Carroll County GaArchives Military Records.....Carmichael, John Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/military/revwar/pensions/carmicha197gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb