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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
Who Once Lived in Roane County

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Mrs. Mable Harvey Thornton’s List (with additions and notes by S. E. Roberts)

Official records created before the need to prove Rev. Service:

CAPTAIN JOHN HINDS, NC Dragoons, SAMUEL KENDRICKS, VA, JOHN LOYD, Militia, Chester Co. PA

Official records created after the need to prove Rev. Service. Invalid pension list, published June 1, 1813:

JOHN BLAIR, Lt., SC

Official records, Act of 1818, published in 1835 as of Aug 1834, living in Roane:

CORONAMUS ACRE, JOHN BOWMAN, ROBERT CROW, VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM, SAMUEL EVANS, GEORGE FULLER, WILLIAM MEAD, JOHN PARR, URIAH RECTOR, SAMUEL WALKER, Capt. VA, WILLIAM WILLIS, VA, JOHN WALKER.

Once lived in Roane, but living in other counties:

JAMES ACREE of Knox, THOMAS IVES of Knox, THOMAS SPRAGEN of Monroe, MAXIMILIAN RECTOR of McMinn, JOHN STAPLES of Morgan

Act of 1832, published in 1835, as of August 1834, Living in Roane:

RICHARD ALLEN, JAMES AIKEN, JAMES ALLEY, WILLIAM BOYD, ISAIAH BROWN, DAVID BLACKWELL, MORRIS BRASHEARS, LAIRD BURNS, CARTER BARNET, ROBERT BURK, ENOCH BUSH, WILLIAM CARROLL, BENJAMIN CHAPMAN, JOHN CRENSHAW, JOHN COX, ORDIN EVANS, WILLIAM EDGEMAN, SIMEON ELDRIDGE, SOLOMON GERON, JARED HOTCHKISS, STEPHEN HANCOCK, WILLIAM HARVEY, WILLIAM HYDEN, MESHACK HENDERSON, CHARLES LAIN, DAVID LILES, HEZEKIAH LOVE, JOSEPH LANE, AMOS MARNEY, JOHN MCNATT, ADAM MILLER, JOHN PERRY, BENJAMIN SUDDOTH, EBENEZER SNOW, BENJAMIN THACKER, PETER WEES, JOHN WOODDAY, ISHAM YOUNG.

Act of 1832 published in 1835, once lived in Roane, but living in other counties:

JOHN ALLGOOD living in Monroe.DAVID BLEVINS living in Morgan, JAMES BUTLER living in Rhea, BENJAMIN CLARK living in Monroe, JONATHAN DILDINE living in Morgan, JOHN HOLLOWAY living in Morgan, THOMAS LANDRUM living in Knox, WILLIAM MOORE living in Monroe, BOSTIN OLLIS living in Morgan, CLEMMON PHILLIPS living in Morgan, MATTHEW PRYOR, SR. living in Marion (?), LOVETT REED living in Bledsoe, JOHN SUTTON living in Rhea, MATHIAS WILLIAMS living in Morgan

List published in proceedings of 25^th Congress showing names added or dropped during past two years since August 1, 1834:

BAREKIAS COPE, GIDEON MORGAN

1840 Census of pensioners, names not listed previously

DAVID C. DENNY, age 86, head of household
JOHN HOOD, age 78, head of household
ROBERT LILES, age 81, with family of Robert D. Liles
NATHANIEL ORSBOURN, age 89, with family of Elizabeth Burk
TANDY SENTER, age 82, head of household
EDWARD WYATT, age 81, with family of Daniel White

Pension records, but not shown in above lists:

ZACCHEUS ROBERTS (SC Nat. Archives)

Pension applications in Roane, not on above lists:

JOHN BEVERLY, AMBROSE FOSTER, BENJAMIN HENRY, JACOB KINDRICK, JAMES MCCOWAN (also written McEwen), LEWIS ROANE, WILLIAM SMITH, SR. JAMES WILSON

Unofficial records originated by contemporaries without intent to deceive:

ROBERT KING (Pvt. In the Battle of Kings Mountain

Written evidence originating, or preserved with the family:

JAMES MCELWEE (Pvt. In Battle of Kings Mountain)

