Soldiers of The Revolutionary War                   Hamilton County had no native soldiers of the Revolutionary War, as it took place some years before the county was settled.   Many soldiers, however, settled in the section; probably more than the following lists indicate.   Goodspeed says that many of the early traders among the Cherokee Indians were heroes of the Revolution. The names listed in this chapter, however, are of men who drew pension or whose service is specifically indicated in some other authentic way.   Many battles in which the mountain men participated were fought entirely by volunteer organizations and frequently no lists were preserved.   The soldiers of King's Mountain, the Chickamauga Expedition, and other battles and campaigns that turned the tide of British victory into success for the rebel army, were seldom given recognition in the early records, except when death or wounds or some special service brought them into notice.   Some soldiers who lived until pensions began to be paid had their service established, but only those who were invalids, totally infirm, and dependent. Those who had managed to suc­ceed fairly well or who had children able to support them were not eligible for the early pensions. By the Pension Act of 1840, all soldiers and widows were entitled to pensions, but many of the aged veterans declined to make application and very many were dead!   There is, therefore, no definite record of Revolutionary service of hundreds of men who were volunteers in North and South Carolina and Virginia. "North Carolina" included what is now Tennessee.         Soldiers Who Drew Pension in Hamilton County     1818   Howell Horton     1832   John Crawford Thomas Gann David Goens Samuel Hawkins William Roberts William Rogers Dempsey Tyner   1840   Ensgin Joseph Campbell James Davis Reuben Hernden’s widow Robert Martin Thomas Palmer William Reid George Gregory’s widow Benjamin Standifer’s widow         Soldiers Who Lived Or Died In Hamilton County Who Were Not Pensioners   William Alexander David Beck James Cozby Capt. ---- Gibson Capt. John Hardin Benjamin Jones Capt. Joseph Bullard Andrew I. Massengale Jopn Meaderis James McConnell S. Miller Robert Patterson John Thomas       As Sequatchie County was a part of Hamilton County until 1857,  Revolutionary soldiers who are buried in that county are included in this chapter.     They literally lived and died in Hamilton County, although their graves are now in Sequatchie County           History of Hamilton County                       Back Home Next