Greene County, Tennesseans of the Revolutionary War, 1783

When independence was declared on 4 Jul 1776, only East Tennessee was settled, most of it within what was then the Washington District of North Carolina. The following year, on 18 Dec 1777, the assembly of North Carolina created Washington County, which remained the only county in east Tennessee throughout most of the Revolutionary War. Estimated thousands of men (and boys) from Washington County fought in the Revolutionary War, the "Overmountain Boys" who, in fact, changed the course of the Revolutionary War when they fought at the Battle of King Mountain in the fall of 1781. Most of their names may never be known, there being very few extant records of the militia companies of East Tennessee. It is nevertheless probably fair to assume that a large number of those who were residing in that part of Washington County that became Greene less than two years after King's Mountain, participated in one or more military action during the War, and we are fortunate in that there are several extant early Greene County tax lists, including for the year 1783.

These extant lists include (1) the Assessors Return Third District 1783, by Henry Conway, Gidon Richey and James Dillard; (2) the Assessors Return Fourth District 1783 (by whom is not stated); (3) A list of poll taxables; (4) a List of Delinquents; (5) an unidentified Assessors Return; and (6) a compiled list, possibly including all districts. Only the first five lists are originals, part of the Calvin Morgan McClung Historical Collection of Lawson McGhee Library. These were published in the East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications as part of a tax list series that began in Issue No. 23 in 1951, and continued through Issue No. 38, the transcriptions and articles by Pollyanna Creekmore, a long-time and highly respected East Tennessee historian and archivist.

The sixth list was published by Mrs. Louise Wilson Reynolds in the April 1919 issue of D.A.R. Magazine, its origins not given, and her original source still unknown(?). It is this sixth list that has been published below, although publication of the later lists will hopefully follow.

Additional information and links have been added in [brackets] below where known (incomplete - a work in progress). See also Greene County, Tennesseans of the Revolutionary War

Allison, Robert Allison, David Alexander, James Alexander, Joseph Alexander, Ebinezer Anderson, Daniel Anderson, Barnibas Armstrong, John Armstrong, Langsnell Atherton, Charles Balch, Hezekiah Ball, John Ball, William Ballard, Isac Ballard, Thomas Barham, William Barnett, Robert Barnett, Thomas Barton, Isac Barton, Robert Basher, John Beard, Hugh Beard, John Bearchett, John Bennett, Thomas Bennett, William Biggs, John Bigham, William Billings, William Bird, Amos Bird, John Bird, Joseph Bishop, John Bishop, Mathew Blackwell, David Blake, Hezekiah Borden, Michael Blackwell, John Boy, Elizabeth Box, Henry Box, Isac Box, Israel Box, Joseph Box, Robert Boy, Ezekial Boyd, James Boyd, Joseph Boyd, William Boyd, John Boydston, William Brabson, Andrew Brabson, Susan Brandon, Barnett Brandon, Garrett Brandon, Thomas Breed, Avery Brock, George Brown, George Brown, James Brown, Thomas Brumley, Augustine Brumley, Barnabas Brumley, Joseph Brumley, Thomas Bryant, Bryan Bryant, John Bryant, Thomas