Robeson County NcArchives Military Records.....Braveboy, Joshua 
Revwar 
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JOSHUA BRAVEBOY, AMERICAN INDIAN PATRIOT OF BLADEN/ROBESON COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA, AND PRESENT-DAY FLORENCE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.


          The Historical Commission in South Carolina issued a
historical marker commemorating the Joshua Braveboy Plantation near
Florence, SC, which was dedicated on Sunday February 23rd, 2014 at
3:00pm near the intersection of the Old Manning and Matthews Roads,
near Lake City, SC.

          Joshua Braveboy, a free person of color, was here in Old
Bladen, now present day Robeson Co NC up through the year 1768.
Shortly thereafter he migrated south to present day Florence Co SC,
where he acquired his plantation in 1772 from the South Carolina
Colonial Government.  Later, during the Revolutionary War he served
bravely under Generals Hugh Giles and Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox).
While serving under Generals Giles and Marion, he apparently returned
with his commanding officers back to the area of his former home in
present day Robeson, Bladen and Columbus Counties in southeastern
North Carolina during the years of 1780 and 1781. Being from this
area, it is most likely that he may have aided the troops, perhaps as
a guide, in meandering and maneuvering throughout the low swamp lands
of southeastern North Carolina.

          When Joshua Braveboy migrated from this area about 1770, he
left various family members here in present day Robeson Co NC.  From
the records of Old Bladen and Robeson Counties, we find where the
surname Braveboy, later evolved into Braboy and Brayboy.  Their
descendants are currently a part of the greater Lumbee-Cheraw Tribe,
which is the largest non-reservation Indian tribe in the United
States.

The Revolutionary War Services of Joshua Braveboy, who was from, and
actually served during this most defining war here in Robeson County,
and surrounding areas here in southeastern North Carolina, and
northeastern South Carolina.

Compiled by:  Sam West, President, Lumber River Chapter, North
Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Lumberton, Robeson
Co NC


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