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Source Notes: (1) The source "1835 Rolls" is the Tennessee Pension Roll of 1835, copied and indexed by William R. Navey and contributed to the TNGenWeb Archives. (2) When transcriptions have been unavailable, some pension applications have been abstracted from Virgil D. White's Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Abstract Files; King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events Which Led to It by Lyman C. Draper, Cincinnati, 1881; Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution, compiled from Pension Statements, Zella Armstrong, originally published in five pamphlets in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1933, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1975; and The King's Mountain Men by Katherine Keogh White, Dayton, Virginia, 1924; and (3) The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Lineage volumes.*

* The DAR Lineage volumes are not considered "documentation" in and of themselves (although the actual DAR applications may include records or references which do constitute documentation). One exception is when the DAR applicant was closely related to the Revolutionary War Patriot; i.e., in the case of the earlier DAR volumes, the applicants were often granddaughters (and in a few cases, even daughters) whose applications were actually "written family history" (see for example, the application of Quintilia T. HAYNES Ringo, granddaughter of Revolutionary War Soldier John HAYNES).

Index to Giles County Revolutionary War Soldiers

BUCKNER ABERNATHY, born Virginia (probably Brunswick County) ca 1759, died 1850 Giles County, Tennessee.

DAVID ABERNATHY, born Virginia ca 1759, died 1838 Giles County, Tennessee.

WILLIAM ABERNATHY, buried Family Cemetery four miles southeast of Pulaski [Giles County], Tennessee (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Daughters of the American Revolution, Ref 54)

Note: William ABERNATHY'S Revolutionary War Service has not yet been confirmed, nor his DAR lineage located yet. A William ABERNATHY is on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List, and a William ABERNATHY, born 04 Apr 1742, died 8 Feb 1832, is listed in Abernathy Family Cemetery Records as buried in the William Abernathy Cemetery.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER, buried Beachwood Cemetery, Cornersville, Marshall County (now Giles) [sic], Tennessee (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Daughters of the American Revolution, Ref 79). William ALEXANDER'S Revolutionary War Service has not yet been confirmed. A William ALEXANDER was on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List

ELIJAH ALEXANDER, born Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, where he served under Col. Thomas POLK, removed in 1819 to Maury County, Tennessee where he was in 1835 (Pension Rolls), died in Giles in 1838, leaving widow, Sarah, who still resided in Giles in 1850.

DANIEL ALLEN died in 1834 in Giles County, having married in 1787 in Washington County, North Carolina, Althea HALE,

PARKS BAILEY Cemetery inscription reads: "Parks Bailey, 4 Feb 1833, age 71 years, Revolutionary War Soldier" (Bailey Cemetery) No pension application has been found, but Parks BAILEY is found on the 1812 Giles County Tax List (No. 0767).

SAMUEL BAKER, Private, North Carolina Continental Line, $96.00 Annual Allowance, $212.80 Amount Rec'd, Dec 16, 1831 Pension Started, Age 80. (1835 Giles County, Rolls) Samuel BAKER applied for his pension in Pulaski on 2 Aug 1832, named his wife, Betsey, aged about 60 and daughter Nancy aged 20-21. He declared that he enlisted in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina (Revolutionary War Pension File S39169, abstracted by Mrs. Sarah Smith). He is not on the 1812 Giles County tax list, but a Samuel BAKER is on the 1820 Giles County Census, p. 14 (per index), the 1830 Giles County Census, p. 142 with one male age 70-80, 1 female, 20-30, and 1 female age 60-70, and as a pensioner on the 1840 Giles County Census, p. 155 in the household of Robert CHAPMAN.

JEREMIAH BENTLEY, Giles County, Private, Virginia Continental Line, $96.00 Annual Allowance, $1,464.00 Amount Rec'd, Sep 18, 1819 Pension Started, Age 75 (1835 Rolls). Jeremiah BENTLEY was born 1 May 1759, died May 1841, Lawrence County, Tennessee. He lived in Amelia County, Virginia when he enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War. He applied for his Revolutionary War pension on 4 Jun 1818 in Giles County, Tennessee with a wife aged 57 (not named), but in 1821 was residing in Lawrence County, Tennessee with a wife aged 44 (also not named). A son, John BENTLEY, resided in Lauderdale County, AL in 1854. (Rev War Pension File S39192).

On 13 Oct 1807 Jeremiah and John BENTLEY appear in Williamson County, Tennessee (parent county of Giles) court minutes with William Buchanan, Maxamilian Buchanan, Michael Ezell, Timothy Ezell and Robert Buchanan, who are ordered to "view, mark and lay off road from John Goff through the settlement forming above Richland Creek to run the nearest and best way from thence to the fork of Richland and Elk with as little damage to enclosures as possible and make report to ensuing court."

Jeremiah BENTLEY is not found on the 1812 Giles County Tax List, the 1820, 1830 or 1840 Giles County Census enumerations or the 1836 Giles Tax List (a John Bently and a Richard Bentley are on the 1812 and a John and Robert BENTLY are on the 1820).

JOHN BRADBERRY, born 1750, Amelia County, Virginia, lived on the Monomgalia [Mononghalia] River in Pennsylvania at first enlistment and later moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia where he was drafted in in 1781. Moved to Wilson County, Tennessee in 1800 and in 1828 to Giles co, Tennessee where he applied for his pension on 7 Nov 1838 (Rev War File R1122). John BRADBURY, age 104, pensioner, is listed in the household of J. BRADBURY (probably the same) on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 140, but according to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part I, John BRADBERRY'S pension application was rejected at some point prior to 1852 due to his not having been "under military authority."

John BRANDON, buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Daughters of the American Revolution, Ref 42) No more information at this time.

AARON BROWN, born 1757, Brunswick County, Virginia, died 1830 Giles County, Tennessee, served at Valley Forge.

