Corporal Hugh Harris Sr.

Revolutionary War Veteran

Pension File W-25743

By Beth Bradford-Pytel

Updated 10/21/23

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Corpl. Hugh Harris Sr.

4th NC Regiment - Continental Army

Born:  Bet. 1755-1758 in Virginia

Died:  February 13, 1855, Broylesville, Washington Co., TN

Burial:  New Salem Church Cemetery, Limestone, Washington Co., TN

 

On May 20, 1776, Hugh enlisted in Orange Co., NC as Private in Capt. Roger Moore and William Goodman's Company under the command of General Nash for 3 years in the 4th NC Regiment.  The regiment was deployed to the Philadelphia Campaign and Hugh fought in the Battles of Brandywine Creek, Germantown, and Monmouth. His company camped at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777.  He was promoted to Corporal on November 10, 1778, and discharged in Paramus, NJ on May 20, 1779.

 

As a supplement to the Timeline of Hugh Harris Sr, this sub-page provides the complete Pension / Widow's Pension File of Hugh and Elizabeth Jackson-Harris.  The 55 page are posted in order of extraction from the National Archives.

 

Hugh Harris Sr. is my 5G grandfather through his son Hugh Harris Jr., and his son Jason Laws Harris, and his son Nathan Dempsey Harris and his daughter, Bessie Marie Harris of the Flag Pond area of Unicoi Co., Tennessee.

The signature of Hugh Harris found in document #26

SOURCE - PENSION FILE:

Publication Title:  Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files

Publisher: National Archives, Washington, D.C.

National Archives Catalog Title: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War

Catalog ID: 300022    Publication Number: M804     Record Group: 15

Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900

Description: NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.

State: North Carolina

Veteran Name: Hugh Harris

Widow Pensioner Name: Elizabeth Harris

Service: N.C.   Pension Number: W25743

 

 

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