Martin Coulter II

A Revolutionary War soldier, his first service was as a volunteer in 1776 in Captain Mull's scouting party searching for Indians who had been raiding the western North Carolina settlements, and then guard duty for General Rutherford's supply train. He then joined the organized militia and was called to active duty for three months beginning November, 1778. This tour was in the defensive outpost, Captain William Davidson's command, near the headwaters of the Catawba River. He voluntarily remained two additional weeks in this fort until replacements arrived. Again in November, 1780, he was called into the service and was assigned to Captain James Byer's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment, during Cornwallis' march through western North Carolina. This tour was in the area a round Charlotte, during which he was promoted to sergeant.

He is buried in the Grace churchyard and his grave is now marked by a bronze tablet furnished by the United States Government for Revolutionary War soldiers . His wife, Elizabeth Aydelotte, attained the age of eighty years and six months, dying on May 6, 1849, and is buried beside her husband."