ISHAM BROWN, Giles County, Private, Virginia Continental Line, $96.00 Annual Allowance, $?? Amount Rec'd, Dec 16, 1819 Pension Started, Age 85 , Dropped May 1, 1820 (1835 Rolls). Isham BROWN enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He applied on 16 Dec 1819 in Giles County, Tennessee aged 70. In 1824, he referred to his children as William, Nancy , George, Abraham, James, Polly WATSON, Sally WEBB, Lucy FINCH, Patsy CRECY and Betsy BROWN. By 11 Feb 1833, he was a resident of Arrow Rock Twp., Saline County, MO, age 82 (Rev War Pension File S39210). He is not found on the 1830 Giles County Census.

RICHARD BROWN, born 31 May 1756, Pennsylvania, served in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and York, South Carolina, removed to Williamson County, Tennessee in 1804 and to Giles County in 1812, died Giles County 28 Oct 1839.

THOMAS BROWN, Giles County, Private, North Carolina Line, $46.66 Annual Allowance, $139.98 Amount Rec'd, Jan 17, 1834 Pension Started, Age 81 (1835 Rolls). Thomas' pension file has not yet been located. There were a number of Thomas BROWNS who fought in the Revolution and he has not yet been specifically identified. No Thomas BROWN, pensioner, was on the 1840 Giles County census, and he was not on the 1830 Giles census as a head of household (the 1820 not yet checked).

JOHN CALLAHAN, b 15 Jan 1746, Brandywine, Pennsylvania; resided in Rowan County, North Carolina when he enlisted; applied 12 Feb 1833 Giles County, Tennessee, stated he had earlier resided in Georgia (Rev War File S2417) Giles County, Private, North Carolina Line, $25.00 Annual Allowance, $62.50 Amount Rec'd, August 14 1833 Pension Started, Age 78. 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List

JAMES CARR, Giles County, Private, Virginia Line, $66.66 Annual Allowance, $199.98 Amount Rec'd, May 23, 1833 Pension Started, Age 70 (1835 Rolls) This James CARR has not yet been specifically identified. No pension file has been found for him (including under variant spellings of KERR and KARR).

DANIEL CARTER The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 105, page 217 Miss Julia Pope. DAR ID Number: 104651 Born in Giles County, Tenn. Descendant of Lieut. Daniel Carter, as follows: 1. Gustavus Adolphus Pope (b. 1834) m. 1875 Myra Belle Carter (b. 1853). 2. Benjamin Franklin Carter (1828-1910) m. 1852 Cynthia Rivers (1833-1901). 3. Benjamin Carter (1792-1865) m. 1822 Elizabeth Lindsay (1800-73). 4. Daniel Carter m. 1782 Sarah Conyers (1762-1826). Daniel Carter (1761-1844) was pensioned, 1833, from Maury County, Tenn, for service as private and lieutenant, South Carolina Line. He was born in Sumter District; died near Franklin, Tenn. Also Nos. 77359, 79305.

BENJAMIN CHEATHAM, born 8 Sep 1751 Chesterfield County, Virginia ("28 miles from Richmond, Virginia"). Resided in Charlotte County, Virginia at enlistment and after the war resided in Halifax and Charlotte Counties. In 1827,he moved to Giles County (Rev War S2429) Giles County, Private, Virginia Line, $57.46 Annual Allowance, $143.65 Amount Rec'd, May 13, 1833 Pension Started, Age 83 (1835 Rolls). Benjamin CHEATHAM, age 89, pensioner, heads his own household in the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 112.

John CLACK, major, buried Pulaski Cemetery, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Daughters of the American Revolution, Ref 73) No pension located, and no more information (known to this editor at this time). A John and Spencer CLACK were on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List.

JOSEPH CLARK served Capt. William Alexander's company, Col. Wade Hampton's South Carolina regiment, died 22 Sep 1826, Giles County; married 2 Apr 1789, Ruth ALEXANDER.

Larkin CLEVELAND, d 9 Jul 1814, Giles County, having fought in the War while a resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina, resided in Franklin County, Georgia prior to removing to Giles County.

DANIEL CLOWER, lived in Orange County, North Carolina when he enlisted in the service of the Revolution, and was of Giles County when he applied for his pension on 06 Sep 1819, age 59, and referred to one of his "little sons" (not named), and by 1831 was in Gwinnett County, Georgia, age 68, and with a wife aged 66 and a son, John CLOWER (Rev War Pension File S37865) The 1835 Georgia Pension roll included Daiel [sic] CLOWER. Gwinnett County, Georgia, Private, North Carolina Cont'l Line, $96.00 Annual Allowance, $47.49 Amount Received, November 8, 1819 Pension Started, Suspended May 1, 1820, $96.00 Annual Allowance, $186.32 Amount Received, Restored, Transferred From Giles County, Tennessee, Age 71. According to White's Abstracts, there is also a file: N.A. Acc. #874, #050032, "not 1/2 pay," NC Line. No CLOWER is on the 1812 Giles County Tax List.

William COLLIER, applied for his pension on 23 Jul 1834 in Giles County, Tennessee, aged 71 as of 11 Oct 1833, enlisted in Northampton County, North Carolina, born in 1762, Greenville County, Virginia, later moved to Giles County, Tennessee. A John COLLIER gave affidavit, but relationship, if any not stated (abstracted from RW Pension File S21121). A Wm COLLIER is on the 1840 Giles County Census, p. 90, with two males in the household, one age 30-40 and the second age 70-80. There is, however, no pensioner in the household, and William COLLIER is not found on the 1835 Tennessee pension rolls.

William CRECY, Sr.

21 Mar 1842 U.S. House of Representatives. "Mr. Aaron V. BROWN presented a petition of William CRECY, sen., of Giles county, in the State of Tennessee, praying remuneration for services rendered the United States during the revolutionary war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. (Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873, Monday, March 21, 1842, p. 560)

12 Apr 1842 U.S. House of Representatives. ... Mr. Hiland Hall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made adverse reports upon... The petition of William Crecy
(Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873, Tuesday, April 12, 1842, page , American Memories Collection, Library of Congress)

William CREASY [sic] Jr. [sic] is on the 1840 Giles County Census, page 123, although not as a pensioner, with 1 white male in the household 70-80 years of age, and one white female in the household 70-80 years of age. Also on this census page are William CREASY, John CREASY and Jesse CREASY, and John ERVIN (a Revolutionary Pensioner with a daughter, Patsy CRECY).

