Hawkins County TN Archives Military Records.....Leonard, John 
Revwar - Pension 
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JOHN LEONARD



    John Leonard applied for revolutionary pension while living in Hawkins

County, Tenn., Nov. 27, 1823. He was born April 7, 1754 in Germany. He was

raised in Germany and sold into British service to fight against the Americans.

At the first opportunity he deserted the British and enlisted in the American

Army in Shenandoah County, Va., in September or October 1781 and served two

years as a private in Capt. Kirkpatrick's company, Col. Hawes' regiment. He died

in Hawkins County, Oct. 7, 1841. His widow Edy Leonard, applied for pension,

March 27, 1850, while residing in Hawkins County. She states that their marriage

took place in Greenbriar County, Va. in the latter part of June, 1796. She was

born Feb. 22, 1771. Their children were: David, born 1797; Elizabeth, born 1799;

John Leonard, Jr. born 1801, William, born 1803; Agnes, born 1805; Jacob, born

1807; and Edy, born 1811.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. I



by Zella Armstrong



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