When Elsy Bratton was born on 7 September 1766, in South Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Colonel William Bratton Jr, was 24 and her mother, Martha Camilla Robertson, was 16. She married David Sadler in 1785. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 22 November 1825, in York, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Roberts Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English: habitational name from any of the places called Bratten (in Shropshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) or from Bratton Clovelly or Bratton Fleming in Devon. The Shropshire and Somerset places are named with Old English brōc ‘brook’ + tūn ‘settlement’. The Wiltshire and Devon names are from Old English brǣc ‘newly cultivated ground’ + tūn.
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