JOHN CURTIS applied for his revolutionary pension in Nov 1832, a resident of Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He declared that he was born in Dinwiddie County or Sussex County, Virginia in 1759 or 1760, that his father died when he was very young and his mother while he was in the service. He was living in Dinwiddie County when he enlisted and served in Virginia troops. He moved to Orange County, North Carolina after the war, and hten to Chatham County, North Carolina (20 years total in the two counties). He then moved to Sumner county for two years, thence to Giles County for two years, then back to Sumner for another two years, thence to White Countyfor fifteen years, then to Bledsoe County about 1825. He died August 7, 1844 in Bledsoe County. He married Dolly Huneycut, 10 Oct 1793. She survived him and applied for widow's pension while living in McMinn County, Tennessee, on 13 May 1848, 78 years of age (b ca 1770). Their oldest child the name not being given in the application, was born in 1796. Wiatt SMITH, age 90, and Margaret Smith, age 25, both personally knew that John CURTIS had married Dolly HUNNICUT (Rev War Pension File No. R2599). According to the 1835 Pension Roll, John CURTIS, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, was a Private in the Virginia Militia, $80.00 Annual Allowance $240.00 Amount Received June 23 1834 Pension Started Age 75.

GEORGE DODSON, pensioner, age 79, is in the Census household of George DODSON (possibly the same) in the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, page 131. No pension file located. Was he perhaps a pensioner from a war other than the Revolution? See also Dodson Families of Giles County.

JOHN ERWIN, born ca 1765, died after 1840, Giles County, resided in Rowan County, North Carolina during the Revolution

JOHN EVERLY, resided in Washington County, Maryland Frederick County, Virginia during the War, later resided in Shenandoah County, Virginia, thence to Giles County by 1839. According to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part I, John EVERLY'S pension application was rejected at some point prior to 1852 due to his not having been put in six months' service.

TIMOTHY EZELL, one of Giles County's earliest settlers, enlisted in the Revolutionary War service in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, and was residing in Giles County by 1807 or 1808.

GEORGE FIELD, Giles County, Private, Tennessee Militia, $48.00 Annual Allowance, $224.00 Amount Rec'd, Jan 1, 1829 Pension started. (1835 Rolls) George FIELDS did not serve during the "regular" Revolutionary War, but in the Tennessee Militia, which continued to fight "British Indians" right into and through the War of 1812. He has not yet been located on any extant militia lists (probably because most are missing), and no George FIELD is found on the 1820 census index for Tennessee or on either the 1830 or 1840 Giles County, Tennessee census.

GEORGE FINDLEY served as a private in the North Carolina Line, a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina when he enlisted. He applied for his pension in Lawrence County, Tennessee aged 72 "on the 12 May 1832." and stated that he had served for three months in the latter part of 1780 under "Captain James REES in Col. Francis LOCKS Regiment commanded by General DAWSON of Mecklinburg," and again in the spring of 1781, but under Captain Stephen Alexander in Colonel Joseph Williamson's regiment under General DAVIDSON, and again in Aug 1781 as a substitute for Archy WOODSIDE. On 5 Aug 1850, his widow, age 75 and a resident of Giles County, Tennessee, applied for benefits, declaring that they had married on 1 Oct 1795 in Madison County, KY, and that he had died 25 Jun 1849, at which time she had surrendered his pension certificate to the agent in Pulaski. in Decatur County, Tennessee. in Giles County, Tennessee. On 18 Aug 1855 she applied for a Bounty Land Warrant in Decatur County, Tennessee bef Charles K. ALSTON, a J.P. , age 75, and on 30 Aug 1832 applied for his pension in Sumner County, Tennessee, aged 72 "on the 12 May 1832. He declared that he lived in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina when he enlisted. His pension started on 30 Dec 1833 when he was age 73 in the amount of a $30.00 Annual Allowance, $90.00 Rec'd as of the 1835 Rolls. A George FINLY is on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 155 with a male age 80-89, although not listed as a pensioner. The Giles County 1850 Census, Civil District 5, p. 378, shows Nancy FINDLEY, age 75, born in Pennsylvania, in the household of John R. FINDLEY, age 36, born in Tennessee. See also partial transcription of George Findley's Revolutionary War Pension File, W7273, USGWP Archives)

THOMAS GAMBLE, Giles County, Private, Virginia Continental Line, $96.00 Annual Allowance, $136.00 Amount Rec'd, August 5, 1819 Pension Started, Age 68, Suspended May 1, 1820 (1835 Rolls) Thomas GAMBLE, age 68, applied for his pension on 05 Oct 1818 in Giles County, Tennessee, at which time, he stated that that he had served in the Virginia line, having enlisted in Culpeper County, Virginia. He also stated that he had several females in his family, but did not name them (Rev War Pension File S38717) He is not on the 1812 Giles Tax List, the 1830 Giles Censu, or the 1840 (as a pensioner or head of household), the 1820 census not yet checked.

HENRY GOODNIGHT, born Aug 1758, Giles County, served in Capt. Pfeifer's North Carolina Light Horse Brigade, Continental line, resided in Williamson County by 1806, and in Giles until 1840.

JOHN GRACY (GREACEY, GREACY), born 30 Jan 1759, Rowan County, North Carolina, served there, then resided Oglethorpe County, Georgia where he m 2nd wife, Rachel RAMSEY, removed to Giles before 1820 (not on the 1812).

AARON GRIGSBY, Seaman, U. S. Naval Service, $30.00 Annual Allowance, $54.15 Amount Rec'd, May 13, 1833 Pension Started, Age 82. (1835 Rolls, Giles County) Aaron GRIGSBY applied for his pension on 27 Nov 1832 in Giles, age 80. He was born in Stafford County, MA, and enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Salem, MA. After the War he lived in Virginia and in 1808 moved to Giles County. (Revolutionary War Pension File S2582, abstracted by Mrs. Sarah Smith). An Aaron GRIGSBY appears on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List, and an Aron GRIGSBY, age 85, pensioner, is listed in the household of Amos GRIGSBY on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 119.

