Greene County TN Archives Military Records.....Vance, Samuel 
Revwar - Pension 
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SAMUEL VANCE

   Samuel Vance applied for revolutionary pension while living in Greene County,

September 4, 1832, when he was seventy-eight years of age. He was therefore born

in 1754 although the date and place of his birth are not given in his

application. He volunteered in Washington County, Virginia, in 1774 and served

eight weeks against Shawnee Indians under Captain Evan Shelby and General Lewis

and during this enlistment he was in the battle of Point Pleasant. He enlisted

again May 4 or 5, 1777 and served one month in Captain James Montgomery's

Virginia company; he then served under Lieutenant George Brooks in Colonel

Martin's Virginia regiment. He served two weeks as a guard at Captain Shelby's

house and from three to five months in Captain Andrew Colville's company,

Colonel William Campbell's Virginia regiment. He was in the battle of King's

Mountain during this enlistment. He served one month in Colonel John Sevier's

North Carolina regiment and was in the battle of Big Hiwassee, He died in Greene

County September 1, 1838, leaving a widow whose name is not given in the pension

papers.



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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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