
Isaac BRUNSON, Jr., b. 1714/05, in Wetherfield, Connecticut/Clarendon County, South Carolina d. Jul 1770, Sumter County/Clarendon County, South Carolina |
| Mother |
Mary NEILSON, b. 1710, Prince Frederick Parish, Craven District, South Carolina d. 1770, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1728 [1, 2] |
| _UID |
F972B36E10ED4BB7A187D99A488647F732F2 |
| _UID |
F972B36E10ED4BB7A187D99A488647F732F2 |
| Family ID |
F54924 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Nancy Ann BROWN, b. Abt 1760/55, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 24 Dec 1844, Mississippi/East Feliciana, Louisiana |
| Marriage |
Abt 1778 [1, 2] |
| _UID |
6A89732283BE4D9BBAAF3ECD7944C41BC1CF |
| _UID |
6A89732283BE4D9BBAAF3ECD7944C41BC1CF |
| Children |
| | 1. William BRUNSON, b. 1779, South Carolina |
| | 2. Matthew B. BRUNSON, Jr., b. 17 Apr 1781, St. Marks Parish, Cheraw District, South Carolina d. 10 May 1855, Darlington County, South Carolina (Age 74 years) |
|
| Family ID |
F1862 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2025 |
1758 - 1781 (23 years)