NATHAN HALE applied for his pension in Nov 1832, a resident of Giles County, Tennessee. He declared that he was born in North Carolina in 1757 and when a child his father moved the family to Baltimore County, Maryland. He enlisted while he was residing in Baltimore County in Col. Joshua Stephenson's Maryland regiment. Richard HALE of Giles County desposed that he was in the Revolution, and Nathan Hale declared that his father moved after the Revolution to Washington County, Tennessee, and that Nathan later removed to Giles County. (Revolutionary War Pension file S4311, abstracted by Mrs. Sarah Smith). According to the 1835 Pension Roll, Nathan HALE, Giles County, Tennessee, had been a Private with the Maryland Line, $20.00 Annual Allowance, $60.00 Amount Rec'd, Jan 9, 1834 Pension Started, Age 77. (Revolutionary War Pension file S4311, abstracted by Mrs. Sarah Smith) Neither Richard nor Nathan are found on the 1840 Giles Census. See also Amon and Nathan Hale, Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War.

RICHARD HALE According to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part I, Richard HALE applied for a pension, but it was rejected at some point prior to 1852 due to his not having been put in six months' service.

JOHN HAYNES, one of Giles County's earliest residents, was born 24 Nov 1769 in Rowan County, North Carolina, died 25 Oct 1838, McCracken County, Kentucky, married 29 Apr 1783 (bond), Margaret ANDREWS, born 9 Aug 1763, sister of James, resided in Giles by 1806-07.

JAMES HIGGINS, SR., age 89, pensioner, is in the household of James HIGGINS, Jr. in the 1840 Giles County Census, page 142 He is not on the 1835 rolls, nor is a James HIGGINS of Tennessee found in the index to Rev. War pensions. (Var. sp. of Higgins also checked. Ditto for Huggins). A James HIGGINS is on the 1830 Giles County census, p. 179, the eldest male in the HH age 70-80 (the 1820 not yet checked). No Higgins are found on the 1812 Giles tax list.

WILLIAM HILL The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 61, page 236 Mrs. Medora Reynolds Robinson. DAR ID Number: 60708 Born in Pulaski [Giles County], Tenn. Wife of Charles T. Robinson. Descendant of Rev. William Hill. Daughter of Giles A. Reynolds and Minerva Hill Childress, his wife. Granddaughter of Osburn Childress and Mary Hill, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of William Hill and Eliza Halbert, his wife. William Hill (1748-1808) was a patriotic Baptist minister and served as chaplain at the battle of Guilford. He was a member of the convention to form the Government of North Carolina. He was born in Caroline County, Va.; died in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also No. 44735.

WILLIAM HILL The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 67, page 169 Mrs. Caroline Robinson Cooke. DAR ID Number: 66453 Born in Pulaski [Giles County], Tenn. Wife of Samuel C. Cooke. Descendant of Rev. William Hill. Daughter of Chas. T. Robinson and Medora Reynolds, his wife. Granddaughter of Giles A. Reynolds and Minerva Childress, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Osborne Childress and Mary Hill, his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of William Hill and Eliza Halburt, his wife. William Hill (1740-90) was a patriotic Baptist minister and served as chaplain at the Battle of Guilford. He was a member of the convention to form the Government of North Carolina. He was born in Caroline County, Va.; died in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also No. 60708.

LAWSON HOBSON, age 86, pensioner, in in the household of Lawson HOBSON (possibly the same) in the 1840 Giles County Census, page 158 Lawson Hobson has not been found on the 1835 rolls. According to his pension file, he was born 31 Dec 1753 in Northumberland County, Virginia, and lived in Cumberland County, Virginia at the time of his enlistment. He applied for his pension on 08 Apr 1833, and declared that he moved to Tennessee in 1807, and to Giles County in 1810. His brother, William LAWSON, was residing in Virginia in 1833 (Rev War Pension File (S2626). A William LAWSON was a Revolutionary War pensioner from Virginia, but mentions only Halifax County, Virginia and Person County, North Carolina, and brother, Benjamin, and sister, Drusilla (Rev. War Pension File W7793). Lawson HOBSON is on the 1812 Giles County tax list (other census years not yet checked). A Lawson Hobson, age 60-70 was on the 1830 Giles County Census, p. 141, and Lawson Hobson, age 86, was a military pensioner (and possibly head of household) on the 1840 Giles County census, p. 157 (1820 census not yet checked).

DAVID HOGAN, Giles County, Private, South Carolina Continental Line, $96.00 Annual Allowance, $718.13 Amount Rec'd, October 9, 1826 Pension Started, Age 80. (1835 Rolls) David HOGAN, age 69 in Jun 1825 with a wife, Rebecca aged 59, and a son, Wiley (age 13 as of 27 Mar 1825), applied for his pension in Giles County on 20 Feb 1826, declaring he had served with the South Carolina Line (Rev War Pension S38837). No David HOGAN is on the 1840 Giles County Census (earlier census years not yet checked). He is not on the 1812 Giles County tax list.

THOMAS HUDSON, Giles County, Private, Virginia Line, $30.00 Annual Allowance, $75.00 Amount Rec'd, May 14, 1833 Pension Started, Age 72 (1835 Rolls) A Thomas HUDSON, age 82, pensioner, is on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 159, in the household of John SANDUSKY. Thomas HUDSON, aged 70 in Jan 1832, applied for his pension on 26 Nov 1832, Giles County, Tennessee, declaring that he had lived in Henry County, Virginia at enlistment and for 20 years thereafter, then moved to Stokes County, North Carolina, for 3-4 years, then to Greenville District, South Carolina for 4-5 years, then to Franklin County, Georgia, then to Elbert County, Georgia, then to Lincoln County, Tennessee, then to Giles County, Tennessee,. He also declared that he was born 12 Jan 1762 in Amelia County, Virginia (Rev War Pension File S2330). He was not on the 1812 Giles County Tax List (other census years not yet checked).

