Cornelius Clements (1757-1860)

Pvt. Cornelius Clements was born in 1757 near Augusta Ga. He moved to Union Mills, Rutherford Co. NC in 1790. He lived to be 103 years old. The 1860 census of Rutherford County noted that Cornelius had died that year, was 103 years old and was in the battle at Kings Mountain.