FENTRESS COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - Andrew Beaty, Revolutionary War Pension Application ----¤¤¤---- REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - ANDREW BEATY J. F. Dorman, VA Revolutionary War Pension Applications, 1958. Researched by Ray Beaty, September, 1996. BEATY, Andrew. S.2989 May 1834. Fentress Co., Tenn. Andrew (X) Beaty of Cumberland Co. Ky., living about 100 yards from the state line, aged 74, declares he volunteered in Washington Co., Va., in the Spring of 1777 to serve three months under Capt. William Asher. They went to Little Station on Holston River as a guard. He volunteered in Washington Co., Va., in March 1779 for three months as private under Capt. Abraham Bledsoe and Co. Shelby. They marched off to the mouth of Big Creek in Hawkins Co., Ten., and there redesvoused. They then marched with the body of troops to the Chickamauga towns. He volunteered in Washington County for three months under Capt. George Maxwell and Col Shelby in 1780 a short time before the battle of King'smountain. They marched to the Sycamore Shoals o Watauga River where the troops redezvoused and then across the Yellow Mountains and Blue Ridge into North Carolina, with prisoners they had taken. His younger brother, Alexander Beaty, is about 60 years of age and recollects his returning from service. He is informed that Robert Crocket with whom he served is too infirm to be a witness. He was born in Pennsylvania but is not certain of the county. He lived in what was called Washington Co., Va., but when the line was run it became Sullivan Co., Tenn. He continued to live there until 1799 and then moved to his present neighborhood in Tennesseee. 5 May 1834. Fentress Co., Tenn. Alexander Beaty, aged 66, declares he is the younger brother of Andrew Beaty who lives in his neighborhood. He recollects that his brother returned home from service in the early part of the Revolutionary War with Thomas Cooper from Shelby's Fort. He recollects his returning from service after being at Chicamogga and also from King's Mountain. He distinctly recollects crying at one time when his brother entered the service. Andrew Beaty of Fentress Co., Tenn., private in the company of Capt. Bledsoe for nine months, was placed on the West Tennessee pension roll at $30 per annum under the Act of 1832. Certificate 26791 was issued 29 May 1834. He died 19 July 1836." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: David Rohde (r1941@idt.net) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------