Mcminn County TN Archives Military Records.....Blair, Samuel 
Revwar - Pension 
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SAMUEL BLAIR



    Samuel Blair applied for revolutionary pension while living in McMinn

County, Tennessee, in March, 1831, aged 75, therefore born 1756. While he was

visiting relatives in Burke County, N. C., in the latter part of 1779 he

enlisted for six months under Captain William Johnson. In May, 1780, Colonel

McDowell sent orders to Captain Johnson for all soldiers that could be furnished

horses to march to Burke County Court House and proceed against a party of

Tories collected at Ramsour's Mill. He marched as ordered and was placed under

Captain Bowman in Colonel Bernard's Regiment in the battle of Ramsour's Mill.

Captain Bowman was killed in the engagement. Samuel Blair received his discharge

from Captain Johnson and re-enlisted in July, 1780, in Burke County, as a

substitute for William Smith, serving under Captain Clark in Colonel Williams'

Regiment. He was in the battles of King's Mountain and Cowpens. He was

discharged in March, 1781. He re-enlisted and served from July, 1781, to August,

1782, when he was discharged at Chatham Court House. He was in Captain Zabner

Mask's, Company and Colonel Roger Griffin's Regiment. After he left the service

he returned to Virginia and lived in Shenandoah and Botetourt Counties. He moved

to McMinn County Tennessee in 1829.



Additional Comments:
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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. III



by Zella Armstrong





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