Daughters of the American Revolution Mark Local Grave of Revolutionary War Soldier’s Daughter – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Mound of flowers

Six North Texas chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently gathered in south Denton County to host and officially mark the grave of a Revolutionary War captain’s daughter.

The April 27 ceremony honored Martha “Patsey” Brockett Wakefield with a plaque indicating she is the daughter of a patriot who fought in the American Revolution. Each of the host DAR chapters – located in Flower Mound, Lewisville, Grapevine, Denton, Prosper and The Colony – applied for and received a $500 grant from the national DAR organization, which they then contributed to ensure that the marker was created and placed at the grave site, according to a press release from the Cross Timbers (Lewisville) DAR Chapter.

Wakefield — born in 1797 in Smith County, Tennessee — was the youngest daughter of Captain William Ebenezer Brockett of South Carolina, according to the DAR. In 1817, she married Henry Wakefield, Jr., son of Private Henry Wakefield, also a Revolutionary War soldier. In 1853, Henry Jr. bought 320 acres of land in Denton County and moved Martha and several of their 11 children there. Martha and Henry’s son Simpson married Jane Pinckley, who, along with Mary Chinn and two other women, founded the Chinn Chapel Methodist Church in Copper Canyon. The cemetery near this church is where Martha Wakefield is buried and where the grave marking ceremony took place.

Descendants of Martha and Henry Wakefield, Jr. attended the ceremony, along with Denton County Commissioner Dianne Edmondson, Copper Canyon Mayor Ron Robertson and Texas DAR State Regent Marcy Carter-Lovick.