Martha Bratton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Martha Robertson 1750 |
| Died | 1816 |
| Known for | Destroying a gunpowder cache, notifying her husband of British military movements, and nursing wounded American and British combatants |
| Spouse | Col. William Bratton |
Martha Bratton (née Robertson, c. 1750 – 1816) was an American woman who supported the Patriot cause during the American Revolutionary War. In 1780, she blew up a cache of gunpowder to prevent it from falling into British hands. Troops of the British Legion questioned her as to her husband William's whereabouts in June of that year, and a battle ensued after she used a slave to inform him of their movements. Their house, a girls' school after Bratton's death, is one of the properties of the Brattonsville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.