Wilkes-Surry County NcArchives Military Records.....Lenoir, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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COLONEL WILLIAM LENOIR
of North Carolina

   William Lenoir applied for revolutionary pension while living in Wilkes
County, N. C., in May, 1833. He was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, May 8,
1751. He moved to Surry County, N. C. He volunteered for service in the
Revolution and was first commissioned a lieutenant. He became a captain in 1776
and served in the Cherokee Expedition. He served in the battle of King's
Mountain where he was wounded in the arm and in the side. A third shot passed
through his hair above where it was tied without wounding him. In a letter dated
Fort Defiance, May 16, 1833, he says that he was Colonel of Cavalry of the 5th
Division North Carolina militia and a major general of said division in 1796.
Note:  He died May 6, 1836.


Additional Comments:
From:

Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution
PAMPHLET NO. V
Compiled From Pension Statements
By
Zella Armstrong

Tennessee connection of the pensioner not specified

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