Jefferson County TN Archives Military Records.....Day, John 
Revwar - Pension 
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JOHN DAY



    John Day applied for revolutionary pension while living in Jefferson County,

Tenn., July 7, 1833. He was accompanied to make his declaration by John Day, Jr.

He was born June 39, 1742, in Bucks County, Pa. He served as an Ensign in

Botetourt County, Va., in 1776 and 1777. He resided in Botetourt County on the

Greenbriar River. He received his Ensign's commission from the Virginia

Committee of Safety. He served under Capt. Paxton and was appointed, a spy under

Capt. Cook. About four years after Cornwallis surrendered he moved to what is

now Jefferson County, Tenn., then Greene County, N. C. John Day, Jr., swore that

he was a small boy during the Revolution and that he knew that his father

served. John Day, Jr., says that he was about 65 years of age in January, 1833

The pension was granted for service as an Ensign for three months and as a

private for eighteen months.



   Note: He married, 1758, Polly Susan ____. Among their children was John Day,

Jr., born in Virginia, 1760, died 1837, married Rebecca Hall.





Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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