WILLIAM HUTCHESON According to his Revolutionary War pension file, William HUTCHESON, was born in 1760 in Amelia County, Virginia, lived in Henry County, Virginia at enlistment and after the War, then moved to Hawkins County, Tennessee for 10 to 12 yrs, thence to Bledsoe for 10 yrs more, thence to Warren County Tennessee, then to Wilson County, Tennessee for 1 yr, and then to Giles County, Tennessee where he applied on 26 May 1834. (Revolutionary War Pension File R5543, abstracted by Mrs. Sarah Smith). A William HUTCHESON was on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List, but none is on either the 1835 Pension Rolls or as an 1840 Giles pensioner (no HUTCHESONS are on the 1840 Giles census). According to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part II, William HUTCHESON'S pension application was rejected at some point prior to 1852 for "further proof and specification."

ELISHA E. JOHNSON, born ca 1748, served in the South Carolina line, removed to North Carolina ca 1800, thence to east Tennessee by 1801, thence to Maury by 1818, and Giles by 1835.

JOHN JONES, born 8 May 1750, Albemarle County, Virginia, resided Franklin County, Virginia, Smith and Maury Counties, Tennessee, died 16 Sep 1841, Giles County, Tennessee.

JOSEPH JONES, Private, North Carolina Militia, $30.00 Annual Allowance, $90.00 Amount Rec'd, Apr 26, 1833 Pension Started, Age 75 (1835 Rolls, Giles County). According to his pension file (S2652), Joseph JONES served in the Virginia and North Carolina lines, was born 06 Jul 1758 or 1759 in New Jersey, and lived in Burke County, North Carolina and Culpeper County, Virginia during the Revolution, and in Culpeper for four years after the Revolution, then removed to Burke for 31 years, then to Giles County, Tennessee where he applied on 22 Aug 1832. Edward D. Jones, Esq. was of Giles in 1832, but no relationship stated. In 1840, a John JONES was also in Giles, but again, no relationship was stated. Joseph JONES, age 82, pensioner, is on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 86, in the household of Joseph JONES (There is a 50-60 year old male in the household in addition to Joseph. Not known which was head of household).

RICHARD JONES, Giles County, Private, Infantry and Cavalry $29.93 Annual Allowance, $89.79 Amount Rec'd, Feb 14, 1834 Pension Started, Age 71 (1835 Rolls). Richard JONES, born 5 May 1752 in Amelia County, Virginia, lived in Charlotte County, Virginia when he enlisted. After the Revolution, he removed to Georgia and in 1820, to Lincoln County, Tennessee, and in Feb 1821 to Giles County, Tennessee where he applied for his pension on 22 Nov 1832 (Rev War Pension File S4441) Richard JONES is on the 1840 Giles County Census, page 124, as a military pensioner, age 77, in the household of Rich'd JONES (there are two adult males in the household).

HUGH KING, who had served in both the North Carolina and South Carolina Lines, applied for his pension on 11 Jun 1833 in Maury County, declaring that he had lived in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina at the time of his enlistment. In 1835, Hugh KING, was on the rolls for Maury County as a private, Infantry And Cavalry North Carolina Line, $93.33 Annual Allowance, $279.99 Amount Received, December 18 1833 Pension Started, Age 79, and in 1836, he stated that he had lost his wife some time since and that four of his children lived in Illinois where he had moved to be near them (no county indicated). By 1838, he had moved to Giles County to live with a son-in-law (not named), and Hugh KING, age 85, was a pensioner and head of household (lived alone) on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 135. By 1845, he had moved to Woodford County, KY to live with a son (also not named) (Rev War Pension File S32365).

MARTIN LANE, born 1755, served in Halifax County, North Carolina, died 1825, Giles County, Tennessee, married Courtney Seville(?)

SAMUEL LOCKHARD (LOCKHART) of Northampton County, North Carolina. was granted 5,000 acres on the Elk River in 1788 (North Carolina Land Grants for Giles County) for military service. It is not known if he ever resided in Giles. According to Heitman's Register, pp. 45-47, one Samuel Lockhart was a Major in the Third North Carolina Line, with service from 15 Apr 1776 to 12 Oct 1777, and a Lt. Colonel in the 8th North Carolina Line from 12 Oct to 19 Oct 1777 (Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, compiled and published by the North Carolina Daughters of the Revolution, 1932, Durham, NC, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1967)

NATHANIEL MARTIN, born 15 Sep 1758, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, enlisted in the Rev War while a resident of Pembroke, New Hampshire. After the Revolution, he moved to New York, then to Virginia, then to East Tennessee, then to Giles County, where he applied for his pension on 17 Nov 1834, at age 76. According to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part II, the application of Nathaniel MARTIN, Pulaski, Giles County, was rejected/suspended at some point before 1852 because a "soldier of the same name" was on the New Hampshire rolls, and he needed "some proof to identify his service as claimant." No Nathaniel MARTIN is on the 1812 or 1836 Giles County tax lists, or the 1820 or 1840 Giles County Census enumerations. A Nathan MARTIN is on p. 185 of the 1830 Giles County census but the only adult male in the household was only 30-40 years of age (east Tennessee counties not yet checked).

JOHN MASSIE, born 1759, New Kent County, Virginia, served Continental Dragoons, died 1833, Giles County; married Judith MOSS.

JOHN McCANLESS (McCANLASS), served as a Sergeant in the North Carolina Line, applied for his pension on 19 Nov 1832 (RW Pension File S1695), and was awarded an annual allowance of $90.00, $225.00 Amount Rec'd as of the 1835 rolls, his pension having started on Sep 17, 1833, Age 80 (1835 Rolls). According to his pension application declaration, John was born 10 Jun 1754 in New London County, Pennsylvania [there is no New London County in Pennsylvania, perhaps New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania?], but lived in Orange County, North Carolina at the time he enlisted in the service. In 1832, he referred to grandchildren, but gave no names. David, James, John and Sam. MCCANLISS [sic] were all on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List. There are no pension files for any of them (there are two more John MCCANDLESS pensions, one from Greenbriar County, Virginia to Hardin County, KY, and the other from County Down, Ireland to Newcastle, DE, to Baltimore, MD, then Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, then Blount County, Tennessee, then Knox County, Tennessee, then Rhea County, Tennessee and to Maury County, Tennessee in 1834). By 1820, David, James, John, Samuel, Thomas P. and William were on the Giles County census, and in 1830, John McANLESS [sic] was on p. 150 (but too young to have been the pensioner), and James and John (age 70-80) on p. 146, Thomas on p. 152, James on p. 153, David and Jane MCCANLASS on p. 206, and John on p. 214 (age 20-30).

