Greene-Washington County TN Archives Military Records.....Earnest, Felix 
Revwar - Pension 
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ENSIGN FELIX EARNEST



   Felix Earnest applied for revolutionary pension while living in Greene

County, Tennessee. He was born in Frederick County, Virginia, September 20,

1762, and moved while he was young to Washington County, North Carolina, which

later became Washington County, Tennessee. He resided there in the fall of 1780

when he enlisted in Captain Williams' company and marched to meet Major Patrick

Ferguson. He was in the battle of King's Mountain. In the fall of 1781 he

enlisted again under Captain John Smith and Lieutenant John Butler and was in

the battle of Boyd's Creek. In the summer of 1782 the enlisted again under

Colonel John Sevier and Captain Williams and served against the Cherokees. He

died in Green County, Tennessee, February 16, 1842. He married Sarah Oliphant in

Greene County, May 15, 1808. she survived him and applied for pension February

3, 1853.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. III



by Zella Armstrong





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