This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FdF.2ACEB/349.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Jeff, is it possible that William c1718 IRE lived and died in VA? And it was his son William c1742 who eventually moved to York Co, SC, and founded Brattonsville? Perhaps William c1718 did actually die in the French and Indiana War? Or perhaps he died in VA and never ventured to SC. It seems that Brattonville was begun about 1774, although the land was purchased about 10 years earlier (haven't documented). And seems to have been settled by a William Bratton c1742 married to a Martha Robinson from NC. This William Bratton is the Colonel William Bratton of the Revolutionary War of York Co, SC. And it makes sense as this William would have been about about 32 and old William c1781 born IRE would have been too old? I don't know if I have my Williams mixed up. I hope not. Cheryl