Although there was no county named Cleveland in the British Colony of Carolina, the number of patriots who lived in this area who fought for the country’s independence is at least in the dozens. Because there was no organized government during the Revolutionary War, records are incomplete. The following list of Revolutionary War soldiers who lived in or were buried in what is now Cleveland County was compiled by Mamie Jones in the 1940s and Lee B. Weathers in 1956.
| patriot | place of burial |
| Colonel William Graham | Twitty/Graham Cem., Boiling Sp |
| Lt. Colonel Frederick Hambright | Old Shiloh Presb. Cem., Grover |
| Major John Barber | Warlick Cemetery |
| Captain James Cook | |
| Captain William Earl | Adams Cemetery |
| Captain Samuel Espey | |
| Captain John Lattimore | Lattimore Family Cem., Polkville |
| Captain Benjamin Magness | |
| Captain Perrygreen Magness | |
| Captain Martin Roberts | Hardin Cemetery |
| Private Burwell Blanton | George/Burwell Blanton Cem. |
| Private Samuel Conner | New Prospect Bapt. Ch. Cemetery |
| Private Edward Cook | Cook Family Cemetery |
| Private David Dickey | |
| Private John Dixon | |
| Private Martin Elliott | nw corner, W. Dixon Blvd and 226 |
| Private Preston Goforth1 | Preston Goforth Cemetery |
| Private John Graham (bro of Wm.) | Graham Cemetery |
| Private Joseph Hardin | |
| Private Housand Harrill | Harrill Cemetery, Swainsville |
| Private William Humphries | |
| Private James Irvin | James Irvin Cemetery, Boiling Spr |
| Private James Lindsey | |
| Private Joseph Logan | |
| Private William Logan | |
| Private John Long | |
| Private William McEntire | |
| Private William McSwain | McSwain Cemetery |
| Private Arthur Patterson, Sr.2 | Old Shiloh Presb. Cem., Grover |
| Private Thomas Patterson | |
| Private William Patterson* | Old Shiloh Presb. Cem., Grover |
| Private Isaac Robertson | |
| Private William Twitty | |
| Private William Vaughn | |
| Private Willis Weathers | Wellmon Cemetery |
| Private William Wellmon | grave along Fallston Rd, 5 mi. north of Shelby |
| Private John Wells | Wells Family Cemetery, Kings Mtn |
| Private Thomas Wilkins, Sr. | Zion Baptist Cemetery |
| Private Joseph Willis | St. Peter’s UMC Cemetery |
| Private William Wood | |
| 1 patriot killed in the Battle of Kings Mtn. along with his three brothers who were loyalists 2 killed at the Battle of Kings Mtn. |
Cleveland County History 