Rutherford County TN Archives Military Records.....Burnett, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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WILLIAM BURNETT



    William Burnttt (the name in the pension claim is Burnitt) applied for

revolutionary pension while living in Rutherford County, Tennessee, August 27,

1832, at which time he was seventp-three years of age. He was born in King and

Queen County, Virginia, in 1759. While residing in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

he enlisted and served three months in Captain Thomas Ship's company, in Colonel

Munford's regiment. He enlisted again in January, 1781, in Captain Charles

Davis' company, Colonel Dick's regiment and was in an engagement in Portsmouth.

Later in 1781 he served three months in Captain Jeffrits' company and was in the

siege of Yorktown. He was discharged soon after the surrender of Lord

Cornwallis. All his service was with Virginia troops.



   He moved from Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to Rutherford County, Tennessee,

some time after the close of the Revolution.





Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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