Hawkins-Grainger County TN Archives Military Records.....McVey, Eli 
Revwar - Pension 
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ELI McVEY



   Eli McVey applied for revolutionary pension while living in Hawkins County,

Tenn., in Nov. 1820. He was born about 1763. He enlisted in Orange County, N.

C., in Capt. Dickinson's regiment in Continental Line in May, 1781 for the

duration of the War. He was in the battle of Eutaw Springs. He resided in

Hawkins and Grainger Counties, Tenn., for twenty years. He stated that his wife

is aged 48 years and that he had two sons, one aged 10 and one aged 7 years.

Mildred McVey, his widow, stated that he died Sept. 30, 1830. She said that she

was married to Ely McVey in Prince Edward County, Va., in 1787. She died April

18, 1850. Daniel B. McVey stated April 24, 1844, that he was the only surviving

child and that he was 44 years old. However, in February 1839 Daniel and James

McVey applied for and received a warrant for 100 acres of land on account of

their father's military service, declaring themselves the only heirs at law.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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