Madison County Illinois   Rev Pension  - Martin Pruitt   in September, 1832

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Submitted by: Zella Armstrong

MARTIN PRUITT

 

   Martin Pruitt applied for revolutionary pension while living in 
Madison County, Illinois, in September, 1832 when he was 84 years of 
age. He was therefore born 1748. He enlisted while living in Washington 
County, Virginia, in Captain William Campbell's company as a spy and 
served for two years. When Captain Campbell was promoted to be a 
Colonel, Martin Pruitt served in Captain William Edmiston's company. He 
was in the battle of King's Mountain. No family data are included in his 
pension application. He died February 4, 1841.


From:

SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. IV

by Zella Armstrong

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RECORDS OF SOME REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS WHO DID NOT LIVE IN TENNESSEE BUT WHO 
HAVE TENNESSEE DESCENDENTS OR SOME OTHER TENNESSEE INTEREST