Joseph Graham — born c. 1759 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Nov 12, 1836 in Lincoln County, NC. 🇺🇸
He enlisted as a private and rose to command the Mecklenburg dragoons, fighting in 15 engagements from 1778 to 1781. At Raft Swamp, his horsemen plunged straight through the swamp the Tories thought impassable and rode them down on the causeway. His gravestone reads: “He was a brave, intelligent, and distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War.” Graham Street in Charlotte bears his name. He was an ancestor of Billy Graham.
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