Published by Capt. W. E. McElwee in 1910, but not in above lists:

PETER AVERY, JESSE BLACKWELL, JAMES CAMPBELL, WILLIAM CLIFT, THOMAS CRUMBLISS, JAMES DEARMOND (probably should be "John" DeArmond, the father of James), JACOB GARDENHIRE, REECE GULLICK, DAVID HENLEY (owned land, but chances are he never actually lived in Roane), ROBERT HOUSTON, SANFORD INGRAM, ABRAHAM MCCLELLAND, JOHN MCCOWN, JAMES MCNEAL, NICHOLAS NAIL, JOSEPH OVERTON, DAVID RATHER, CUMBERLAND RECTOR, ADAM SHERRILL, NATHAN SULLINS, SR., JAMES WALKER, WILLIAM WHITE

Not named in previous lists, but mentioned in Wells’ History of Roane Co, Vol I, 1927:

ROBERT ALLISON, JAMES ALLEN, JOHN BAILEY, HUGH BEATTY, NATHANIEL BUCKINHAM, DAVID CAMPBELL, MILTON CENTER, JAMES CLARK, THOMAS COULTER, WILLIAM DAVIDSON, HUGH DUNLAP (the man who first settled at present Rockwood was too young to be in Rev. War), WILLIAM EVANS, HUGH FRANCIS, JOSEPH FRANCIS, ALEXANDER GAMBLE, JOSEPH GREEN, JOHN HACKETT, SR., DAVID HALEY, WILLIAM LEWIS, DAVIS MCCLELLAND, SAMUEL MCCLELLAND, JOHN MCCOY, THOMAS MCMULLEN, HENRY MILLER, ALEXANDER OUTLAW, ROBERT OVERTON, RICHARD PRICE, WILLIAM RANDOLPH, WILLIAM REPPETO, JOHN RHEA, JOHN SHARP, JACOT SMITH, NATHANIEL TAYLOR.

Not named above, but mentioned in Wells’ Vol II,:

RICHARD CAVETT, MOSES FERGUSON, CHARLES PRUETT, WILLIAM PRUETT, MARTIN PRUETT, ANTHONY STREET, JOHN J. WILLIAMS

Not named above, but mentioned by Kate White in DAR magazine in 1934:

THOMAS BOWMAN, SPENCER CLACK, JOEL HEMBREE (too young) GEORGE INGRAM, ANANIAS MCCOY, JAMES ROGERS, ULICK SOUTER or SOUDER, THOMAS ? WOIVOLY, OR LIVELY, JOHN STONE, RICHARD WHITE, WILLIAM WHITE, brother to Richard

Additional names discovered by personal research, from affidavits and other sources in Roane County.

