History of the First Baptist Church of Kings Mountain, N.C. by Rev. J. C. Black, published 1926, at pages 73-17, gives the following data: "Captain John Weer was born in Ireland in 1743. He married Miss Elizabeth McKelvy, and one child was born to them in their native land; then they decided to move to America. They settled near the present Buffalo bridge on the highway leading from Kings Mountain to Shelby. His old house is still standing, and is in very good condition. He spelled his name WEER, but since his day the spelling has somewhat changed. Some have it WEIR, and other have it WARE, but the original name was WEER.----Captain Weer was 30 years old when the battle he mustered a company of his neighbors as quickly as he could and went immediately to the place of action, but was too late to help whip the foe.---Captain John Weer lived 39 years after the battle and died September 4, 1819 at the ripe age of 76 years. His wife proceeded him by three years, she having died April 11, 1816, being 67 years. They lay side by side in the original Pisgah grave yard a few miles Southeast of Kings Mountain. When they were buried their old church had not been moved and it is supposed that they were Associate Reformed Presbyterians, and that they attended church at Old Pisgah. Several other Weers are buried in this old church yard. They were either his children, or his grandchildren but from the position of the graves, they must have been children of Capt. John Weer." Captain John Weer had four sons, John, Jr., Alexander, William, and Thomas. His son, Thomas Weer, had four sons, William, Rufus, John and Thomas. The last William Weir was the father of our Postmaster, S. S. Weir, and one of the deacons of the First Baptist Church. At Page 42, the writer gives a photograph of Ferguson's grave, marker where Ferguson fell, Capt. John Weer's old home, the New Monument erected in 1909, Col. Frederick Hambright's old home near battlefield, second monument erected in 1890, and painting of battle taken from Draper's History entitled, "Where Our Heroes Sleep". Also, at page 64, the writer gives picture of Major Hambright's grave, Arthur Patterson's grave, Col. Fredrick Hambright's grave, and Thomas Patterson's grave. On Pages 39 and 40, the writer further states: "The dead was not buried until the next morning, and many of them not at all. The American side lost 28 killed and 60 wounded. Many of our men were carried to Old Shiloh Presbyterian church burying ground where they were interred. We do not know just how many, but several of them must have been buried there. No slab marks their last resting places, but they are there. Some of the relatives of the dead went for them and carried them home, and buried them in their family burying grounds, and some were buried in Pisgah grave yard a few miles out of Kings Mountain. We have heard of one instance of this kind: It was that of Mrs. Preston Goforth, who lived on the Shelby road not far from the old Weir bridge. When she heard of the death of her husband that night, she hitched her nag to her old sled and went for her husband's body. She brought it home, and buried it in the Goforth grave which is not very far from A Mrs. Pink Herndon's place on the Shelby road. Two Goforth boys were killed. One was a Tory and the other was a Whig. The story in this is that they shot each other. It is true that two brothers did kill each other in this might struggle, but history does not say who they were. There is a tradition in the section around Kings Mountain that they were the two brothers who killed each other. This is not a fact, but it is plausible enough to believe. Practically all of the above data given by Rev. Black is taken from Kings Mountain and Its Heroes, by Draper, at page 306. And we quote there from the following not mentioned by Rev. Black, to wit: (Foot Note)-------"Weir was early commissioned a Captain and was much engaged in scouting service during the Revolution. His activity in the Whig cause excited the ire of the Tories. Just before the battle of Cowpens he was caught and severely whipped by a Tory party, and left in the woods securely tied to a tree; but was fortunately soon after found, and released by his friends. On another occasion, his wife was whipped by the Tories for refusing to divulge to them the place of her husband's concealment. She died Aug. 11, 1819, and he on the 4th of Sept. following, in his 76th year. Both were long members of the Presbyterian church, and left many worthy descendants." It will be noticed that according to the above data Rev. Black says that the wife of Capt. John Weir died April 11, 1816; while Draper give the data August 11, 1819. The writer wishes to further add that according to a listing of all markers and graves in the Old Pisgah church grave yard made by the "Historical Records Survey" herein dated May 1, 1939, a number of markers were found and listed of the Wear family, but no marker whatever could be found of Capt. John Weir or of his wife Elizabeth Weer. However, from both history and tradition the writer takes it that both were buried there. NOTE: On east side of Buffalo Creek, on north side of present State Highway, about ¼ mile northeast and opposite old home of Capt. John Weer, in open field between present home of Howard Herndon and old homestead of pioneer settler Jake Anthony, is a graveyard known as the John Weer grave yard, with a marker as follows: John Ware, d. June 8, 1842, Aged 73 years. In my opinion he was the oldest son of Capt. John Weer that was born in Ireland. The names should be, Capt. John Weer, Sr., and son, John Ware, Jr. The historical old home of Captain John Weer on east side of Buffalo Creek was torn down in the spring of 1939-this year. Data by P. Cleveland Gardner, County Historian * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD, copyrighted 2008, by Ann K. Propst and Derick S. Hartshorn. All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represents the conditions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm