If you have a copy of a Pension record for an American Revolutionary Soldier from Carroll County, please submit to Liz Robertson
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Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 1,
2005, 11:51 am
JOHN CARMICHAEL
John Carmichael applied for revolutionary pension while living in Cocke
County, Tennessee. He was born August 7, 1757, in Chester County, Pennsplvania,
and was taken soon afterwards by his parents to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
where he resided during the Revolution. He enlisted September 15, 1777, and
served two months in Captain David Mitchell's company, Colonel James Watson's
Pennsylvania regiment He also served in Captain Evans' company. February 15,
1779, he enlisted again and served in Captains Schaffner and Hubley's companies.
He enlisted again June 15, 1780, when he served in Captains Huble, George Bush
and John Alexander's companys Colonel Harmer's Pennsylvania regiment. He was
discharged December 23, 1780, near Morristown. During this service he was in a
skirmish at block house a few miles above New York.
He moved after the Revolution from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to
Cumberland County where he resided for ten years. He then moved to Berkeley
County, Virginia, where he lived for five years and to Montgomery County,
Virginia, where he lived for fifteen years. He then moved to Cocke County,
Tennessee.
August 31, 1832, when he applied for pension he had resided in Cocke County,
Tennessee, for seventeen years. In May, 1836, he was a resident of Carroll
County, Georgia, where he had gone to reside with his children. His address was
Tallapoosa, Georgia, and he was then called John Carmichael, Sr.
Additional Comments:
From:
SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. IV
by Zella Armstrong
This was in the section marked:
RECORDS OF SOME REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS WHO DID NOT LIVE IN TENNESSEE BUT WHO
HAVE TENNESSEE DESCENDENTS OR SOME OTHER TENNESSEE INTEREST