ABRAHAM BOGARD (Bogart) of Va fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain. In Roane, he lived on the TN River. He married secondly the widow of the Hon. George Preston.
JOHN BRASHEARS lived with the Brashears clan in Sugar Grove Valley for 5 or 7 years. His military records show that he was born in Orange County, NC in 1760. He entered service in 1780, and fought in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. After the War, he lived in NC, SC, KY, TN and AL. [may be different John B.??]
COL. THOMAS BUTLER was at one time the commanding officer at Fort South West Point. He took part in Roane County affairs.
AZARIAH DAVID appears in Roane records. Fought in Battle of Kings Mountain.
SURRY DAVIS was a Rev. War soldier from SC. An affidavit on file shows that he died in Roane in 1846 without a widow, but with children, including a daughter Margaret Stegall, and a son Granville Davis.
SAMUEL HALL was in Roane before 1807 (Book B, p 388) and had bought a farm, mill and distillery from John Smith T. He later moved to Morgan County. He is buried in the Elizabeth Church Graveyard, and has a DAR marker at his grave.
MICHAEL HASSLER, II, lived on Poplar Creek and left many descendants.
WILLIAM TERRILL LEWIS owned 1000 acres across Clinch from Kingston. He fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
MAJOR WILLIAM L. LOVELY was one of the first City Commissioners for Kingston.
ROBERT MCCORKLE was active in Roane. He is shown in Summer’s List.
COL. RETURN J. MEIGS was in charge of the Indian Agency at Fort South West Point, and after the Agency was moved down the TN River.
CAPT JAMES RICHARDSON served under Gen. John Sevier. He also fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He operated the first ferry across Clinch River under an agreement with the Indian Agency (later operated by Thomas N. Clark). Richardson served as Sheriff of Greene County from 1787 until 1792.
JOSHUA ROBERTS owned 100 acres on TN River in Roane. He later moved to Morgan County, and had moved to MO by 1837.
MOSES RUSSELL, SR. fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain. He was related to the Owings family of Rockwood by marriage. He also lived in Morgan County.
CAPT. RICHARD SPARKS was the son-in-law of Governor John Sevier. Richard "Dickie" was reared as a boy by the Indians. He was stationed at South West Point.
BOSTIN SMITH – an affidavit in Roane records.
ALEXANDER WILEY fought at Kings Mountain. In Roane, he lived on Poplar Creek.
ARTHUR GALBREATH lived on the East Fork of Poplar Creek adjoining Nicholas Nail. He fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
JONATHAN DAVIS [submitted by Charles, LowLoad@aol.com] Died 14 Jul 1831 in Roane County, TN (according to pension application). His widow, Elizabeth, applied for pension in Anderson County, TN on 4 July 1836. Pension #R2716 He probably is the Jonathan Davis living in Roane County on the 1830 census, next to his son, James Davis, also identified in the pension application. Other sons listed are William and John Davis.

See Southwest Point D.A.R. Chapter (Kingston) page

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Mrs. Mable Harvey Thornton’s List (with additions and notes by S. E. Roberts)

Official records created before the need to prove Rev. Service:

Official records created after the need to prove Rev. Service. Invalid pension list, published June 1, 1813:

Official records, Act of 1818, published in 1835 as of Aug 1834, living in Roane:

Once lived in Roane, but living in other counties:

Act of 1832, published in 1835, as of August 1834, Living in Roane:

Act of 1832 published in 1835, once lived in Roane, but living in other counties:

List published in proceedings of 25^th Congress showing names added or dropped during past two years since August 1, 1834:

1840 Census of pensioners, names not listed previously

Pension records, but not shown in above lists:

Pension applications in Roane, not on above lists:

Unofficial records originated by contemporaries without intent to deceive:

Written evidence originating, or preserved with the family:

Published by Capt. W. E. McElwee in 1910, but not in above lists:

**Not named in previous lists, but mentioned in Wells’ History of Roane Co, Vol I, 1927:**

Not named above, but mentioned in Wells’ Vol II,:

Not named above, but mentioned by Kate White in DAR magazine in 1934:

Additional names discovered by personal research, from affidavits and other sources in Roane County.

Mrs. Mable Harvey Thornton’s List (with additions and notes by S. E. Roberts)

Official records created before the need to prove Rev. Service:

Official records created after the need to prove Rev. Service. Invalid pension list, published June 1, 1813:

Official records, Act of 1818, published in 1835 as of Aug 1834, living in Roane:

Once lived in Roane, but living in other counties:

Act of 1832, published in 1835, as of August 1834, Living in Roane:

Act of 1832 published in 1835, once lived in Roane, but living in other counties:

List published in proceedings of 25th Congress showing names added or dropped during past two years since August 1, 1834:

1840 Census of pensioners, names not listed previously

Pension records, but not shown in above lists:

Pension applications in Roane, not on above lists:

Unofficial records originated by contemporaries without intent to deceive:

Written evidence originating, or preserved with the family:

Published by Capt. W. E. McElwee in 1910, but not in above lists:

Not named in previous lists, but mentioned in Wells’ History of Roane Co, Vol I, 1927:

Not named above, but mentioned in Wells’ Vol II,:

Not named above, but mentioned by Kate White in DAR magazine in 1934:

Additional names discovered by personal research, from affidavits and other sources in Roane County.

List published in proceedings of 25^th Congress showing names added or dropped during past two years since August 1, 1834:

**Not named in previous lists, but mentioned in Wells’ History of Roane Co, Vol I, 1927:**