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John Hale applied for Revolutionary pension in 1833 while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn. He was born in Bedford County, Va. in 1753 or 1754. He enlisted in Bedford County, Va., in 1776. He volunteered in Capt. Harry Bluford’s Company, Lieut. John Frields, Ensign Abram Sharp. They marched to the Cherokee Country and were in the battle of Long Island. He was discharged and returned home. He went to school and re-enlisted under Capt. Charles Watkins. He had 24 months’ service in all. His discharge was burned in Blount County in 1803. After the War he moved to Wythe County, Va., then to Greene County, Tenn., to Washington County, Tenn., to Blount County, Tenn. and then to Bledsoe County about 1813.

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John Ford applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County in February, 1833. He was born in Albemarle County, Va., Nov., 13, 1764. He enlisted in Fluvanna County, Va., in Capt. Thomas Thurman’s Company. After the Revolution he moved to Roane County, Tenn., where he lived eight years. About 1817 he moved to Bledsoe County, where he died. He received a Bounty land warrant. He died in Bledsoe County, August 5, 1844. He married April 12, 1785, in Fluvanna County, Va., Elizabeth England, who survived him. She applied for pension August 21, 1844, when she was 80 years of age, naming six children: Jane, born 1786, married ______ Mathis; Sarah, born 1789, married ____ Bristoe; John Ford, Jr., born 1796; Nancy, born 1798, married _____ Loden; Mary, born, 1803, married _____ Renfroe; and Reuben, born 1806. She died September 30, 1845.

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Andrew Davis applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County. He was born Dec. 21, 1750 in the Waxsaw settlement of South Carolina. He was living there when he enlisted Nov. 1, 1775, under Capt. John Barkley, Col. Richardson and Gen. Sumpter, serving two months. He enlisted again and was in Charleston during the battle of Sullivan’s Island but was not in the battle. In 1777 he served under Capt. James Pettigrew, Col. Samuel Jack and Col William Terrell in a regiment which was called the Minute Troops. He served in 1779 under Capt. Robert Davis. He volunteered in a cavalry company in Lincoln County, N. C., under Capt. Samuel Martin. His papers were lost when his house was burned. He knew Andrew Jackson as a boy. He moved from South Carolina to Iredell County, N. C., during the Revolution and subsequently he moved to Rutherford County, Tenn., to Warren County, Tenn., and to Bledsoe County. He then moved to Benton County, Ala., and applied to have his pension transferred to that county.

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John Curtis applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn., in November 1832. He was born in Dinwiddie County or Sussex County, Va., in 1759 or 1760. His father died when he was very young. He was living in Dinwiddie County when he enlisted and served in Virginia troops. He moved to Orange County, N. C., and then to Chatham County, N. C. He then moved to Giles County, Tenn., Sumner County, Tenn., White County, Tenn., and to Bledsoe County. He died August 7, 1844 in Bledsoe County. He married Dolly Huneycut, Oct., 10, 1793. She survived him and applied for widow’s pension while living in McMinn County, Tenn., in 1848, being then 78 years old, therefore born 1770. Their oldest child the name not being given in the application, was born in 1796.

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Stephen Brown applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn. in February, 1832. He was born in Cumberland County, Va. in 1756. He was living in Buckingham County, Va. when he enlisted in the Virginia troops under Capt. Redd. He was employed in guarding British prisoners. He declared that he could prove his service by Charles Thurman, a citizen of Bledsoe County, who served in the same regiment with him. He was stationed for a time near Albermarle and served near Guilford Court House before the battle. He moved to Bledsoe County, Tenn. about thirty years after the War. His discharge was burned when his house was burned about 1813.

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John Dalton applied for revolutionary pension in Feb., 1833, while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn. He was born Oct. 3, 1758 in Albemarle County, Va. He enlisted in the spring of 1778 in Albemarle County, his company officers being Capt. William Sims. Lieut. William Flint and Ensign William Dowell. He enlisted again in 1779 under the same officers and again in 1781 under the same officers He married a daughter of Capt. William Simms. His uncle was William Grant, two members of whose family were killed by Indians in North Carolina in 1781. After the war John Dalton moved to Rutherford County, N. C., and to Bledsoe County, Tenn., about the year 1817. His widow, _____ Sims Dalton, survived him.
Note: His pension does not state that he was a minister, but in signing an application for a friend’s pension he wrote his name, John Dalton, D. D.

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Thomas Brannon applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County, Aug. 25, 1818. He enlisted in 1777 in Capt. Anthony Sharp’s Company, Ninth North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battles of Eutaw Springs, Monmouth and Stoney Point. He was discharged in 1780 having served four full years. He moved after the War to Bledsoe County. Tenn. where he died March 22, 1828. It is said that he was 100 and some years of age and the oldest man who ever lived in the County.

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