Bryson, Hugh Buckingham, Thomas Bull, John Bullard, Isac Bullard, Joseph Burk, James Burney, William Buskin, Jonathan Byram, Benjamin Byram, Ebenezer Byram, William Cameron, James Campbell, Alexander Campbell, David Campbell, James Campbell, John Campbell, Robert Campbell, William Cannon, John Carlyle, John Carson, John Carson, Robert [born "Greenbriar River near Englishes Ferry," resided in Greene, then Jefferson, then Warren Co, TN] Carter, Abraham Carter, John Carter, Michael Casteel, William Casteel, John Casteel, John, Jr Chamberlin, Jane Chamberlin, Stout Chambers, John Christian, Isham Cisco, John Claggs, William Clowers, Jacob Colly, James Colton, John Condry, Henry Conway, Henry Conway, Philip Corbitt, John Cooper, Jacob Cooper, John Copeland, David Cotter, John Cotton, Young Cowan, Philip Cox, Benjamin Cox, Ephraim Cox, Mathew Cox, Thomas Crabtree, James Craddick, David Craig, David Craig, James Craig, James Jr Craig, John Cravan, Robert Crawford, John Creamer, Daniel [Rev. War pensioner on 1835 Greene Rolls] Crockett, John Crockett, Robert Cross, Henry Crow, James Crow, John Crow, Joseph Crowson, William Crump, Edmund Cunningham, John Curtis, Nathaniel Curtis, Robert Davis, Alexander Davis, Nathan Davis, James Davis, John Davis, Joseph Davis, Nicholas Day Davis, Philip Davis, Robert Davis, Samuel Davis, Thomas Dawson, William Delaney, Francis Delaney, James Delaney, John Dillard, James Dillon, Peter Dixon, Samuel Dotson, Charles Dotson, John Doty, Azariah [1835 Greene County Rolls] Doherty, George [King's Mountain] Doherty, Joseph Doherty, James Dudley, Abraham Duncan, Cravan Dunham, Henry Dunham, Joseph Dunham, Robert Dunn, William Dunwoody, Samuel Dunwoody, Adam Dunwoody, James Duval, Thomas Eagleton, David Eakin, Joseph Edmunds, John Eldridge, Thomas English, Andrew English, James [1787 State of Franklin Petitioner] English, Daniel English, John English, Joseph English, William Epperson, David Epperson, Joseph Ernest, Henry [1787 State of Franklin Petitioner] Evans, Evan Evans, Jonathan Eaton, James Falls, Thomas Fant, John Fant, Philip Farnsworth, Henry Fincher, Robert Fine, Peter Fine, John Fine, Phillip Forby, Henry Frame, David Francis, William Furman, James Fuston, Robert Galbrath, Alexander Galbrath, James Galbrath, John Galbrath, Joseph Galbrath, William Gass, John [1835 Greene County Rolls] Gass, Thomas Gibson, Samuel Gilbert, John Gilbert, Richard Gillespie, James Gillespie, Thomas Gilliam, Robert Gilliland, John Gillis, John Gist, Thomas Gist, Avery Gist, Benjamin Gist, John Glass, Jacob Glass, Joseph Glaze, Lawrence Goforth, William Godden, Benjamin Gooden, James Gooden, Thomas Gorrell, David Greene, Jacob Griswell, Daniel Gross, Thomas Guthrie, James Guthrie, William Garrett, David Garrett, Hardin, Joseph Hardin, John Hamilton, Francis Hadden, Elisha Hale, Alexander Hale, Shadrack Hale, William Hall, Alexander Hall, Gailor Hamilton, Isiah Hammond, John Hardin, William Hawkins, Joseph Haynie, Charles Haynie, James Hays, Charles Hays, James Hays, John Hays, Joseph Hays, Nathaniel Hays, Naoma Hayworth, Abraham Hayworth, George Hayworth, James Hemile, Joseph Henderson, Daniel Henderson, John Henderson, Joseph Henderson, Thomas Henderson, William Henkle, Thomas Henry, James Herman, Robert Hicks, Jonathan Hightower, Richard Hill, James Hodges, Drury Hodges, William Holly, Elizabeth Holly, Johnathan Hood, Robert