Knox County TN Archives Military Records.....Scott, Arthur Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com October 31, 2005, 2:56 pm CAPTAIN ARTHUR SCOTT Arthur Scott applied for revolutionary pension while residing in Knox County, Tennessee, in 1832. He was born in January, 1752, in Cumberland County, Virginia, where he enlisted in the spring of 1778 in Captain Charles Fleming's Virginia company. He joined the army under General Washington and was in the battle of Monmouth. He afterwards went to Salem, North Carolina, and to Richmond, Virginia, where he was discharged after one year's service. He then moved to Surry County, North Carolina, and in the spring of 1780 he received a commission as captain of militia; that winter he commanded a company in Colonel Joseph Williams' regiment and was in skirmishes at Cowan's Ford, at the Shallow Ford and Whitsall's Mill, and was in the battle of Guilford Courthouse. He served as captain for three months and returned to Surry County. He resided there until 1807 when he moved to Wythe County, Virginia, and from thence to Knox County, Tenn. Additional Comments: From: SOME TENNESSEE HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION Compiled From Pension Statements PAMPHLET NO. III by Zella Armstrong File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/knox/military/revwar/pensions/scott208nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb