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.
From Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution by Zella Armstrong
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