Hopton, John Hornback, John Hough, John Houston, James [King's Mountain] Houston, Samuel Howard, Abraham Howard, Richard Hubbard, Samuel Hubbard, James Hubbard, William Hubbs, Caleb Huffman, Michael Hughes, Andrew Hughes, Edward Hughes, John Hughes, Francis [1835 Greene County Rolls] Hunt, Abraham Hunt, Thomas Hutchins, Smith Inman, Shadrack Jamison, Andrew Jamison, Benjamin Jamison, George Jarvis, James Johnson, James Johnson, John Johnson, Joseph Johnson, William Jones, Evan Jones, Henry Jones, William Keel, James Keel, Robert Kelly, John Kelly, Johnathan Kenedy, Daniel Kenedy, Francis Kenedy, Moses Kenedy, William Kerr, Robert Sr Kerr, Robert Kerr, William Kesterson, John [See John KESLERSON [sic] on 1835 Greene County Roll Keykendall, James Keykendall, John Keykendall, Joseph Keykendall, Mathew Kilgore, Charles [1835 Greene County Rolls] King, German King, James King, Joseph King, Robert Kirkland, Daniel Kirkwood, David Kyler, Joseph Lane, Dutton Lane, Isac [King's Mountain] Lawson, Anthony Lee, Abner Lee, George Lee, Thomas Leeper, Andrew Leeper, Mathew Leggett, John Leming, David Lovitt, Elisha Lewis, Uriah Lincoln, Mary Lindsey, David Lintz, Alexander Livingston, Robert Lonas, James Lonas, Joseph Long, Zopher Loony, Richard Lovelady, James Lovelady, John Lovelady, Marshall Lusk, Joseph Lyle, James McAdoo, John McAdoo, John, Jr McAlpin, Alexander McBroom, William McCall, Robert McCartney, Charles McCartney, John McCartney, James McCartney, James McCartney, William McClung, Hugh McClung, John McClung, James McClure, Nathan McConnell, Jacob McCool, Gabrael McCouglan, Alexander McCrosky, John McCurdy, John McCurdy, Andrew McCurdy, Archibald McDowell, Ephraem McFarland, Alexander McFerrin, Andrew McFerrin, James McGaughey, William McGhee, Terrell McGill, James McGill, Robert McGill, Robert McGuire, Cornelius McGuire, Francis McGuire, Francis Jr. McKeehan, Samuel McMeans, Samuel McMurry, William McMurray, Samuel McNew, Shadrack McPherron, James McPheters, Joseph McPike, William McWilliams, David Martin, Andrew Martin, George Martin, Richard Mathew, Phillip Mathews, Joel Mathews, Obediah Mathews, Peter Mathews, William Mays, Samuel Mays, Thomas Meek, Israel Meek, Adam Middleton, John Milburn, Joseph Miller, Andrew Millican, Alexander Millican, James Mitchell, Andrew Mitchell, David Montgomery, Alexander Montgomery, James Montgomery, Thomas Mooney, George Moore, Anthony Moore, Hugh Moore, James Moore, John Moore, Moses Moore, Mary Moore, Robert Moore, Samuel Moore, William Morgan, Adonijah Morgan, Levi Morgan, Thomas [enlisted in Botetourt, moved to Washington (the part that became Greene) in 1779, served with Henry Reynolds (see below) under Capts. Dougherty and Jacob Brown] Morris, Gideon Morris, John Morris, Shadrack Morrison, Patrick [Rowan Co, NC to TN. See also 1788 Sullivan County, TN Militia Co. of Capt. Thomas VINCENT and 1787 State of Franklin Petition] Morrow, William Mulholland, William Murphy, John Murphy, William Neas, Peter Neil, Mathew Neil, Nicholas Neil, Walter Nelson, James Nelson, Joseph Nelson, William Nelson, William Newby, James Newby, Joseph Newman, John Oliphant, John O'Neal, Bartholomew O'Neal, Cornelius O'Neal, Robert O'Neal, William Oren, David Oren, Thomas Orphan, Thomas Owens, John Owens, William Painter, Adam Parker, William Parks, James Parker, William Paris, Robert Parton, Samuel