- Col. Charles Partee
- Charles was born on August 31, 1747 in Versailles, France. He entered the United States with his father and mother sometime between 1747 and 1754 and must have stayed in Virginia before Benjamin moved his family south to North Carolina. Sometime before 1772, Charles married Barsheba Barringer. During the American Revolution, Charles is credited with supplying material aid to the revolutionary forces from his home in Granville County, North Carolina.
- Charles Partee moved to Maury County, Tennessee to the 5,000 acres of land which he had acquired by North Carolina Warrant Number 450. This warrant should be investigated because the Bounty Land Act of September 16, 1776 granted land to the Veterans of the Revolutionary War based on the following formula:
Major General: 1100 acres
Brigadier General: 850 acres
Colonel: 500 acres
Lieutenant Colonel: 450 acres
Major: 400 acres
Captain: 300 acres
Lieutenant: 200 acres
Ensign: 150 acres
Other veterans: 100 acres
- It appears that Charles may have had a claim rejected (SR 1903-04) which, when investigated, will provide new information.
Charles had 10 children:
1. Abner, b. Oct. 31, 1772; m. Mary Sherman.
2. Nancy, m. David Leatherman.
3. Locker, m. Marsha Dickens.
4. Levina (Viny), b. 1780/81; m. Benton Badgett.
5. Sarah, m. (1) William Marshall d. 1833 (2) Jordan Hassel.
6. Noah, b. Nov. 11, 1784; m. Catherine Barringer Savitz.
7. Arkey Young, b. 1788/91; m. Barsheba
8. Elizabeth, b. 1790; m. Hezekiah Brooks.
9. Charles McLean, b. 1793.
10. Hiram, b. Mar. 12, 1799; m. Louamma Cherry.4
- One scholar claims that Charles was never a Colonel because records of his military service could not be found. However, many records were lost when the British burned Washington, so this is not necessarily a compelling refutation.
- Charles executed his will on November 22, 1828. He made specific bequests for 1,640 acres of land. There were many court cases involving the estate in the years following Charles' death on December 18, 1829.
- The Knob Creek News , 28 March 1889, wrote "Beside its murmuring waters is a plain slab that marks the last resting place of Col. Charles Partee, a Revolutionary soldier, who gave his services and his fortune to the uprising of patriotism in 1776." The gravesite is located near the city of Columbia, TN and was still there as of August, 1994. Directions to gravesite:
- Take route 31 from Columbia, TN to route 7. Proceed 4.5 miles north from this junction to mile marker 18, just before the Phillipi Church of Christ (which will be on the right). Turn left onto a road marked "Burkett LN" (there should be a mailbox with the name "Williams" there). Take the leftmost road of the three-way fork up the hill to the small brick house on the left. If you stand with your back to the house, there is a small "mesa" dead ahead. This mesa is where the gravesite is located. The land around the gravesite was heavily mined which explains the lack of trees and the "mesa"-like topology. According to "They Passed This Way", Col. Partee is the only Partee buried in this small, country cemetery. However, according to unverified research conducted in Nashville, there is another small cemetery southeast of the Partee-Page Cemetery which has the remains of Abner (son of Charles) and Mary (wife/consort of Abner) Partee. Directions to monument in Nashville, TN:
- There is a monument to the Revolutionary Soldiers of Tennessee located near the corner of 3rd and Charlotte on the west side of the Metropolitan Courthouse in Nashville, TN. Col. Charles Partee's name is on this monument. Directions to plaque in Columbia, TN:
- Col. Charles Partee's name is also on a plaque in the US. Courthouse and Post Office building in Colombia, TN. I have not verified that this plaque is still there.