Cocke-Greene-Hamilton County TN Archives Military Records.....Palmer, Thomas 
Revwar - Pension 
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THOMAS PALMER

   Thomas Palmer applied for revolutionary pension while living in Cocke County,

Tenn., Nov 28, 1832. He was born in 1760 in Loudon County, Va., and resided in

that county when he enlisted in Virginia troops. He served in the battles of

Valley Forge, Cowpens and Yorktown. After the Revolution he moved to Bedford

County, Va., then to Greene County, Tenn., to Cocke County, Tenn., and then to

Hamilton County. He had a brother, John Palmer.



   Note: Thomas Palmer is buried at Birchwood, near Chattanooga, Tenn. He

married in Winchester, Va., Emily Atkins. Their children were: Thomas Palmer,

Jr., who married Lydia Doughty; William Palmer; John Palmer, and Maria Palmer.

It is said that he told his children he stood very near Gen. Washington when

Cornwallis surrendered.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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