JOHN MCULLOCK (MCCOLLOCK), born 9 Jun 1743 or 1744, enlisted in the service at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, a Private with the North Carolina Continental Line, applied for his pension on 12 Aug 1818 in Giles County, Tennessee and was awarded an annual allowance of $96.00, and had received by 1835 (rolls), $646.12. His pension had started 21 Jun 1820, at which time, he was 91, was suspended 1 May 1820, and not restored until 3 Jan 1829 (Rev War Pension File R6771). According to his application, he had married in 1777 or 1778, in Orange County, North Carolina Agnes or Nancy (no last name given). In 1822, he stated that his wife Agnes was then aged 67, and in 1828 gave her age as 73. In 1847, she was of Dallas County, AR, aged 99. She died in 1850, children were mentioned, but only a son, David, their fourth child, was named (he lived in Dallas County, AR in 1847, and was aged 60 on 28 May 1847). In 1828, John had referred to his son, David, a widower then aged 35, and also to David's chilren whom he stated were John, Elizabeth, James and Joseph, with the edlest a son aged. In 1828, he also mentioned that his granddaughter, Nancy GILLESPIE, aged 13 or 14, was residing with him (ibid.). The 1812 Giles County Tax List includes a Robert McCULLOCK. It is not known if a relationship exists between them (not stated when John removed to Giles County), and in 1820, the Tennessee census index shows that David, James and John McCULLOCH were all in Giles County (pages 19, 11 and 19 respectively), and a Robert in Hickman County (p. 21). A DAR application states that John McCULLOCH married Nancy MURDOCH (source not known):

JOHN MCCULLOCH Miss Amy L. Wade. DAR ID Number: 163043 Born in Belton, Texas. Descendant of John McCulloch, as follows: 1. Charles B. Wade (b. 1866) m. 1890 Lula Spencer (1868-1908). 2. George W. Wade (1826-1902) m. 1858 Elizabeth F. Bouldin (1841-91). 3. Hillery M. Bouldin (1815-83) m. 1836 Nancy Jane Gillispie (1814-1907). 4. Jeremiah Gillispie (d. 1815) m. Elizabeth McCulloch (d. 1822). 5. John McCulloch m. 1776 Nancy Murdock. John McCulloch (1755-1850) received a pension, 1820, for service as private in the 6th regiment, North Carolina Continental Line. He was born in Granville County, North Carolina; died in Giles County, Tenn. (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 164, page 12 )

THOMAS McKISSACK or McKISSICK, born 1756, d 1826, Giles County, Tennessee, served in the Tennessee Mounted Militia, Col. Patterson or Patton's regiment

SAMUEL MONTGOMERY, buried Ells [sic, but Elk] Ridge Cemetery between Lynnsville and Cornersville, Tennessee (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Daughters of the American Revolution, Ref 74) Samuel MONTGOMERY'S Revolutionary War Service has not yet been confirmed (by this ed.), but his Elk Ridge cemetery monument inscription states: "Samuel Montgomery, 1732 - 1808, Revolutionary War Soldier, Pennsylvania Captain, 3 Penn. Regt. Samuel Montgomery is on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List.

LESTER MORRIS, born 5 Jul 1759, Virginia, served in Brunswick County, Virginia, married Frances (BROWN?), removed to Giles County by 1812.

ROBERT PATTERSON (PATTISON), born 5 Mar 1757, Pennsylvania, served in the Revolutionary War in York, South Carolina, removed to North Carolina, then Rutherford County, Tennessee, then Giles County, where he died after 1844.

REESE PORTER The DAR application file of Mrs. Katherine Caruthers Harding Ray (DAR ID Number: 90285) states that she was born in Nashville, Tenn, the wife of Harris Le Flore Ray, and a descendant of Robert CARUTHERS and of Reese PORTER, as follows: "1. W. G. Harding (b. 1858) m. 1881 Elizabeth Caruthers Newson. 2. Robert Caruthers (1827-1907) m. 1854 Sarah A. Vaughn (1831-1902). 3. Robert Caruthers (1791-1829) m. 1812 Elizabeth Brown Porter (1795-1881). 4. Robert Caruthers m. 1778 Elizabeth Patillo (1758-1832); Joseph Brown Porter (1770-1826) m. 1794 Elizabeth Thomas (1772-1825). 5. Reese Porter m. 1768 Jane Brown (1745-1806). Robert Caruthers (1753-1828) applied for a pension, 1833, in Bedford County, Tenn., and it was allowed for service as private, North Carolina Line. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa.; died in Bedford County, Tenn. Reese Porter (1744-1821) was a brave and patriotic man who was overpowered by the enemy and taken prisoner. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa.; died in Giles County, Tenn." (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 91, page 94). Also referenced is DAR ID No. 66377, which has not yet been checked. Rees [sic] PORTER is on the 1812 Giles County Tax List. (His pension file has not yet been checked).

AARON REYNOLDS, Giles County, Private, Virginia Line, $80.00 Annual Allowance, $171.10 Amount Rec'd, Apr 6, 1833 Pension Started, Age 80, Died Apr 16, 1833 (1835 Rolls). According to his pension application, made 27 Aug 1832 in Giles County, Aaron REYNOLDS served in both the Revolutionary War (Virginia Line) and in Indian War Service. He declared that he was born 1 Dec 1753, enlisted in Stafford County,Virginia, and that a Col. PATTERSON gave him 100 acres of land in Kentucky upon which he lived while living in the state of Kentucky." (Rev War Pension File S4061)

REUBEN RIGGS, born 1747, Morris County, New Jersey, resided Rowan and Surry Counties, North Carolina, removed to Washington County, North Carolina (now Tenn), thence to Grainger, thence to Giles County in 1808.

