Jefferson-Greene County TN Archives Military Records.....Doherty, George 
Revwar - Pension 
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GEORGE DOHERTY



   George Doherty applied for revolutionary pension while living in Jefferson

County, Tennessee. He was born in Virginia in 1749 and died in Jefferson County,

May 27, 1833. He enlisted in Virginia troops in Greenbury, Virginia. During the

Revolution he moved to Washington County, North Carolina, (now Tennessee). In

1779 he was engaged against the Cherokee and in 1780 he served in the battle of

King's Mountain under Colonel John Sevier.



   Note: He was the son of Major George Doherty and Elizabeth Williams Doherty

whose brother was George Williams. He was a member of the first county court of

Greene County, Tennessee, in 1783; he was a leader in the State of Franklin

movement. He was Colonel of a regiment of militia in Caswell County, State of

Franklin. In 1785 he moved to a site west of the present Dandridge, Tenessee and

was a member of the Jefferson County Court. He was a member of the North

Carolina Convention of 1789. He was Lieutenant Commandant for Jefferson County.

He was a member of the first Territorial Assembly in Tennessee and the first

Constitutional Convention in Tennessee. He was a member of the first Tennessee

Senate and served in the Assembly several terms. He served in the Expedition to

Natchez in 1803. In the Creek War he was a Brigadier General of an East

Tennessee brigade. He was in the battle of the Horseshoe. He was given a grant

of 2,000 acres by North Carolina for service in the Revolution. He married

twice, first Priscilla Goforth and second Sally Randal, December 3, 1823. His

will in Jefferson County signed January 15, 1833, mentions his wife, Sally; his

sons, George, William and James Tennessee; and his daughters, Jenny, Dorcas

Inman, Prescilla Morrow, Rachel Leath: his granddaughter Sally, daughter of his

son George; his grandson George, son of James T.; his grandson George, son of

George; The children mentioned were all by his first wife.



    George married Nancy McDowell, Dorcas married Benjamin, Priscilla married

David Morrow, Rachel married Joseph Leath.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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