Lincoln County TN Archives Military Records.....Jennings, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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WILLIAM JENNINGS



   William Jenkins applied for revolutionary pension while living in Lincoln

County, Tenn. He was born Feb. 26, 1761. He lived in Prince Edward County, Va.,

in April 1777, when he entered the service. He served under Capt. Henry Walker,

Col. Mason, Lieut. Richard Holland and Ensign John Black. In the summer of 1781

he enlisted in Prince Edward Co., under Capt. Cunningham. He was at the

surrender of ornwallis.[sic] In 1836 he asked for a transfer of his pension to

Shelby County, Ala. He died July 17, 1840. His widow Polly Jennings said that

she was married Jan. 18, 1787, her name before marriage being Polly Kidd. She

was born Nov. 4, 1771. Their children were: Martin, born 1787; Nancy, born 1789;

Elizabeth, born 1792; Allen, born 1796; William Kidd, born 1789; Sally, born

1801; Webb, born 1802; William Calvin, born 1803; Robert, born 1808; Lucrecy,

born 1810; Sophy, born 1812; James W., born 1813.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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