JOHN ROSS, Giles County, Private, South Carolina Line, $53.33 Annual Allowance, $60.00 Amount Rec'd, Jul 9, 1833 Pension Started, Age 77 (1835 Rolls). According to his pension application (S1929), John ROSS was born in 1758 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, where he lived when he enlisted in the service. After the War he moved to Georgia for 18 years and then in 1812 to Giles County, Tennessee. He applied for his pension on 22 Aug 1832 in Giles. John ROSS, age 89, pensioner, appears in the household of George B. ROSS on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 103.

THOMAS RUTHERFORD, served as a Private in the North Carolina Continental Line, enlisting in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. He married 1790, Orange County, North Carolina, Sarah ANDERSON. He applied for his pension on 12 Aug 1818 in Giles County, and d Sep 1831 in Giles. His widow, Sarah, died in Giles 27 Aug 1841. Their children were: John (eldest child, birth date not given), Agens b 22 Sep 1793, Thoas b 26 Apr 1796, Griffin, b 17 May 1801, James b 18 Feb 1805, Sarah, b 11 Feb 1809, married a Mr. CLARK in 1851 in Giles County, and David b 6 Sep 1812. Five children survived her at the time of her death: Thomas, Griffin, James and David RUTHERFORD and Sarah CLARK. (Rev War Pension File R9114) According to the 1835 Rolls, Thomas drew his pension as a resident of Giles: $96.00 Annual Allowance, $1,061.86 Amount Rec'd, Sep 17, 1819 Pension Started, Dropped Sep 4, 1829.

PARISH (PARISS) SIMS, born 1750, died 1833, buried Campbellsville Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee; married Keziah ROYSTER(?)

WILLIAM SMITH According to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part II, the application of William SMITH, Pulaski, Giles County, was rejected/suspended at some point before 1852 because his service was "as a wagoner--not provided for." Ed. Note: I have not yet located this application (there are scores of William Smiths). A William SMITH, age 60-70, was on page 212 of the 1830 Giles County Census, a William SMITH with no white polls (over age?) was in District 9 of the 1836 Giles County Tax List with 309 acres and 3 black polls, and a William SMITH, age 60-70, was on the 1840 Giles Census, page 100.

WILLIAM STRONG was, according to the DAR application file of Mrs. Corinne Carr Ray (ID #62850), born in 1754 in Ireland, died 1823 in Giles County, enlisted in 1777 as a corporal in Capt. John NICHOLSON"S company, Col. George GIBSON'S 1st Virginia Regiment. This source also states that the applicant was born in Cuba, Tennessee, the wife of Egbert Ray, and the descendant of Corp. William STRONG. "Daughter of John L. Carr and Frances Garey, his wife. Granddaughter of George L. Carr and Ann Eliza Black, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Matthew Black and Elizabeth Strong, his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of William Strong and Susan Nelson, his wife." (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 63, page 283) The DAR appplication file of Mrs. Nettie Friend Uzzell (ID Number: 61703), also born in Cuba, Tenn, wife of John Evans Uzzell and descendant of Corp. William STRONG, states that she was the daughter of Robert William FRIEND and Melissa Jane Carr BLACK, his wife. Granddaughter of Matthew BLACK and Elizabeth STRONG, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of William STRONG and Susan NELSON, his wife. This application shows NICHOLAS, not NICHOLSON, but is otherwise the same as #62850 (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 62, page 243) Both applications also reference No. 59530 (not checked yet). No William STRONG is on the 1812 Giles County Tax List, nor on the 1820 Giles County Census. The 1830 census has not yet been checked.

See also Janell McCann's Descendants of William Strong

ALEXANDER TARPLEY served in the Revolutionary War according to the Goodspeeds Biography of his son, John L. Tarpley (See Tarpley Biographies). He is on the 1812 Giles County Tax List

NATHANIEL TATUM enlisted in Brunswick County, Virginia where he was b on 12 Dec 1759, and where he lived until 1816 when he moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, where he applied for his pension on 30 Oct 1832 in Davidson County, Tennessee at age 73. (Rev War S3769) Private, Virginia Line, $23.33 Annual Allowance $69.99 Amount Received December 17 1833 Pension Started Age 75 (1835 Tn Pension Roll, Davidson). Nathaniel TATUM, age 79, pensioner, heads his own household (as Nathaniel TATOM) on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee census, p. 90 According to Heitman's Register, pp. 45-47, (Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, compiled and published by the North Carolina Daughters of the Revolution, 1932, Durham, NC, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1967) See also Revolutionary War Soldiers of Tennessee, Surname T, TNGenWeb (TNGenNet), and note that Nathaniel TATUM may have been kin to Howell TATUM who had Early North Carolina Land Grants for land that became part of Giles.

JAMES TINNEN, born 23 May 1758, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, resided in Orange County, North Carolina when he enlisted, moved to Giles County, Tennessee in 1806 or 1807, applied there for his pension on 22 May 1833 (Rev War Pension File No. S3814). James TINNEN is on the 1812 Giles Tax List, and is also, at age 81, a pensioner, and head of household in the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 118

JOHN WATKINS, age 83, pensioner, appears in the household of John WATKINS (probably the same), on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee census, p. 143. According to John's pension application, he was born in 1755 in Fairfax County, Virginia, but was living "some 18 miles below Hillsboro" [Orange County, North Carolina] on the Flat River in North Carolina when he enlisted, and then lived for 14 years on the Saluda River in South Carolina where he was married, and after his wife died, lived with his mother on the head waters of the Edisto River in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He then moved to where his brother lived on the Catawba River in the edge of North Carolina where he lived for 8 or 9 years. He then returned to his mother's where he was again married and lived there some two years, then moved to Greenville District, South Carolina some four miles from Greenville. He moved to Giles County, Tennessee in 1813 and had lived there since except for five months he lived in the State of Indiana, having returned to Giles County, Tennessee where he applied 1 Aug 1842 [sic] (Rev. War Pension File No. R11190, North Carolina Service). According to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part II, John WATKINS' pension application was rejected or suspended (at some point prior to 1852, probably when he first applied) for lack of proof that he was the John Watkins "named in the certificate of the Secretary of State of North Carolina as a soldier of the line of that State."

SAMUEL WATSON, age 79, pensioner, appears in the household of Rich'd [Richard] SUTTLE on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee census, p. 161

Samuel WATSON was not on the rolls for Giles County in 1835 (other counties not yet checked), and his pension application has not yet been located, but he does appear in the records of the U.S. House of Representative in 1843 and 1844:
21 Dec 1843 U.S. House of Representatives. "By Mr. Aaron V. Brown: A petition of Samuel Watson, of Giles county, Tennessee, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying for a pension for services in said war: referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions." (Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873, Thursday, December 21, 1843, p. 89, Library of Congress, American Memories Collection)

16 Jan 1844 U.S. House of Representatives. "On motion of Mr. Rathbun,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the consideration of the petitions of Lawrence Smith, Amasa Dunbar, and Samuel Watson; and that the petitions lie on the table.
(Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873, Tuesday, January 16, 1844, page 244, American Memories Collection, Library of Congress)

WILLIAM WELLS, Giles County, Private, Virginia Line, $88.00 Annual Allowance, $216.33 Amount Rec'd, Jul 3, 1833 Pension Started, Age 79, Died August 20, 1833. (1835 Rolls). The pension application of William WELLS states that he was born Dec 1753, Prince George County, Virginia, and that he was residing there when he enlisted, that he moved to Davidson County, Tennessee about 1808, and then about 1810 to Giles County where he applied for his pension on 6 Oct 1832 (Rev War Pension File No. S3494). William WELLS is on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List. His cemetery inscription reads "William Wells, 1753-1833, Soldier in Valley Forge in the Revolution, pioneer of Giles County." Adjacent to his stone is that of his wife, "Sarah Wells, 1765-1839, wife of William." (Wells Cemetery)

GEORGE WHITE, Giles County, Private, North Carolina Line, $53.33 Annual Allowance, $159.99 Amount Rec'd, Nov 11, 1833 Pension Started, Age 78 (1835 Rolls) According to his pension application, dated Nov 1832, filed in Giles County, Tennessee, George WHITE was born in 1755 near Alexandria, Virginia, and had lived in Caswell County, North Carolina when he enlisted. He later removed to Giles County, Tennessee for four years, then to Lauderdale County, Alabama for twelve years, and was now living "some forty miles from Florence, Alabama near the Tennessee state line." (Rev War Pens. File No. S1736)

THOMAS WILLIAMS, age 79, pensioner, is listed in the household of Henry E. WILLIAMS on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 106 He is not on the 1835 Rolls for Giles, but according to his pension application, Thomas WILLIAMS was born 9 Sep 1763 in Prince George County, Virginia where he livd when he enlisted. After the Revolution, he moved to Dunwoody [Dinwoodie], then to Giles County where he lived when he applied for his pension on 22 Nov 1834. His pension application also mentioins his having served as a substitute for his brother, Peter WILLIAMS (No. R11621). According to Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, Rejected Pensions, Part I, Thomas WILLIAMS applied for a pension, but it was rejected at some point prior to 1852 due to his not having been put in six months' service.

BRITTAIN WILLIFORD, Giles County, Private - Sergeant, North Carolina Line, $80.00 Annual Allowance, $240.00 Amount Rec'd, Sep 25, 1833 Pension Started, Age 93 (1835 Rolls). Brittain WILLEFORD ws born 20 May 1742 (OS) in Southampton County, Virginia, but was residing in Spartanburg District, South Carolina when he enlisted. He applied for his pension on 256 Nov 1832 in Giles County. His son Willis WILLEFORD made an affidavit on 20 Nov 1832 in Giles, declaring that he was age 59 on 14 Jun 1832, and that his father had moved from Spartansburg to Wilson County, Tennessee in 1815, and in 1816 moved to Giles County. In his affidavit, Brittain WILLIFORD referred to his son Wiley WILLEFORD of Maury County, Tennessee having his family bible. (Rev War Pension File S1740)

ELLETT WOOD, age 87, pensioner, is in the household of George ERWIN on the 1840 Giles County, Tennessee Census, p. 139 According to his pension application, dated 15 Oct 1832, DeKalb County, Georgia, Ellit [sic] WOOD was born in Orange County, Virginia (date not given, but he was aged 81 when he made his affidavit), and lived there when he enlisted. After the Revolution, he moved to the state of Georgia and lived in Wilkes, Morgan and DeKalb Counties in Georgia. In 1835, he moved to Maury County, Tennessee, and on 26 Apr 1838, his daughter, Martha C. WOOD and his son-in-law, Alfred D. HOWARD made a joint affidavit in Maury County, Tennessee on his behalf (Rev War Pension No. S1605).

MATTHEW WOOD, Giles County, Captain, North Carolina Continental Line, $240.00 Annual Allowance, $2208.66 Amount Rec'd, Sep 11, 1823 Pension Started, Age 69, Died October 28, 1832. Matthew or Mathew WOOD was born 24 Feb 1761 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, but was residing in Halifax County, North Carolina, by the time he enlisted. He applied for his pension on 8 Jan 1823 in Giles County, and declared that he livd "some nine miles west of Pulaski on Dry Creek." (See Dry Fork of Weakley Creek, Giles County Land Surveys, 1823-1849) He married Rebecc YOUNG (no date or location) and died 26 Oct 1831 or 1832. Their children are named in his pension file (Revolutionary War Pension File S39135, abstracted by Mrs. Sarah Smith). According to Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Daughters of the American Revolution, Matthew WOOD was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee. The 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List includes David, Robert, Samuel and William WOODS.
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