Pate, Mathew Patterson, James Patterson, John Pennington, Absalom Perciful, Thomas Perkins, James Perkins, Joseph Phillips, Thomas Posey, Abraham Pickens, James Pierce, James [King's Mountain Capt.] Piper, Martha Poor, Moses Posey, Abraham Prather, Alexander Prather, Thomas Prewitt, David Prewitt, Martin Prewitt, William Price, John Pryor, John Pryor, Richard Perciful, Thomas Rankin, David Rankin, Thomas Rankin, William [1835 Greene County Rolls] Rawlings, Ashahel [1787 State of Franklin Petitioner] Ray, Benjamin Ray, William Reece, John Reece, Abraham Reece, John Reed, David Reed, George Reed, John Ray, Thomas Reed, Michael Renfro, Samuel Reynolds, David Reynolds, Henry [Rev War pensioner, b Sussex PA, removed to Washington Co in 1779] Reynolds, Job Reynolds, William Richison, Abel Richison, James Richison, John Richison, William Richey, Gideon Richey, Thomas Ricker, John Riggs, Edward Riggs, Jenny Riggs, Reuben [Morris Co, NJ, Surry Co, NC, Washington Co, TN, Jefferson Co, TN, Giles Co, TN, fought in the Battle of Boyd Creek] Right, James (Wright) Rightsell, George Ringo, Cornelius Ripper, Hardy Roberts, Barnard Roberts, Edward Roberts, John Roberts, Johnathan Rodgers, James Roberts, Samuel Robertson, Charles Robertson, Francis Robertson, James Ross, John Rowan, Charles Rowan, Francis Rudder, James Running, Isac Russell, David Russell, Thomas Rutherford, Thomas Ryan, William Samples, Samuel Sampson, Anthony Serratt, Joseph [Perhaps the Joseph Screat [sic] who was one of the signers of the 1787 Petition to Form a New State] Serratt, Elisha Scott, Adam Seaton, Isiah Seaton, Jacob Sellers, Sebert Sheffy, John Shelly, Luke Sherrell, Adam [1776 Watauga Petitioner] Sherrell, John Sherrell, Phillip Sherrell, Samuel Sherrell, Samuel Jr Shores, Alexander Simpson, Andrew Simpson, James Simpson, Mary Simpson, Reuben Sloan, John Smiley, Jacob Smith, Alexander Smith, Francis Smith, John Smith, Thomas Smith, Turner Stanfield, Thomas Starnes, Adam Starnes, James Steel, James Steel, Richard Steel, Robert Stephenson, John Stewart, Benjamin Stewart, Robert Stockton, William Stone, John Stone, William Stuart, Benjamin Stuart, James Stewart, Joseph Swaggerty, Abraham Swaggerty, Frederick Tadlock, Jeremiah [Jeremiah, John, Josiah and Thomas TADLOCK were all 1787 State of Franklin Petitioner] Tadlock, John Tadlock, Josiah Tadlock, Mathias Tadlock, Thomas Tate, Thomas Taylor, Isac [1787 State of Franklin Petitioner] Temple, James Temple, Major Temple, John Temple, William Thomas, Andrew Thompson, William Tidence, Emanuel Toby, Henry Tony, Zopher Tool, John Totten, John Trimble, John Trimble, Moses Tye John Vance, Samuel [1787 State of Franklin Petitioner] Vance, John Vanhooster[?], John Veatch, Amos Veatch, Elijah Veatch, Josiah Veatch, Jeremiah Veatch, Nathan Walker, Joseph Wallace, Samuel Ward, James Wear, Samuel Wear, John Wear, Hugh Webb, George Webb, Richard Wells, Henry Wells, Thomas Welty, John West, Thomas Whittenburg, Frederick Whittenburg, Henry Whittenburg, James Whitson, Henry Wilhoit, Adam Williams, James Williams, John Williams, Joseph Williams, Thomas Williamson, William Willis, Joseph Wilson, Alexander Wilson, Ephraem Wilson, James Wilson, John Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Robert Wilson, William Winningham, John Wood, John Woodward, John Woods, Richard Woolsey, John Wright, James Wyatt, Samuel Wyatt, William