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.
From Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution by Zella Armstrong
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