Marion-Roane County TN Archives Military Records.....Pryor, Mathew 
Revwar - Pension 
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MATHEW PRYOR



   Matthew Pryor applied for revolutionary pension while living in Marion ounty,

Tenn. He was born in Granville, County, N. C., March 15, 1759. He volunteered

under Capt. Douglass, Lieut. Thomas Healy, Ensign Burness and Col. James

Williams in Caswell County, N. C. He served in the battle of King's Mountain

when Col. Williams was mortally wounded. Mathew Pryor enclosed his discharge

with his pension application. He enlisted again and served under Col. Yancy and

Gen. Greene. He lost his horse in the battle of King's Mountain. He moved to

Richmond County, Ga., to Granville County, N. C., to Washington County, Va.,

returned to North Carolina and then moved to Roane County, Tenn., and to Marion

County, Tenn.





Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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